Canon Selphy is really good, sometimes it gets the really blue skies wrong but it does really good 99% of the time More on reddit.com

Epson Expression Premium XP-7100 (US$230) - Yes, it's $30 over budget, but it would be $30 well spent. It uses 5 inks (the usual CMYK, plus a "photo black" cartridge) that adds an extra pop to the photos that sets them apart from your typical drugstore quality. If you wanted to take an 8x10 and frame it on your wall or on your desk, it would not look out of place. The ink costs are not outrageous (for a cartridge photo printer). It is also a capable home office printer. It can do fine documents and it has a scanner/copier with an ADF. (But really only for low volumes because the costs of printing 100 pages a week on this would mount quickly.) Canon Pixma TR8620a (US$180) - Also has 5 inks and does better than average photos, similar to the XP-7100. However, it's ink costs are higher, it's slower, and the scanner can't automatically flip pages around to scan both sides. But it's a fine choice for photos, just a less capable home office printer. Canon Selphy CP1500 (US$140) - If you don't need photos bigger than 4x6 the Canon Selphy has over the years carved out it's own niche. It can also run on batteries, so you can take it with you in in the field, or to a gathering with family or friends. The photos are beautiful - it uses a dye sublimation process. But it only prints on its own specially formulated photo paper. Which is fine for occasional prints, but expensive to use in a high volume environment Note on the cost - last week it was on sale several places for $100. If you check back during the Amazon Prime sale (July 11-12) I would not be surprised if the price dropped down again. Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8500 (US$550) - This is way out of your price range, but I wanted to throw in an ink tank printer just for comparison. The ET-8500 is a better office/document printer than those above and prints significantly faster. But it's also a six ink printer and does photos that match or exceed the quality of those above. However it's main claim to fame is that it's ink costs are ten times lower than cartridge printers. (Instead of around 40 cents per 4x6 photo, this printer costs 4 cents.) Those savings can mount up and make this a good choice if you are going to be printing a steady daily flow of photos and documents. For occasional printing - stick with the cartridge printers. More on reddit.com