RE Refill ink recommendations for #56//#57//#58

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Smith said:
Prices in Aus for the 7150 // 5550 have fallen way down .... think will get
one to supplement my 9XX printers
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Haven't heard from you in a while! You're going to be doing the exact same
thing as I am -- buying a 7x50 series Photosmart to supplement a 9xx series
DeskJet. I decided NOT to refill inks on my Photosmart. Why you ask?
Because I bought it as a photo printer, and I want the archival ability
advertised as well as the quality. I love my Photosmart printer. Buying HP
Premium Plus photo paper while it's 50% off or buy one get one free makes it
more affordable. 4x6 prints are extraordinary. I made one 8x10 (just a
test image with different colors and small pictures from a magazine in the
UK) and that was it -- turned out good. I don't want to waste ink,
especially on an 8x10 if I don't really need to print it.

You will definitely enjoy the 7x50 series Photosmart printers. I'm going to
have to buy ink from Costco in a little bit. Right now it's $72.99 (USD)
for two #56 black cartridges and three #57 color cartridges. I'll have to
buy the #58 at retail (ahhhh the horror! :0P) since Costco doesn't sell the
photo cartridge in store.
 
Ok fair comment about Archival aspect forgot about that :)
If refill Inks are well formulated results should still be good tho'
Have to think about it but thanks again for comments
 
xNokia_3390x said:
stopped using the photo cartridge and now just use the 56/57 cartridges.
Although it's still only PhotoREt III, I find its quality is better than my
930c for photos.
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Hey thats interesting that RETIII is still good {better than the 9XX RETIII}
the #58 {RET4} is supposed to excel with skin tones how then does the #57
{RETIII} compare ?
 
Smith said:
Hey thats interesting that RETIII is still good {better than the 9XX RETIII}
the #58 {RET4} is supposed to excel with skin tones how then does the #57
{RETIII} compare ?
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Skin tones are somewhat better with PhotoREt IV due to the many more shades
available to it -- it all depends on your personal likes/dislikes. PhotoREt
III is still good for other things, and IMO it's better than the PhotoREt
III in the older series of printers. It could be my imagination :)

I was thinking about getting a refurb'd HP DeskJet 5550 when it was on sale
for $29.99 after rebates. Their new line (such as the 5650) looks very
promising. I love the fact that you can do TRUE borderless printing. I
don't need to do full-bleed 8x10's, and HP doesn't have true 4x6 paper yet
so I guess it wouldn't be of much use to me.

Good luck in your quest for a new printer :)
 
Think RETIII in the new HP printers 7XX 5XX is better than the 9XX HP
printers because the drop size may well be smaller {{both supposed to
4-5picaliter}} in reality the #58 may be better at drop size than the old
#78
dont froget that RETIII is also a software control BUT drop size is
important
So PhotoRETIII in the newest HP printers should be better I think 6 colour
printing is still a bit of an overkill and somewhat complicated.

Smith
 
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