Poll: What kind of printer do you own (Primary Printer)?

[MacRumors]

Vote: Poll: What kind of printer do you own (Primary Printer)? (http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=233&ref=forums.macrumors.com)

[Rower_CPU]

HP Deskjet 960

It's an OK, all around printer.

[vniow]

HP 2200 All-in-One.
Its my parents' actually, we were origionally going to get a seperate printer and scanner, but my dad decided otherwise...

It works pretty good though, LOUD though, very loud...

[Kwyjibo]

Samsun ML-1710 Personal Laser as recommended by Cnet very happy with it :)

[Mav451]

Lexmark Z42...overall not bad.

Especially since it came free with this old DVD player my dad came back home with one night several years ago.

[tazo]

HP DeskJet 923c

[noverflow]

Epson 740i
been good for years
and i can get 3 black and 3 color inks for only $39 US

ink4art.com

[mac15]

I have a printer yet it don't work , not unlkess you want plain pieces of paper with black ink all the up the edges of the paper.

Epson Stylus Colour 580

[crenz]

Minolta PagePro 6ex, connected to a Linux server using CUPS.

Still have to find out how to coerce OS X into printing directly to it... Currently, I have to do the save as pdf - scp to server - lpr file.pdf procedure.

*sigh*

[Nermal]

Yeah, the only way I can print to my HP 710C on a Windows machine is to save to PDF and transfer over the network then print. I'm hoping that the Samba printing support in Panther is going to make this a lot easier. I've tried Gimp Print but didn't have much luck with it, but I'm hoping that Apple's solution will be much more elegant and work straight off.

[Dahl]

Epson 2000p
It's now some years old, but it's still top notch if you want very high quality photo prints.

[mislabeledstar]

My first printer was for an atari 800xl. It was an atari 1027 daisy wheel printer........ daisy wheel..... i remember wanting a dot matrix sooooooo bad. hahahaha

[caveman_uk]

Originally posted by crenz
Minolta PagePro 6ex, connected to a Linux server using CUPS.

Still have to find out how to coerce OS X into printing directly to it... Currently, I have to do the save as pdf - scp to server - lpr file.pdf procedure.

*sigh*
If your linux server is using CUPS to print you should be able to use OS X directly as that uses CUPS as well. Are you using the Gimp-Print drivers?

[crenz]

Originally posted by caveman_uk
If your linux server is using CUPS to print you should be able to use OS X directly as that uses CUPS as well. Are you using the Gimp-Print drivers?

No, haven't tried Gimp-Print yet. Can you point me to some good instructions to help me set it up?

[caveman_uk]

There's a web page here (http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3) and there's a FAQ there as well. There's also instruction in the gimp-print installer package on how to set up your printer.

[MattG]

Got my old HP 4L for text and my Epson Stylus Photo 1280 for graphics.

[MrMacMan]

Worst printer ever:
I got the epson guy to tell me 'oh you have the $2 printer?' :eek:

Epson Stylus C42UX. The 'UX' part means is a POS.

First I needed to install Gimp-Print because epson drivers didn't allow you to select 'speed' or 'quality' and if you did it would say the printer isn't attached, if you move it back to normal settings, it prints fine. :confused:

Its Slow -- It Sucks -- DON'T GET IT!

[DeKa]

a networked Kyocera FS-1000

Brilliant printer. Extremely cheap to run. Installed Gimp-Print on Mac OS X machines in the house to print to it and it is just as good as printing to it from a PC.

I also have an HP DJ-5550 on my desk next to my 17" iMac. Very good colour printer, great photo output, but a bit expensive to run!

Derek.

[MacFan25]

I have an Epson Stylus C42UX, and it's not the best printer in the world, but I think it works just fine for printing the occasional word-processor document. I really haven't printed that many color graphics with it though.

[Mudbug]

Originally posted by MattG
Got my old HP 4L for text and my Epson Stylus Photo 1280 for graphics.

This sounds pretty familiar...
HP 4MP for text/b&w stuff/camera-ready, and an HP 1220CxiPS for color.

the 4MP is getting old, but still holds it's own, and the color gets nice reproduction relatively quickly and cheaply, and will print 13x19 SuperB paper when needed...

I have an HP 2110 all in one at home that works very nicely and quietly - it replaced the HP Photosmart 1225 that ate itself about 2 weeks after the warranty expired. :(

[MattG]

Originally posted by Mudbug
This sounds pretty familiar...
HP 4MP for text/b&w stuff/camera-ready, and an HP 1220CxiPS for color.

the 4MP is getting old, but still holds it's own, and the color gets nice reproduction relatively quickly and cheaply, and will print 13x19 SuperB paper when needed...

I have an HP 2110 all in one at home that works very nicely and quietly - it replaced the HP Photosmart 1225 that ate itself about 2 weeks after the warranty expired. :(

Yup--my 4L might be 2-ppm , but it still works!

[Jerry Spoon]

Originally posted by noverflow
Epson 740i
been good for years
and i can get 3 black and 3 color inks for only $39 US

ink4art.com
I've got a 740i too, but I've always had trouble with non-Epson ink clogging up the printer. I might try this site you gave though if you recommend it. Hey, it's only $39.

[Mudbug]

Originally posted by MattG
Yup--my 4L might be 2-ppm , but it still works!

2 ppm? I'm jealous...

[hacurio1]

Originally posted by Macrumors
Vote: Poll: What kind of printer do you own (Primary Printer)? (http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=233&ref=forums.macrumors.com)
I have two inkjet priners, but my main printer is a laserjet 6MP networked through appletalk.

[bousozoku]

On Sunday, I got an Epson Stylus CX5200 all-in-one.

