Printer recommendations please

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Hi all

I have been looking to purchase a good injet printer. I will be mainly
printing out photos. I know some companies injet cartridges are expensive so
was looking for a printer thats cartridges were cheaper than the rest but
still performs well.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

Many thanks!
 
Hi all

I have been looking to purchase a good injet printer. I will be mainly
printing out photos. I know some companies injet cartridges are expensive so
was looking for a printer thats cartridges were cheaper than the rest but
still performs well.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

Many thanks!
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They all make their money on the cartridges, so I dont think you will
find huge differences. Plus, I would not buy a printer based on the
cost of the OEM ink---buy based on good print quality and other
features

The way to save money on ink is to buy 3rd party cartridges, refill
your own with bulk ink, or get a continuous feed system. There is now
a very large selection of products from several reputable vendors. To
get an idea of the range of possibilities, look at the MIS web site
(www.inksupply.com).
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Mark Herring, Pasadena, Calif.
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:22:39 -0000, "Cdeez4u" <[email protected]>
wrote as underneath my reply :

Advice from my experience:
Dont buy HP if anytime in the future you might move to an upgraded
operating system - you will find HP may not provide new fully
functioning drivers for your older HP printer so you will have to rely
on the crippled drivers that come with the new OS and therefor lose
some of the HP features and efficiency.
I dont know if any other manufacturers follow this type of trick to
make customers think their printer is getting worn out!
Charlie+
 
Try the Canon MP370
Regards
Stick
Charlie+ said:
Advice from my experience:
Dont buy HP if anytime in the future you might move to an upgraded
operating system - you will find HP may not provide new fully
functioning drivers for your older HP printer so you will have to rely
on the crippled drivers that come with the new OS and therefor lose
some of the HP features and efficiency.
I dont know if any other manufacturers follow this type of trick to
make customers think their printer is getting worn out!
Charlie+
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Take a look at the Canon i475 at Office Max. It's a photo printer with
built in card reader and USB 2.0. All the surveys I've read indicate
people love it but it's a little slow and it's size is a little hunky.

You can buy it this week for $25. ($99 - $50 rebate - $25 coupon).
Search the hot deals forums at Anandtech or Fatwallet.

Canon factory ink is affordable. ($7 for black, $19 for color).

If you really want to save, Megatoners and Monsterinkjets sells
aftermarket Canon ink tanks for $1-2/each!!! At that price why bother
refilling??
 
Don't buy any of the 400 series or lower Canon printers. The ink cartidges
are very tiny and the color is a 3 chamber cartridge. The i560 and above
uses separate cartridges and is much faster and give better output quality.
I would actually recommend for dedicated photoprinting from canon, the i960.
If it is your only printer and you will do some general printing of text, the
go with the i860 or if price is an issue, the i560, which is a pretty damn
good printer, just a little slower than the i860. Also, paper is critical
for getting good, lasting prints out of the canon printers. The canon Photo
Paper Pro is the only Canon paper worth using, the othes will fade in a week
or so, very noticeble in the dark colors. But the pro paper is much better
at resisting fading. I had some test prints lying out on my desk for months
with no noticble fading. Also, the epson paper is a good choice and most
report it is more fade resistant than the Canon Pro paper. Also look at Red
River paper, they have different finishes available, not just high gloss.
They also are more fade resistant than the Canon paper. They have a nice
sample kit for about $7 with a couple sheets of each type of paper.

http://www.redrivercatalog.com/
 
I recommend Canon latest printer as well. Canon's cartridges are very easy to
refill with 3rd party inks. I would not recommend printer brands that do not
have many 3rd party choices of supplies. I used to own a HP notebook computer.
I hated that I could only upgrade with HP parts, such as hard drives and memory.
I dumped HP eventually. With my i960 when I am serious about a photo I would
print with Canon OEM ink. But there are many photos that I just don't care
that much. In that case 3rd party inks really allow me to print them at lower
ink cost. For that reason I chose Canon. In a few months after buying my i960
I have printed several hundred 8x10 photos. I would have printed only a few
had I not had the 3rd party inks to use.
 
I use a Canon s900 which is superb quite and very good quality I understand
that the s9000 is even better. There are a number of great features like
simulated double sided printing (i.e. follow simple instructions then
re-insert the paper printed into the input hopper), also booklet printing
great for a number of applications saves on paper and ink too.

Regards

Colin White
 
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