I cannot decide between the Canon i850 and HP Photosmart 7660.
Perhaps current users can post their experience?

As a matter of fact I have already bought a HP, returned it, and bought
another one. Both couldn't install. Their "Senior Tech Rep" is supposed to
call within the next 5 days to fix it, so maybe I have on my hands a lemon.

With this hassle and with the HP being so expensive to run, I'm thinking of
getting a Canon i850 instead. Good idea? or bad?

Rich

Save yourself a load of money and get a printer that the ink's last for ages
not just weeks! and go for a Canon i860 this is just the best PRINTER I have
ever used and the cheapest to run..The Plus side is that the photo's it
prints are better than my local labs..And fast you wont believe the speed
and quality it's just amazing for the price..


"richmac" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I cannot decide between the Canon i850 and HP Photosmart 7660.
> Perhaps current users can post their experience?
>
> As a matter of fact I have already bought a HP, returned it, and bought
> another one. Both couldn't install. Their "Senior Tech Rep" is supposed to
> call within the next 5 days to fix it, so maybe I have on my hands a
lemon.
>
> With this hassle and with the HP being so expensive to run, I'm thinking
of
> getting a Canon i850 instead. Good idea? or bad?
>
> Rich
>
>
>

i agree
Canon i850 is the best
"GeoSd" <dontcallme@.com> wrote in message
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> Save yourself a load of money and get a printer that the ink's last for
ages
> not just weeks! and go for a Canon i860 this is just the best PRINTER I
have
> ever used and the cheapest to run..The Plus side is that the photo's it
> prints are better than my local labs..And fast you wont believe the speed
> and quality it's just amazing for the price..
>
>
> "richmac" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:_agxb.502642$pl3.39445@pd7tw3no...
> > I cannot decide between the Canon i850 and HP Photosmart 7660.
> > Perhaps current users can post their experience?
> >
> > As a matter of fact I have already bought a HP, returned it, and bought
> > another one. Both couldn't install. Their "Senior Tech Rep" is supposed
to
> > call within the next 5 days to fix it, so maybe I have on my hands a
> lemon.
> >
> > With this hassle and with the HP being so expensive to run, I'm thinking
> of
> > getting a Canon i850 instead. Good idea? or bad?
> >
> > Rich
> >
> >
> >
>
>

The i860 is a good choice too.
"richmac" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I cannot decide between the Canon i850 and HP Photosmart 7660.
> Perhaps current users can post their experience?
>
> As a matter of fact I have already bought a HP, returned it, and bought
> another one. Both couldn't install. Their "Senior Tech Rep" is supposed to
> call within the next 5 days to fix it, so maybe I have on my hands a
lemon.
>
> With this hassle and with the HP being so expensive to run, I'm thinking
of
> getting a Canon i850 instead. Good idea? or bad?
>
> Rich
>
>
>


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I second that. If you want to double your printing expenses, then you go
with HP. Just look for cartridge prices for both models and see.
And since i have i550 and i can say that photos are excellent, then you can
imagine photos on i850...

(E-Mail Removed)> typed:

> i agree
> Canon i850 is the best
> "GeoSd" <dontcallme@.com> wrote in message
> news:3fc5b21d$0$25667$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Save yourself a load of money and get a printer that the ink's last
>> for ages not just weeks! and go for a Canon i860 this is just the
>> best PRINTER I have ever used and the cheapest to run..The Plus side
>> is that the photo's it prints are better than my local labs..And
>> fast you wont believe the speed and quality it's just amazing for
>> the price..
>>
>>
>> "richmac" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:_agxb.502642$pl3.39445@pd7tw3no...
>>> I cannot decide between the Canon i850 and HP Photosmart 7660.
>>> Perhaps current users can post their experience?
>>>
>>> As a matter of fact I have already bought a HP, returned it, and
>>> bought another one. Both couldn't install. Their "Senior Tech Rep"
>>> is supposed to call within the next 5 days to fix it, so maybe I
>>> have on my hands a lemon.
>>>
>>> With this hassle and with the HP being so expensive to run, I'm
>>> thinking of getting a Canon i850 instead. Good idea? or bad?
>>>
>>> Rich

"richmac" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I cannot decide between the Canon i850 and HP Photosmart 7660.
> Perhaps current users can post their experience?

Gee, a lot of people seem to be pro-Canon. I have the HP Photosmart 7350
and am very pleased. I looked at the Canon i550/i850 at the time I was
purchasing it, and their quality didn't seem as good as the HP. On top of
that, if the print head gets clogged a few years down the line I'd have to
buy another one. My DeskJet 930c has been fine for the past three or four
years and I'm not about to switch brands.

> With this hassle and with the HP being so expensive to run, I'm thinking
of
> getting a Canon i850 instead. Good idea? or bad?

