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hey all..

can someone recommend a good inkjet printers?

I'm looking at canon printers.....

comments welcome.
 
Dilbert Firestorm said:
hey all..

can someone recommend a good inkjet printers?

I'm looking at canon printers.....

comments welcome.
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Canon consumables are cheaper. Just don't bother buying their own brand
paper. When using compatible products you don't get an annoying message
everytime you print. You actually have to click "yes" every print you make.

"you are not using genuine epson products, quality may be affected. Do you
wish to continue?"

If you do alot of printing try to avoid the cheaper ones even if you only do
text. The cheaper ones use software to 'guess' at the ink levels. Go for a
model that uses the seperate ink tank method. They usually have an optical
ink level detection method that is bang on.

Canon printers in general print faster.

They aren't necessarily the cheapest at any price point or the highest print
quality but the other factors more than make up for it. I have had 2
epsons, 1 hp, 2 lexmarks, and 2 canons.

Finally unless you are a photographic genius with a very well calibrated
monitor and scanner etc you only need a 4 colour model. Or 3 colours and
black. The ip4000 is a bargain in the long term.
 
Well, I'm still using an HP Deskjet 600C, which must be at least 9 years
old. However, because of the very high cost (and short duration) of the
inkjet cartridges, I use it rarely. My day-to-day printer is an HP laserjet
1100A. I purchased it on Ebay for $75 last year, and it is in mint
condition. While it does not do color, it is a heck of a lot cheaper to use
than my inkjet printer, and the toner cartridges last a long time. My guess
is that the operating cost has been reduced by at least 30 percent.
 
Well, I'm still using an HP Deskjet 600C, which must be at least 9 years
old. However, because of the very high cost (and short duration) of the
inkjet cartridges, I use it rarely. My day-to-day printer is an HP laserjet
1100A. I purchased it on Ebay for $75 last year, and it is in mint
condition. While it does not do color, it is a heck of a lot cheaper to use
than my inkjet printer, and the toner cartridges last a long time. My guess
is that the operating cost has been reduced by at least 30 percent.
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Yea, my next printer will be a Laserjet. I'm sick of the ink drying up
in my inkjets and clogging the heads. I have a Canon sitting here
right now that is useless because the black head is ruined due to a
clogged head that I can't get unclogged. Same thing happened
eventually with my Epson 6 colour photo printer so I'm thinking of
giving up on printing colour photos and just getting a black laser
printer for text only. No more clogged heads and more economical.
If you don't use inkjet printers frequently they will always end up
with clogged up heads due to dried up ink.
 
hey all..
can someone recommend a good inkjet printers?

I'm looking at canon printers.....

comments welcome.
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Price of ink should be the main deciding factor. After you've
owned the printer for a few months, it's the cost of the ink that
determines the overall operating cost, not the cost of the printer
itself.

I like separate inks for each color, including black. I use mainly
black so I want to be able to buy black refills separately, yet
still be able to do the occasional color logo. What I got for
myself was the Epson Stylus Photo R200. It was inexpensive, has
six separate ink colors and black, and as a bonus it will print
colorful labels on (special) blank CDs or DVDs. I'd characterize
its performance as adequate. It's probably not as cheap in ink
refills as a Cannon would have been, but the stores where I
shopped at the time didn't have the Canon model I wanted.

I used to own a Hewlett-Packard Deskjet 722c. The ink costs a
fortune. Two or three refills, and I had more than equaled the
initial cost of the printer, but I must have spent over a thousand
dollars on ink in the five years I used that printer. The little
rubber belt that drove the print head got dried out, brittle,
cracked, and broke. The main reason I would not buy
Hewlett-Packard again is that their software is badly written and
always gives me conflicts. I finally said enough is enough, no
more HP software on my computer.
 
ian said:
Canon consumables are cheaper. Just don't bother buying their own brand
paper. When using compatible products you don't get an annoying
message everytime you print. You actually have to click "yes" every
print you make.

"you are not using genuine epson products, quality may be affected. Do
you wish to continue?"

If you do alot of printing try to avoid the cheaper ones even if you
only do text. The cheaper ones use software to 'guess' at the ink
levels. Go for a model that uses the seperate ink tank method. They
usually have an optical ink level detection method that is bang on.

Canon printers in general print faster.

They aren't necessarily the cheapest at any price point or the highest
print quality but the other factors more than make up for it. I have
had 2 epsons, 1 hp, 2 lexmarks, and 2 canons.

Finally unless you are a photographic genius with a very well calibrated
monitor and scanner etc you only need a 4 colour model. Or 3 colours
and black. The ip4000 is a bargain in the long term.
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so, the ip4000 would make a good general printer. I don't print all that
much all that often, nor do I do any photo printing. I'm sure it is a much
better printer than the epson color stylus 600.
 
Dilbert said:
hey all..

can someone recommend a good inkjet printers?

I'm looking at canon printers.....

comments welcome.
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I now have an inkjet used only for photo and color printing. You can buy
almost any namebrand printer in the 150 and higher price range and get
outstanding photo prints. I honestly can't tell they weren't done in a lab.

For my routine printing that doesn't require color, I switched to an HP
Laserjet 1012 about a year ago. newwegg.com is selling them today for
$139. I paid $199 in a store.

At the time of purchase, the helpful salesperson avdvised me that the
new printer came only with a starter cartridge. One year later, I have
printed more than 1500 monochrone pages with the starter cartridge, and
the full-up cart. I bought that day is still in the carton in the basement.
 
so, the ip4000 would make a good general printer. I don't print all that
much all that often, nor do I do any photo printing. I'm sure it is a much
better printer than the epson color stylus 600.
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If you don't print photos and you don't print often then I would look
at getting an economical model black laser printer. You will save
money in the long run and will not have problems with ink drying up on
you because you don't use your printer much.
 
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