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« on: April 02, 2007, 06:07:19 AM » |
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the wife's job requires her to print a lot of her kids' photos from her school(daycare/preschool) for various projects. we are going to go in halves with her boss for a new printer since the school uses it quite often. i want to get a pretty decent one. a fast, photo quality, feature filled printer(scanner, card slots, etc). what are the specs i need to look for? links if possible.
thank you in advance
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« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2007, 07:39:17 AM » |
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i'm liking this one here. it has a lot of features i have wanted and seems to be fairly priced. |
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« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2007, 06:51:16 PM » |
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there are two main styles of home printers. one with the print heads on the cartridge and one where the print heads are on the actuall printer.
if you dont print alot get one where the print heads are on the cartridges - this is so that when you let the printer sit for a long time, you wont have to clean the heads, you will just replace the cartridges.
the other is if you print alot! because if you dont print alot the print heads will clog then you have to take it in for repair/cleaning.
i belive the later is better quality but as you see, it has a drawback. usually those are epsons if im not mistaken.
anyways, i could be wrong - mabe its the oposit, i havent been in the market for a printer in a long while.
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« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2007, 01:02:47 AM » |
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If you do a lot of printing and you're concerned about the cost of ink cartridges, go for something refillable. Epson, Canon, and Brother are the easiest to refill, with Epson and Brother being the two easiest.
If you're looking for high quality without breaking the bank, and you're going halves on the ink, go for a decent Laser printer. The cheaper laser printers won't print 11x17 but they'll do 8.5x11 and at a decent pace. The pro's to laser: ink doesn't dry out, ink lasts longer, much higher quality. The con's: ink is much more expensive, special project paper more expensive (they will print on copier paper but you don't want your photos on cheap paper), noisier, heavier, larger.
For the price of that inkjet printer all-in-one you're looking at you could just as easily pick up a cheap scanner (I bought a Lexmark x6100 just for the flatbed scanner built into it) and a decent ($300) laser printer.
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« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2007, 06:06:53 AM » |
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thanks for the input guys... it'll help when the time comes. don't stop if you have more though.  |
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« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2007, 02:18:40 PM » |
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i did some consumer reports hunting and picked out a nice setup a few years back. recomend the articles on it... pay for the consumer reports web site and check that stuff out, great for other things aswell. there may be sites that post that info for free, but i didnt look for them.
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« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2007, 06:18:21 PM » |
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i'll keep my eye's open. thanks MO.
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