Cost of print cartridges

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I am going to get a new 3 in 1. I would like to get something that is cheap
to operate. What would be the most economical machine as far as cartridges
are concerned?
 
anon said:
I am going to get a new 3 in 1. I would like to get something that is
cheap to operate. What would be the most economical machine as far as
cartridges are concerned?
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I have a Kodak AIO (5100) which has cheap cartridges (MSRP $9 & $13) and
will print, copy, and scan but won't fax (and I don't need fax on it.)
Newer models available. I got mine bundled when I purchased a Kodak camera
for the discounted price of just the camera (made me an offer I couldn't
refuse.) If you can find a new ESP3 or 5 for your price I think you would
like the quality of the output.

Kodak so far has worked well for me for daily printing and I have no
relationship to them other than using their product (along with HP laser,
Epson ink jets (2 of them), Oki color Laser.)

Purchase from their web site currently has free shipping. Long URL begins
with http: and ends with 205100

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuer..._360i-_-infomercial-_-Kodak 5100-_-Kodak 5100
 
I am going to get a new 3 in 1. I would like to get something that is cheap
to operate. What would be the most economical machine as far as cartridges
are concerned?
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For the least expensive, name-brand consumables (you take your chances
when you use off-brand ink cartridges in your printer), it is hard to
beat the Kodak EP All-in-One printers. Tests by Quality Logic
confirmed the company's claims of the lowest cost per page. You'll pay
a bit more for the printer, but almost surely make it back quickly on
the replacement cartridges.

To see how this holds for your own mix of documents, pictures, etc.,
you might try the on-line calculator to estimate total printing costs
from the American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research
(ACI), a non-profit consumer research organization. Simply plug in the
number of black-and-white text pages, color pages, and 4×6 photos you
print in a week and it spits out three lists of printers sorted by
total costs over a three-year, five-year, and seven-year ownership
period. The calculator is at http://www.consumercalculator.org/printer_calculator.php.

The EP cartridges use pigmented inks so they have shown very good
image permanence in test reports, and I've found that Kodak's
proprietary algorithms for image/color quality give very good results,
especially if you're the type who doesn't like to do a lot of manual
adjusting.
 
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