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Community weekly poll: What brand of printer do you own, and are you happy with it?
- 4/4/06 12:17 PM
Printers
by claprade - 4/4/06 6:13 PM In reply to: What brand of printer do you own, and are you happy with it? by Marc Bennett
I have an Epson Stylus 850 and not impress with it...
HP laserjet 1012 b/w
by mittens - 4/4/06 6:14 PM In reply to: What brand of printer do you own, and are you happy with it? by Marc Bennett
best printer I ever owned, the paper never jams, it prints fast, clean copy without rattling the windows or taking forever to print. Im not a general fan of HP products, but this one is just what I needed. Even if it does burp about three minutes after printing. *g*
HP d145
by how - 4/4/06 6:14 PM In reply to: What brand of printer do you own, and are you happy with it? by Marc Bennett
The d series of multipurpose printers are great. Photo printing has been very good in large 8 x 11 size prints.
Print heads are a maintenance problem when not used for a period of time.
Epson R320
by TheLivePenguin - 4/4/06 6:14 PM In reply to: What brand of printer do you own, and are you happy with it? by Marc Bennett
Very happy with this printer...very good quality photos with fair ink usage. Reasonable priced refills and printing on CD/DVD is a added bonus.
what brand of printer
by speak376 - 4/4/06 6:16 PM In reply to: What brand of printer do you own, and are you happy with it? by Marc Bennett
I HAVE THE HP PHOTOSMART 2610 ALL IN ONE PRINTER I AM VERY HAPPY WITH IT. IT PRINTS GREAT PHOTOS.
Printer Owned and Satisfaction
by georgen - 4/4/06 6:17 PM In reply to: What brand of printer do you own, and are you happy with it? by Marc Bennett
Since December 2005, I own an Epson Stylus Photo R220. I am extremely happy with it -- 5 stars! Beautiful prints, sparing usage of inks utilizing six ink cartridges, excellent user interface (driver), and last but certainly not the least, the CD/DVD print capability -- an outstanding and unique feature.
Epson Stylus Photo 750
by cmcleavy - 4/4/06 6:17 PM In reply to: What brand of printer do you own, and are you happy with it? by Marc Bennett
Had this for a number of years and it still produces for me. Photos and text are crisp. Epson ships ink immediately when I email an order. Good experience.
What brand of printer do you own, and are you happy with it?
by STEVESAU - 4/4/06 6:17 PM In reply to: What brand of printer do you own, and are you happy with it? by Marc Bennett
Myself, I find the Lexmark P6250 to be one of the finest printers out there today!!
I have used HP, Epson and a few others, but the Lexmark P6250 has to be the best one of them all.
The pic's that come out of this printer have to be the best you can get even using No-Name paper.
You can't tell the differance between pic's from your local photo shop and the pic's from the P6250
Give it a try and find out for yourself.
HP seems to do it for me
by solosales - 4/4/06 6:18 PM In reply to: What brand of printer do you own, and are you happy with it? by Marc Bennett
I have 3-printers going at present and my absolute best workhorse is my HP 1320 Laser Jet. Quality, versatility, and economy of use are far ahead of any others I have owned and used in the last decade for black and white work. For color I currently have a HP3745 and a all-in-one HP 4200. Between the two I find no discernable difference in print quality, both are very good. While I tend towards HP Photo paper I find for color work that Kodak, and Epson also produce fine work. Longevity has yet to be determined.. Every since color became available, years ago, I have owned a color printer and at the time when few of us has a color printer the charge was up to $5 of a sheet in the few shops that owned a color printer, I made some prints for a copyright. The other day I was looking in the 3-ring binder for the copyright papers and examined the print I had kept for my records. I was amazed, it looked like the day it was made (I remember the shop owner ran about 5-copies to get one close to the true colors (a watercolor painting). What can I say?
(NT) Canon i960
by rgorman - 4/4/06 6:20 PM In reply to: What brand of printer do you own, and are you happy with it? by Marc Bennett
Best printer?
by danielarbib - 4/4/06 6:20 PM In reply to: What brand of printer do you own, and are you happy with it? by Marc Bennett
Elderly H-P OfficeJet G85 works fine but I am looking for a newer all-in-one model to include digtal photo printing of any manufacturer and would appreciate feedback
Epsom Stylus PHOTO RX700
by PlatinumXP - 4/4/06 9:10 PM In reply to: Best printer? by danielarbibThis sounds like the machine for you.It is built to commercial quality, being strong and sturdy, with a little less plastic. Control layout along with the LCD screen is very easy. Scan settings(film, photo and doc) are highest in the market, and photo output is truly remarkable. Standard text printing comes down to only good. When you see the results of printing onto CD, you will be astounded. This miltifunctio is designed for the prosumer.
Canon PIXMA MP-500 and HP Color LaserJet 4550
by sjsalem - 4/4/06 9:49 PM In reply to: Best printer? by danielarbibThe HP Color LaserJet is a discontinued model but an incredible workhorse (you can find them used -- especially on ebay -- and they're almost all still great printers). I use this for text documents and anything the kids want to print as the cost per copy is significantly lower.
Then I got a Canon PIXMA MP-500 all-in-one (copier, printer, scanner and photo printer -- the only thing missing is fax capabilities, which I still don't understand why they left that out). I use this primarily as a photo printer and the output is incredible -- pretty much photo lab quality! I picked this up at BestBuy after comparing output of several printers (including Epson and HP).
A key selling point for me was that the Canon uses five cartridges, while most HP and Epson and other manufacturers tend to use two (black and a combined color cartridge). The problem, at least to me, is that with one color cartridge once you use up one color, the cartridge is basically done and you have to replace it, even though there is still ink for other cartridges in the tank. This Canon uses Black, Photo Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow. So when the Yellow runs out, you only replace the Yellow cartridge. Much more efficient and saves you money. Some newer Canon photo printers come with six or eight cartridges, which should make them even better (although I compared the MP-500 to a six color Canon and preferred the output of the MP-500).
I used to have a Canon MultiPass (all-in-one with fax) F80. The cartridges for that one are almost identical to the MP-500's. And the old unit worked very well with compatible cartridges, which can be picked up online rather inexpensively ($3-$5 per cartridge). The MP-500 will have compatibles available this summer, which will provide wonderful savings as well.
As for paper, I have used Staples high gloss photo supreme as well as Kodak glossy photo paper and both seem to work equally. But I haven't had the printer long enough to know if fading will become a problem with either paper. And a friend of mine did a flyer with color photos printed on 28# copy paper done on the HP laser and the output there was amazing as well!
Epsom Stylus PHOTO RX700
by PlatinumXP - 4/5/06 3:31 AM In reply to: Canon PIXMA MP-500 and HP Color LaserJet 4550 by sjsalemThe Epsom Stylus PHOTO RX700 miltfunction comes with six individual inks.
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