I was always an HP guy. Probably my last 5 or 6 printers. The last one died on me, and I bought a new one to replace. The photo print quality was awful. Same with the Epson I test drove.
Finally went with a Canon, and get good photo quality. It's the Pixma 6320 (a few years old now) and i'm pleased. It's a thirsty bugger, though.
But for me, I don't print much documents, probably <100 pages per year, and wanted the quality.