Suggestions on what printer to buy
Thanks to the generosity of a friend I have been able to pay off my internet bill with a little extra left over. I can add enough to this to come up with around $100.00. Does anyone have a suggestion for a printer/scanner in that price range? It would be nice to find one where you don't have to take out a second mortgage to buy the ink!
Less than $100, Laser, Printers - CNET Reviews
You want a laser printer or you WILL end up spending a fortune on ink.
Less than $100, Laser, Printers - CNET Reviews
You want a laser printer or you WILL end up spending a fortune on ink.
Unless you get a chip resetter and refill kit.
Chip resetter? The manufacturer actually prevents the device from working even if it has ink in it?!
not to get all tw on youse guys... but don't you think a better first question is "to what purpose will this printer be put?" Pictures? Resumes? Recipes? Email? Color important? Does it need to be shared?
Ok, that's way more than one question. They can't all be first.
What kinds of stuff do you want to print?
We have an HP4500, paid 99.99. It's an inkjet, not a laser printer. All we've ever used is an inkjet, never thought we spent a fortune on ink.
not to get all tw on youse guys... but don't you think a better first question is "to what purpose will this printer be put?" Pictures? Resumes? Recipes? Email? Color important? Does it need to be shared?
Ok, that's way more than one question. They can't all be first.
What kinds of stuff do you want to print?
Mostly I want to print documents and forms off the internet as well as personal letters. I will be printing pictures from time to time also. I'd like the pictures to print out properly, but I don't need perfect, artistic quality. I will be the only one using the printer.
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions! :)
Despite the ink problem that I've now solved, I really like my Espon stylus photo RX 620. It listed for 299 and every couple of months it has a 100 to 150 rebate.
It scans negatives and positives, has a card reader for three diff cards, you can pop in your card reader and it will print out a contact sheet with scantronic ovals below each image. You fill in the ovals for the ones you want to print, scan the contact sheet and it will print out all of your selections.
The downside is the ink bullshit, but the restter is my new favorite thing in the world.
Sam, I have a brand new, never hooked up, in the box, inkjet printer, Dell insisted on sending me, even though I told them I didn't want it, a couple years ago.. Want it?
Wow! Thank you, Bruce! Are you sure that you don't want it? If you really don't, I'm sure that it would do fine for me. :)
I heart Bruce. You are awesome.
I heart Bruce. You are awesome.
Ditto to the nth degree! :luv:
Chip resetter? The manufacturer actually prevents the device from working even if it has ink in it?!
Yes. :mad2:
My old printer would try to pull the out of ink but not really scam on me too. I discovered that if I removed the cartridges then put them back in, the printer would go ahead and use them after all. Don't know if this trick works on all printers, but it wouldn't hurt to try.
My old printer would try to pull the out of ink but not really scam on me too. I discovered that if I removed the cartridges then put them back in, the printer would go ahead and use them after all. Don't know if this trick works on all printers, but it wouldn't hurt to try.
not with the epson, the cartridges remember that they are supposed to pretend they are out of ink. The chip resetter erases the data on the chip.
Mostly I want to print documents and forms off the internet as well as personal letters. I will be printing pictures from time to time also. I'd like the pictures to print out properly, but I don't need perfect, artistic quality. I will be the only one using the printer.
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions! :)
Sam, I have a brand new, never hooked up, in the box, inkjet printer, Dell insisted on sending me, even though I told them I didn't want it, a couple years ago.. Want it?
I suggest this printer.
:)
xoB, your generosity ... wait... I just want to say I find your generosity admirable and entirely in character. Good man. :thumbsup:
As to the chips on the cartriges, it's true. I have an (antique) HP officejet d145 and the printer remembers the last three cartridges it's seen. So I keep a refill kit and a stable of four cartriges , black and tricolor. Tedious, but economical. By the way the printer calculates not just how much the cartridges have been used but how old they are as well when determining whether or not a given cartridge is "used up". *sigh*
Get a chip resetter dude. all the kids are doing it.
can't find one. appears that hp carts/chips are not resettable, but, maybe replaceable. looks like big hassle.
whippersnappers!
well if you can use an hp 45 black cartridge, it's yours.
ok, my turn - the $40 printer I bought 3 years ago no longer works. The paper feed is now messed up. I may try to see if I can take the back off and look at it, but....
To head off BigV - I don't need it for much, heck I haven't used this one in over 6 months. 90% black and white forms and such.
i just upload everything to google docs and print it at work. you can have my printer.
Thanks Jim - That's what I've basically been doing, but sometimes my kids need stuff for school.