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BEST PRINTER ? (Low Operating Cost, Excellent Color Output)

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dcl

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May 28, 2006
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Buying a Mac, so might as well take advantage of up to $100 off HP's & Canon's Printers.

Already have an HP Laserjet for Document Printing, but would like a good inkjet, just for those times you would like some color.

I have an Canon ip4000 that eats through expensive ink, even though I don't print pictures with it. Much cheaper to have pictures done at Costco

Would like excellent color printing and a low operation cost (ink).

Any Recommendations ?:confused:

Thanks
 
I personally think that Canon has some of the cheapest ink simply because you can buy the exact color you need and not an entire cartridge that has two other colors just because one is out. But then again I use a higher end Pixma. An HP Photosmart will do the job as well.
 
I've got an HP psc 1210 All-In-One and it works great, especially with my Mac. I bought it about 4 years ago and it hasn't given me any problems whatsoever. I believe the ink is like $20 for black and $30 for color, but don't quote me on that. I've not had to buy ink since last October and my color ink is still 60% full and my black 20%.
 
The last 4 printers I've bought have been Canons, and the next one will likely be one, too. Increased efficiency with ink use, relatively less expensive refills, and great print quality are a winning combination for me.
 
i actually sell printers. dont ever buy a brother, they are crap. Dont buy a lexmark either, unless its really high end. But i really like HP's they are pretty reliable. The HP Photosmart 7180 is really really nice. Its really photo precise and the colors are great. It has individual colors for ink cartridges, which arent a lot per piece. Look into that. :)
 
Just found complete list of qualified printers.

Top Prority's : (Backup for HP LaserJet) so it needs to be an
1 - Excellent color text printer
2 - Affordable Replaceable Ink
3 - Long Lasting Ink Cart.
4 - Good Photo Printer
5 - Reasonable price $ 100 - 200

HP Photosmart C4200 All-in-One series
HP Photosmart C5200 All-in-One series
HP Photosmart C6200 All-in-One series
HP Photosmart C7100 All-in-One series
HP Photosmart C7200 All-in-One series
HP Photosmart C8100 All-in-One series

Samsung ML-1630 Monochrome Laser Printer
Samsung CLP-300N Color Laser
Samsung SCX-4500 Monochrome Multifunction Laser Printer

Canon CP740 Portable Printer
Canon ES2 Portable Printer
Canon iP3500m Photo Printer
Canon iP4500 Photo Printer
Canon mini320 Compact Photo Printer
Canon MP470 Photo All-In-One
Canon MP520 Photo All-in-One
Canon MP610 Photo All-in-One
Canon MP970 Photo All-in-One
Canon MX300 Office All-in-One
Canon MX310 Office All-in-One
Canon MX700 Office All-in-One
Canon PIXMA iP90v Photo Printer
Canon PIXMA MP530 Office All-in-One
Canon PIXMA MP830 Office All-in-One
Canon PIXMA Pro9000 Photo Printer
Canon PIXMA Pro9500 Photo Printer
 
I have an HP Photosmart 7450, Deskjet 5740, and a PSC 1210v and they have all been excellent printers. The ink isn't too terribly expensive, and the printers don't use that much ink. I have also owned a Lexmark and it wasn't that great of a printer. Canon is supposed to be good, but don't quote me on that since I have never owned one.
 
Canon ip4500 / ip3500

Does anyone have experience with either the Canon ip4500 or ip3500 ?
 
Kodak started making consumer printers. They claim 50% savings on ink.
 
MacinDoc said:
The last 4 printers I've bought have been Canons, and the next one will likely be one, too. Increased efficiency with ink use, relatively less expensive refills, and great print quality are a winning combination for me.
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Same here and for the OP, if you only use your's for text (black ink) then change your settings so that it won't pull from the color ink (small amounts but it does happen). I know my last 2 Canons used way less ink than my Epson or HP did. Those are now sold to someone else that can put up with single color tanks and clogged nozzles :cool:
 
I just bought an HP C7280 from NewEgg on Saturday. It arrived today (Monday). It was $199, I just saw that if you pay with paypal, you get 20% cash back, so it could be a great deal. Sorry I didn't wait until today.

I hooked it up, it worked like a charm over Wireless G.

I printed a few photos on the included demo photo paper and the photos look great. I have always used HP, other brands just haven't been reliable. I tried to replace an old deskjet with a nice Canon, but it never really worked right. I ended up going back to the deskjet for a few more years (about 7 years old now). I'm happy already...
 
cube said:
Kodak started making consumer printers. They claim 50% savings on ink.
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I've got the Kodak 5300. The Easyshare software was a little buggy but since the update for Leopard compatability, it's been fine. Certainly can't beat $22 for both a black and color cartridge.
 
Kodak AiO Inkjet Printers

Gymnut said:
I've got the Kodak 5300. The Easyshare software was a little buggy but since the update for Leopard compatability, it's been fine. Certainly can't beat $22 for both a black and color cartridge.
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I work at Kodak and I use a 5300 with my eMac and my MacBook. I love using it for scrapbooking and crafts. Thank goodness for the inexpensive ink because I print a lot!

You can read more at http://www.kodak.com/go/aio
 
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