Looking for printer recommendation

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Bill White

I think this is just the group I'm looking for.

I bought a Lexmark P707. The first 3 pages were beyond spectacular. But,
then the ink got all washed out even though the cartridge was full of ink. I
bought new ink just in case Lexmark included a bad cartridge with the
printer. But I got the same result.

I bought this Lexmark because my HP 820 Cse, that had been a workhorse since
1996, finally bit the dust.

Can someone please recommend a printer that will retain it's color quality
until the ink runs out? I'm open to any brand but would prefer another HP
since I had such great experience with mine. Maybe a better question to this
group would be- does anyone know what HP model is now comparable to the old
820 Cse?

Note: This printer will be used to print brochures, business cards, etc. So,
I really don't care if it prints photos or not.

Thanks Much!
Bill White
 
Bill said:
I think this is just the group I'm looking for.

I bought a Lexmark P707. The first 3 pages were beyond spectacular.
But, then the ink got all washed out even though the cartridge was
full of ink. I bought new ink just in case Lexmark included a bad
cartridge with the printer. But I got the same result.

I bought this Lexmark because my HP 820 Cse, that had been a
workhorse since 1996, finally bit the dust.

Can someone please recommend a printer that will retain it's color
quality until the ink runs out? I'm open to any brand but would
prefer another HP since I had such great experience with mine. Maybe
a better question to this group would be- does anyone know what HP
model is now comparable to the old 820 Cse?

Note: This printer will be used to print brochures, business cards,
etc. So, I really don't care if it prints photos or not.

Thanks Much!
Bill White
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You should have come here first. I cannot believe there is a single person
on this planet who doesn't know that Lexmark inkjets are basically sold to
print money -nothing else. That model sells for around £50. The cartridges
retail for around £27 each. You do the maths. Even remanufactured are £20 a
pop.

I'm happy with my Canon (even though there are some question marks over the
longevity of the printhead).
 
You should have come here first. I cannot believe there is a single person
on this planet who doesn't know that Lexmark inkjets are basically sold to
print money -nothing else. That model sells for around £50. The cartridges
retail for around £27 each. You do the maths. Even remanufactured are £20 a
pop.

I'm happy with my Canon (even though there are some question marks over the
longevity of the printhead).
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And HP are fine for the OP's purpose. They tend to be long lived, even
if they are throw away when they die. As long as you don't buy one at
the end of an Operating System. HP are extremely tardy about
supporting older printers on new OS's.
 
I bought this Lexmark because my HP 820 Cse, that had been a workhorse since
1996, finally bit the dust.

Can someone please recommend a printer that will retain it's color quality
until the ink runs out? I'm open to any brand but would prefer another HP
since I had such great experience with mine. Maybe a better question to this
group would be- does anyone know what HP model is now comparable to the old
820 Cse?

Note: This printer will be used to print brochures, business cards, etc. So,
I really don't care if it prints photos or not.
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Do you have USB and are you running at least Win 98 or later? If so you might
take a look at the new DeskJet 6540. It should work well for your application;
I have one on my desk at work and it is currently my primary printer. See:

If you will be doing a lot of printing the Business Inkjet 1200 series may be a
good fit. It uses a different technology than the DeskJet's. The 1200 series
has individual ink tanks and semi-permanent user replaceable printheads. The
printing costs for the 1200 series are very low, comparable to laser printers
with the added capability of color. See
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF25a/18972-236251-236261-24728-f51-411179.html
for details. Spencer Labs has done some testing of printing costs for the BIJ
1200 series, see: http://spencerlab.com/SpencerLab_HP1200-Sam1740US.pdf for
details. The BIJ 1200 supports a parallel connection in addition to USB.

If you have a few spare sets of black (#45) cartridges from your DeskJet 820
you might take a look at the DeskJet 995 or the DeskJet 6122 printers. These
can be found from links at:
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF02a/18972-236251-236261.html Both
these use the #45 black cartridge and come with two-sided duplexers standard.
The previous printers mentioned have the two-sided duplexer available as an
option.

Have you considered all-in-one units? I am a big fan of the all-in-one units
such as the PSC 2510 which is a printer, scanner, copier, fax with USB and
network capability.
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF02a/18972-238444-410635.html has some
links to the HP AIO units.

Regards,
Bob Headrick, not speaking for my employer HP
MS MVP Printing/Imaging
 
You are absolutely right about the OS. When I upgraded to XP a few years
ago, I lost the ability to do 2-sided printing on the 820 Cse. What a bummer
that was. I ended up getting a 3rd-party solution to correct that, but it
was never the same as having it inherently in the driver.

Thanks!
Bill
 
Bob,

This was exactly the kind of information I was looking for. Thank you so
much!

By the way, like you I know what it's like to work at HP. What a great
company to work for. It's been quite a few years since my employment but I
have fond memories of the corpoarte culture there. They were always
encouraging innovation.

Thanks!
Bill
 
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