Choice of printer?

[BigYellowIron]

Getting ready to buy a printer. I have had Cannons for the last 2 and they have both quit prematurly.



I just print pages from e-mail and web with the ocasional photo.





Looking for a different one.



TIA



Adam

 

[Philip]

I like the Epson brand. I am on my second one now. The first one lasted for 5 years it was a Stylus 740 Color model. The one I am using now is Color 880 model. It is around 2 years old and I have had no problems with it.



My daughter got 6 years out of a Epson 740 also. I bought her a Lexmark X75 to replace it. ( This is the model with the scanner built into it). It seems to be harder on ink and the refills are higher than Epson refills are.

 

[rfcom]

Photo quality printers are way cheap these days. The manufacturers subsidize printer sales with the high price of replacement ink cartridges. Personally, I like Epson printers. They have excellent photo quality and the ink is cheaper than HP. The higher end ones have things like card readers and camera interfaces.



Jim

 

[Doc Tinker]

I finally went with a Brother laser printer (blackandwhite) for most of my printing and use a HP inkjet for the color stuff. I got tired of buying ink cartridges all the time with the inflated price tags.



The Brother costs about $225 and the toner has lasted more than six months now. I still have to buy ink cartrdges for the HP but not near as often.



Doc





PS - I just took a look at the Staples web site and I see that the Brother is now $150. Now I'm POed that I spent $225