BeeR Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 (edited) Looking at lower end printer, needs are pretty basic, but even cheaper ones are bundling fax ability in nowdays so figure I will get that. Beyond that I have no "musts" other than inexpensive. So...what brand and why? I've had or known people who had (mostly) good experience w/Canons and their replacement cartridges are cheaper than most, but not seeing one w/fax for a lower end type price as yet. And any suggested places to buy these things online, eg Best Buy or Amazon or... PS I thought there was a thread on this earlier but didn't see... Edited July 13, 2009 by BeeR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ts Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 (edited) Links to a couple of prior / similar topics: http://forums.thehuddle.com/index.php?show...t&p=2864448 http://forums.thehuddle.com/index.php?show...t&p=2772025 Edited July 13, 2009 by ts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billay Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 I'll reiterate the negative sentiments about HP. I'm ready to chuck mine in the garbage. I've had software conflicts of all kinds. I wrote to their email support via the web (their website) and it got returned due to an invalid address. Seriously? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_am_the_swammi Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 I wrote to their email support via the web (their website) and it got returned due to an invalid address. For some reason I thought that was kinda funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 She has a nice HP printer that was an investment bought 2 years ago, I use an el cheapo Lexmark one that I was going to treat like a disposable one about 4 years ago. She uses mine now. Nuff said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Irish Doggy Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Its an all-in-one, but the mrs and I got a Canon MX850 a while back. I like it quite a bit. Only downside is that its big and heavy, but the price was good compared to other all-in-ones I looked at. Haven't tried the wi-fi yet. I think the MX860 is the latest model in the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 (edited) Links to a couple of prior / similar topics: http://forums.thehuddle.com/index.php?show...t&p=2864448 http://forums.thehuddle.com/index.php?show...t&p=2772025 d'oh and thanks, and thx for all replies Sounds like Epson and HP are dicey. Oh I'm looking at Inkjet I think as I would want to print pics. Hopefully ink won't dry out too fast since I don't print a lot Edited July 13, 2009 by BeeR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 I've never had anything positive results from low-end HP laser printers. The one I have at the restaurant gets far more work than it's supposed to and does just fine. I think it's a 1006 which replaced the 1200 (the model I have at home that is at least 6 years old (but I think closer to 10 because I think we brought it with us when we moved from Cali). Regardless of the maker, I've never had good luck with all-in-ones and I'm simply not wealthy enough to operate anything but a laser printer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerx Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 (edited) I went to get new color and black cartridges last week for my cheap (cost wise) Cannon Ink Jet. While at the store I saw a Cannon Ink Jet printer that comes with those two cartridges and printer (does photos too) for only $5 dollars more than it would cost me to buy just the color cartridge. If I bought both cartridges it would have cost me $16 more dollars than the new printer. Looks like I'm gonna go with disposable printers going forward... FWIW, I like the Cannon's way more than HP. Epson is not so bad. Edited July 14, 2009 by millerx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 I went to get new color and black cartridges last week for my cheap (cost wise) Cannon Ink Jet. While at the store I saw a Cannon Ink Jet printer that comes with those two cartridges and printer (does photos too) for only $5 dollars more than it would cost me to buy just the color cartridge. If I bought both cartridges it would have cost me $16 more dollars than the new printer. Looks like I'm gonna go with disposable printers going forward... I'm hearing a lot of this. wt*?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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