Quote:
|
Originally Posted by boneheaddoctor
Its pretty good on some....mine is real decent an I am happy with it....I keep the inkjet for photos on the good paper...but the epson was damned expensive as a primary printer...ink cartriges every few hundred pages was mighty pricey.
True inthe long term an HP is a better bet....but in a few years I could replace it and still have saved bundles from what an inkjet costs to run. They are cheap to buy but bleed you to death on supplies.
|
I agree with boneheaddoctor, inkjets as a primary printer are very expensive.
I have an HP color laserjet 5M as my primary printer. It's and older printer but the advantage is that you refill the toner bins instead of replacing the entire cartridge. I can get toner refills for $5/each on e-bay which last 1500 sheets at 5% coverage. It has an ethernet port which allows any one of my 3 computers to print to it. I have the rear paper feeder which can accept up to 11 X 17 sheets of paper.
The down side is that it can't do envelopes or glossy photo paper due to the very high fuser temperatures.
I purchased an Epson RX500 color injet printer for photo prints. Since the Epson has a scanner I can scan with the Epson and print on the HP. I purchased an chip resetter ($5 e-bay) to allow me to use every last drop of ink before tossing it.
Since I don't print on my Epson much I am on my original set of ink. I am debating to purchase generic ink or stay with the pricy Epson ink. I like the Epson ink because it doesn't smeer with water. Anyone have any luck with photo prints with generic ink?