I've never had my own laser printer but had several InkJets since 1988, along with a daisy wheel, a dot matrix, and a thermal ribbon colour printer from the early and mid 1980s.

[Capt Underpants]

My printer is an HP Deskjet 960c. It is a pretty good printer. I mostly got it because it was on sale. It makes acceptable prints for is not exactly being a photo printer. If I want really good ones. though, I send them off. One time is stopped working for like 3 days and I couldn't figure out what it was. But then it started agagin and everything was good.

[wdlove]

My current printer is the one that I purchase with my Power Mac G4. It's an Epson Stylus Color 760.

[Freg3000]

Originally posted by bousozoku
On Sunday, I got an Epson Stylus CX5200 all-in-one.

I have one too. I think it is great, seeing as I am pressed for room. And it prints very nicely too. Do you like yours? The only thing that doesn't work for me is the one touch scan button, but the other one-touch buttons do work.

[macnews]

Originally posted by Mudbug
This sounds pretty familiar...
HP 4MP for text/b&w stuff/camera-ready, and an HP 1220CxiPS for color.

How is your 1220 doing under OSX? I was able to use mine with an HP print server under 9 great. It has given me nothing but problems under 10 - not being able to print at all. I have even given up on the print server and tried direct connect via usb. The printer is recognized but print jobs start, then stop. I click start and they stop a few seconds later. Doesn't matter if it is a graphic, text doc, etc. nothing works.

[kaltsasa]

I've got an Apple Laserwriter 16/600 networked between my G4 tower, an ibook, powerbook, athlon, celeron, and 2 PII's. The thing is a beast, built like a tank and I love it. I got it for free from some place that was gunna throw it out. It only had 10,000 pages printed, Thats pretty much brand new for a printer thats supposed to have a 450,000 page life.

[noverflow]

Originally posted by Jerry Spoon
I've got a 740i too, but I've always had trouble with non-Epson ink clogging up the printer. I might try this site you gave though if you recommend it. Hey, it's only $39.

Just a note that my magenta ink just stooped working... but i have been using this printer with the inkforart ink since day one. And i sadly i use it for design work, so i use the hell out of it. I think after 4 years of abuse, it is probably time to get a new one.

Sometimes they have sales where you can get 2 six packs of ink for $39 6 color and 6 black

[slightly]

No printer now (my Lexmark died over Christmas) but I'm saving for a Epson Photo 2200, so I can finally get some good prints of my photographs. Mmm, that's a lovely printer.

[eric_n_dfw]

HP OfficeJet D-145 (all in one)

[Bob Knob]

Originally posted by macnews
How is your 1220 doing under OSX? I was able to use mine with an HP print server under 9 great. It has given me nothing but problems under 10 - not being able to print at all. I have even given up on the print server and tried direct connect via usb. The printer is recognized but print jobs start, then stop. I click start and they stop a few seconds later. Doesn't matter if it is a graphic, text doc, etc. nothing works.

I too had a 1220 hooked to a JetDirect300x print server, and like you it worked under 9 but problematic under X. I no longer have the 1220, in now have a HP CP1700 (think 1220, but separate inks, no tri-color), works great.

[SeaFox]

An HP DeskWriter 550c.

I wish the graphics quality was a little better. I'm hoping to get a new printer soon so I have a USB printer I can use with my Mac or my PC.

[pivo6]

An Epson C80 that I had with my old computer. Works fairly well. I can't complain too much.

[bousozoku]

Originally posted by Freg3000
I have one too. I think it is great, seeing as I am pressed for room. And it prints very nicely too. Do you like yours? The only thing that doesn't work for me is the one touch scan button, but the other one-touch buttons do work.

I'm quite impressed and happy with it. My UMAX SCSI scanner does not work in Mac OS X so I'm happy to not have to re-boot anymore. It also helps me move all of the SCSI equipment into another room, creating room of its own. :)

I haven't tried the buttons except for doing standalone copies, so I didn't think about the scan button working or not.

My parents have a Lexmark X83 which is quite nice but I thought it nice that there was Epson software on a CD-ROM for Macintosh as well as Windows, unlike the Lexmark.

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by MacFan25
I have an Epson Stylus C42UX, and it's not the best printer in the world, but I think it works just fine for printing the occasional word-processor document. I really haven't printed that many color graphics with it though.

It looks like you don't print too often, even for caual 'oh damn I NEED THIS TO PRINT RIGHT NOW' it sucks, pages per minute/.3
:eek:

No joke on normal setting.

My 7401 is better, which doesn't have Os X support. :cool:

[scem0]

A laser - and I couldn't live with anything else.

Inkjets are ink hogs - and ink is expensive.

Toner is expensive too, but I only get new toner every 8 months or so.

And my samsung ML1210 was only $130. So lasers are also getting affordable. If you don't really need color prints get a laser - and if you need color prints get a color laser ;). If you can't afford a color laser then waste your money on ink cartriges every couple months.

scem0

[applemacdude]

•Personal Laserwriter 300
•Stylewriter 2500
•Epson Stylus Color 850

[Zaren]

I gots me a genuine Apple LaserWriter II NTX. I bought it from a computer junk sale at my old University back around 1995 for $50, and it still works.
There's also a Lexmark Z23 that I got from a garage sale for $15 - talked them down $5 because there wasn't a USB cable. Little did I know at the time that they didn't come with USB cables :) It had a practically full color cart, too - a few test pages, and it was good to go. But back to the primary text printer...

I've got the NTX plugged into an Asante EtherPrint box, so any machine on my network can print to it - the kid's iMac, my SE/30 terminal upstairs, my Newton (though I haven't tried it over wireless yet), my beige G3 with the g4/400 upgrade - well, that won't print in OSX, but that's okay, because I hardly ever use OSX on it anyway; too damned slow.