Some photo printers aren't truly photo-centric, but are good choices for general-purpose printing. Others are so finely tuned for photos that although they can serve as all-purpose printers if necessary, using them for text and graphics on plain paper is as much of a waste as using a brand-new Porsche to drive two miles to a train station every morning. The Epson Stylus Photo 1400 ($400 street) is in the second category. It's about as close as a printer can get to being a dedicated photo printer without it actually being incapable of printing on letter-size plain paper.