I'm still using an Epson 750 Photo printer, having been an HP user previously, and am extremely happy with the results. In general I'd say that Epson are the better of the two brands, for aesthetics and software. However, more often than not the quality of the result is more to do with the paper type and ink (real or knock-off) than the hardware itself.
Don't be taken in too much by the card slot models either. It's all well and good, but if you're going to the expense of printing a digital picture, you'll surely want to preview/enhance/crop it etc. - for which you'll be printing through software.
Good luck.