How much are you planning on printing? I've had my printer for just about a
year. I've printed a couple 8x10's and around forty 4x6's. Color is at
about 25% and photo is at about 50%. Black is at about 85%. I print only
photos on it, and so far I don't have any regrets -- either on running costs
or reliability.

You might want to look at this review of the 2 printers
http://www.tomshardware.com/consumer...124/index.html

Gus

"Old Foggy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> You might want to look at this review of the 2 printers
> http://www.tomshardware.com/consumer...124/index.html

I thought the review was fair, although comparing text and office stuff on
the HP was not. It only has dye-based black, which makes the text grayish.
It's a gross misrepresentation of the printer's abilities IMO. Other than
that though, it did say that the HP was the best at photos. If you need a
multi-purpose printer and can sacrafice a bit from the text/office documents
and the photo side, I would recommend the i860 hands down. If it's just for
photos (or mostly photos) I would definitely recommend the 7760

An error I noticed is that the writer of the article says that the black
cartridge for the 7760 will improve photo quality -- NOT true. It's for
printing text. My Photosmart 7350 came with this cartridge as an added
bonus, and I use it ocassional for photos if I want to use PhotoREt III
instead of PhotoREt IV for faster prints or more importantly, cheaper
prints.

<ofc2-(E-Mail Removed)> typed:

> "richmac" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:_agxb.502642$pl3.39445@pd7tw3no...
>> I cannot decide between the Canon i850 and HP Photosmart 7660.
>> Perhaps current users can post their experience?
>
> Gee, a lot of people seem to be pro-Canon. I have the HP Photosmart
> 7350 and am very pleased. I looked at the Canon i550/i850 at the
> time I was purchasing it, and their quality didn't seem as good as
> the HP. On top of that, if the print head gets clogged a few years
> down the line I'd have to buy another one. My DeskJet 930c has been
> fine for the past three or four years and I'm not about to switch
> brands.
>
>> With this hassle and with the HP being so expensive to run, I'm
>> thinking of getting a Canon i850 instead. Good idea? or bad?
>
> How much are you planning on printing? I've had my printer for just
> about a year. I've printed a couple 8x10's and around forty 4x6's.
> Color is at about 25% and photo is at about 50%. Black is at about
> 85%. I print only photos on it, and so far I don't have any regrets
> -- either on running costs or reliability.

When i was buying printer, i asked around since i wanted cheapest one with
separate carts. Most of resellers told me that Canon ink is more than half
cheaper than that for HP. Sure quality is important, but if you look that
quality is, say 5 % better at HP and ink is 130% more expensive, then you
just don't have any excuse for getting HP. It's better to get more expensive
canon and then pay way less for ink than vice versa. And i'm not any canon
fan, those are just facts. And anyhead clogs are happening in any printer,
not just in Canon. Remember that i've had 2 Lexmarks before and ink for that
is just.....toooooooooooo much.

Go and get a Canon i860 and not the i850 as the i860 has 5 ink tanks and
photo quility is much better.


"SleeperMan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> <ofc2-(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
>
> > "richmac" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:_agxb.502642$pl3.39445@pd7tw3no...
> >> I cannot decide between the Canon i850 and HP Photosmart 7660.
> >> Perhaps current users can post their experience?
> >
> > Gee, a lot of people seem to be pro-Canon. I have the HP Photosmart
> > 7350 and am very pleased. I looked at the Canon i550/i850 at the
> > time I was purchasing it, and their quality didn't seem as good as
> > the HP. On top of that, if the print head gets clogged a few years
> > down the line I'd have to buy another one. My DeskJet 930c has been
> > fine for the past three or four years and I'm not about to switch
> > brands.
> >
> >> With this hassle and with the HP being so expensive to run, I'm
> >> thinking of getting a Canon i850 instead. Good idea? or bad?
> >
> > How much are you planning on printing? I've had my printer for just
> > about a year. I've printed a couple 8x10's and around forty 4x6's.
> > Color is at about 25% and photo is at about 50%. Black is at about
> > 85%. I print only photos on it, and so far I don't have any regrets
> > -- either on running costs or reliability.
>
> When i was buying printer, i asked around since i wanted cheapest one with
> separate carts. Most of resellers told me that Canon ink is more than half
> cheaper than that for HP. Sure quality is important, but if you look that
> quality is, say 5 % better at HP and ink is 130% more expensive, then you
> just don't have any excuse for getting HP. It's better to get more
expensive
> canon and then pay way less for ink than vice versa. And i'm not any canon
> fan, those are just facts. And anyhead clogs are happening in any printer,
> not just in Canon. Remember that i've had 2 Lexmarks before and ink for
that
> is just.....toooooooooooo much.
>
>