Printers

[VDusen04]

I'm looking into buying a printer for my computer. Unfortunately, I know little in regards to price, quality, and brand. Do you guys have any printer suggestions? I'm just looking for a nice, solid, reliable printer that is preferably wireless and also contains a scanner. I have a slight worry that the printer I'd settle on (if I chose on my own) would offer poor print images and/or poor scans.

[KingV2k3]

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I got an HP Photosmart D110 Series printer at OfficeDepot about 2 months ago for $69.00...

They claim the original list is over a hundo and they sold them previously for $99.00...

It's wireless, copy, scan, photo, web...

Simple to set up and use...

I've seen it since for 49.00 at Radio Shack, possibly because HP is overhauling their whole product line?

I'm not tech savvy enough to tell you how it rates, as far a print / scan resolution goes...

But it's fine by me...for the basic stuff I use it for...

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Printers are cheap nowadays, even the wireless ones. If you pay more then $75 for an all in one wireless printer, you paid too much.

[VDusen04]

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Thanks gentlemen. Those responses were both actually quite helpful. I was kind of curious what my price roof should be, so again, your input was appreciated.

[Mabster]

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Been a couple years since I bought a printer for the home pc but one thing most people don't look at is the cost of ink cartridges. When I bought my last one the HP printers while cheaper out the door but were outrageously more expensive when it came to ink and cents per page printed.

So my advice, after you've narrowed it down to a couple printers checking their respective cartridges should put you on one side of the fence.

[VDusen04]

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Also, do you guys buy inkjets or laser?

And some of these look pretty large. Are at-home printers supposed to be oversized nowadays?

Finally, does brand matter (HP vs. Lexmark vs. Epson)?

[KingV2k3]

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Also, do you guys buy inkjets or laser?

And some of these look pretty large. Are at-home printers supposed to be oversized nowadays?

Finally, does brand matter (HP vs. Lexmark vs. Epson)?

I got inkjet...

It came with some "starter" ink that, based on my very limited usage, should last a while...

I also don't use the color ink much, so that helps keep costs down as well...

Not sure about brand comparison, maybe a site like cnet would shed light on that...

They all seem to be pretty much the same to me...

Like 'Skillz said, don't pay more than $75.00...

Truth be told, I just went into OfficeDepot, got the gal who worked in the printer department and bought the one that had the biggest drop from list to sale price, while having all the features (scan, etc.) that ALL of them seem to have these days...

The only reason I didn't but a similar HP @ Target, was because there was no sales person to ask my very basic / noob-ish questions to...



I think it's going to be hard for you to "go wrong" with this purchase...

Oh, as far as size goes...

It's smaller than my former 2004 DELL...

About 16 inches wide x 12 deep and 8 high...

[Gotmadskillzson]

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From my exerience, Cannon has the cheapest ink, HP ink is a little bit more pricey but is sold in more stores. Epson and Lexmark ink isn't sold everywhere. Kind of funny how some Walmarts sale Epson and Lexmark printers, but not the ink for them.

But hell you can find HP ink EVERYWHERE, including Radio Shack and Dollar stores.

Far as size, they are no where near as big as they use to be 10 years ago. Printers use to be HUGE.

[KingV2k3]

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But hell you can find HP ink EVERYWHERE, including Radio Shack and Dollar stores.

Wow...did not know this!

Dollar Stores for Inkjet refills is pretty sweet...

Thanks!

[Mabster]

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Wow...did not know this!

Dollar Stores for Inkjet refills is pretty sweet...

Thanks!

If the one model happens to be the one the dollar store carries then you're set.


Size? Especially if your looking at all in one printer, scanner, faxes then yea they can still be pretty big. Takes up space to get the flatbed scanner, document feeder for the fax, another rest of the printer mechanisms jammed in.

[lasthour]

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If you have an Apple product get an HP period. They allow direct wireless and remote document printing, the others only do pictures and web pages.

If not, then Cannon for better picture print out quality and cheaper but smaller ink cartridges. If none of this matters then look for the best price on a cheap HP, Epson, Kodak, Brothers,etc.

[Bighoff]

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Got a HP Photosmart C5580, it's great. Does everything I want and it's got Bluetooth.