Last week, I purchased the HP 5150 inkjet printer. I choose HP because
I had been happy with an older HP printer. To make a long story short, I
encountered several error messages when printing, and after checking several
issues, was told by HP that my 5150 probably had a hardware defect. I also
thought the printer had a flimsy construction.

So I returned it, and instead of getting another HP 5150, I went to a
different store and was recommended the Canon i860. What a difference. The
Canon printer has a much more solid design, many more features, the software
powering the printer uses less system resources, and it has 5 ink cartridges
vs. HP's 2. Of course, the Canon is also more expensive, but if the quality
holds out I won't mind.

History Fan wrote:
> Last week, I purchased the HP 5150 inkjet printer. I choose HP because
> I had been happy with an older HP printer. To make a long story short, I
> encountered several error messages when printing, and after checking several
> issues, was told by HP that my 5150 probably had a hardware defect. I also
> thought the printer had a flimsy construction.
>
> So I returned it, and instead of getting another HP 5150, I went to a
> different store and was recommended the Canon i860. What a difference. The
> Canon printer has a much more solid design, many more features, the software
> powering the printer uses less system resources, and it has 5 ink cartridges
> vs. HP's 2. Of course, the Canon is also more expensive, but if the quality
> holds out I won't mind.
>

You mentioned that the HP holds 2 cartridges. Two cartridges, yes. But
that color one hold three colours. Technically you have a 5 color
printer vs a 4 color one.

I have the older i850 which only has 4 colors (in 4 cartridges,
naturally). Excellent printer, though it shows some banding in photos
sometimes, depending on the type of photo paper used.

I refill my own and the i850 is a solid printer that has never clogged.
It produces excellent text quality. But because of the slight banding
I'd like to move up to an i960 next time.

-Taliesyn

Of course, I've only had this printer for a few days, so my opinion
could change later on. But right now, the Canon i860 is performing quite
well. I'm glad I listened to the salesperson at BestBuy.

"Taliesyn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> History Fan wrote:
> > Last week, I purchased the HP 5150 inkjet printer. I choose HP
because
> > I had been happy with an older HP printer. To make a long story short,
I
> > encountered several error messages when printing, and after checking
several
> > issues, was told by HP that my 5150 probably had a hardware defect. I
also
> > thought the printer had a flimsy construction.
> >
> > So I returned it, and instead of getting another HP 5150, I went to a
> > different store and was recommended the Canon i860. What a difference.
The
> > Canon printer has a much more solid design, many more features, the
software
> > powering the printer uses less system resources, and it has 5 ink
cartridges
> > vs. HP's 2. Of course, the Canon is also more expensive, but if the
quality
> > holds out I won't mind.
> >
>
> You mentioned that the HP holds 2 cartridges. Two cartridges, yes. But
> that color one hold three colours. Technically you have a 5 color
> printer vs a 4 color one.
>
> I have the older i850 which only has 4 colors (in 4 cartridges,
> naturally). Excellent printer, though it shows some banding in photos
> sometimes, depending on the type of photo paper used.
>
> I refill my own and the i850 is a solid printer that has never clogged.
> It produces excellent text quality. But because of the slight banding
> I'd like to move up to an i960 next time.
>
> -Taliesyn
>

<< From: "History Fan" IHateSPam!!@IhateSPAm.com
Date: Mon, Jul 5, 2004 12:34 PM
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Last week, I purchased the HP 5150 inkjet printer. I choose HP because
I had been happy with an older HP printer. To make a long story short, I
encountered several error messages when printing, and after checking several
issues, was told by HP that my 5150 probably had a hardware defect. I also
thought the printer had a flimsy construction.

So I returned it, and instead of getting another HP 5150, I went to a
different store and was recommended the Canon i860. What a difference. The
Canon printer has a much more solid design, many more features, the software
powering the printer uses less system resources, and it has 5 ink cartridges
vs. HP's 2. Of course, the Canon is also more expensive, but if the quality
holds out I won't mind.
>><BR><BR>
The software that comes with the i860 is not bad either, particularly, "Easy
Print". I was surprised to find that it would remove red eye WITHOUT selecting
the offending eye first.