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kenjisamurai
I am a college student and need a small, compact printer for my dorm
that can also scan, thus multifunction. I have looked at cheap
multifunction printers such as the canon mp130 / mp150 and hp officejet
4315 printers. As I am on a budget,a cheap printer with cheap ink is
preferable. My biggest gripe is that all the printers I've owned have
died a premature death in about a year or less. My old HP died after
transporting it lightly from one floor to another. My previous Canon
MultiPass died after I changed the ink cartridge and was also printing
funny, probably due to a bad printhead. My old Lexmark had a bad
printhead and I never knew about printheads in the past so its been
sitting somewhere collecting dust. My cheap Canon i250 has currently
developed a bad printhead. Its either I move it slightly and it dies on
me or the printhead dies out of nowhere. Printheads are VERY expensive
and they cost as much as a new printer so I might as well get one
instead. I know the printer companies are out to get me but it's not
like I have much of a choice.
I am looking for something that has low maintenance and is reliable. I
don't print very frequently but when I do, I want it to work and work
right, without taking 5 minutes to warm up and act posessed when I
decide to print something, die on me, or print light/dark crap from bad
printheads. I don't need too much ink as my old canon i250 used 9.5ml
black cartridges and I would probably go through two at the most in a
year. I am currently leaning towards HP even though people say they are
more expensive. I've read that their printheads are attached to their
cartridges so that I don't need to worry about screwed up printheads
anymore. My previous two printers were Canons and they both liked to
play games before printing and ruin their printheads in a nice fashion.
As I am not versed in printers, can someone recommend me som
inexpensive multifunction printers that will give me the least
problems? Canon will also work, but I will be a bit more wary about
them.
that can also scan, thus multifunction. I have looked at cheap
multifunction printers such as the canon mp130 / mp150 and hp officejet
4315 printers. As I am on a budget,a cheap printer with cheap ink is
preferable. My biggest gripe is that all the printers I've owned have
died a premature death in about a year or less. My old HP died after
transporting it lightly from one floor to another. My previous Canon
MultiPass died after I changed the ink cartridge and was also printing
funny, probably due to a bad printhead. My old Lexmark had a bad
printhead and I never knew about printheads in the past so its been
sitting somewhere collecting dust. My cheap Canon i250 has currently
developed a bad printhead. Its either I move it slightly and it dies on
me or the printhead dies out of nowhere. Printheads are VERY expensive
and they cost as much as a new printer so I might as well get one
instead. I know the printer companies are out to get me but it's not
like I have much of a choice.
I am looking for something that has low maintenance and is reliable. I
don't print very frequently but when I do, I want it to work and work
right, without taking 5 minutes to warm up and act posessed when I
decide to print something, die on me, or print light/dark crap from bad
printheads. I don't need too much ink as my old canon i250 used 9.5ml
black cartridges and I would probably go through two at the most in a
year. I am currently leaning towards HP even though people say they are
more expensive. I've read that their printheads are attached to their
cartridges so that I don't need to worry about screwed up printheads
anymore. My previous two printers were Canons and they both liked to
play games before printing and ruin their printheads in a nice fashion.
As I am not versed in printers, can someone recommend me som
inexpensive multifunction printers that will give me the least
problems? Canon will also work, but I will be a bit more wary about
them.