Printer Recommendation?

[measekite]

For one thing, I don't print photos with my inkjets. It's just not
economically feasible since I can get snapshot prints at Costco for 19
cents each and don't get ripped off by the 10,000 percent markup
charged by the printer mfrs for their ink. When I become a serious
photograper again, if ever, I'll probably get out my film cameras, buy
a great enlarger dirt cheap on eBay, and make silver prints. I should
save a fortune this way vs. ink prints.

Faulty thinking. Digital is much more convenient. You edit your
prints. You print proofs of the few you really like. You print from
8x10 to 13x19 unless you can get an Epson 3800 and inkjets are the only
way to go. Costco prints are not the quality of what an inkjet can produce.

Maybe I'll use my digital SLR for source material, but the silver
camera has a hell of a lot better viewing screen. Beats the hell out
of the expensive digital viewer.

These statements are not true. The only reason to even consider the
inconvenience of a film camera is that some professional photographers
want to enlarge 20 x 30 and then film may produce a sharper image. But
it is the professional idiot that takes this and then transposes and
twists the meaning and applies it to a 4x6 print.

It is said that the Canon 1Ds MkIII about 20MP will rival almost any
35mm film camera.

Meashmuck, you're piss poor as a clairvoyant. You've just got to bite
ther bullet and replace that crap Chinese aftermarket fake crystal
ball with a real one. I hear that you can buy a genuine Epson crystal
ball for $85,000 (It's named after you:_Durashmuck_.

I've had no problems whatsoever with paper feeding.

All of the 500 series HP printers had paper feeding issues. HP produced
a special kit for those printers. The 800 series had other issues. The
900 series which I have and like does not register envelopes very well
and thicker stock has a more difficult time making a 180 degree turn.
It also does not handle smaller stock very well when compared to a Canon.

So how does your foot taste.

There's an old trick from the electronics workbench as well as what I
learned from professional printers:
1. Clean the rollers.
2. Make sure that the paper guides are positioned properly.
3. Fan the paper before putting it into the machine.

I do not think that HP printers are shipped with dirty rollers and
poorly positioned paper guides.

Common sense.

So Get some.