Time for a new printer....ideas?

[JohnHKart]

Well how convenient, just as I'm getting ready to print out some tax forms to fill out and mail, and having blown 30 bucks on two new printer cartridges, I found out that my Epson 777 has bitten the dust after three and a half years. It's even more annoying considering the Canon BJ 101 I had lasted six years, and I almost thought of going and digging that out of storage. So it's time for a new printer and I think I want to go with HP. Among the more annoying things about the Epson was the cost of the ink and the number one horror was not being able to print black ink documents if the color had run out. What a nice way to rip people off, I never need to print color anyway, so I had to constantly buy color ink when it evaporated.

John

[Turn7]

hp

[nrc]

Buy the cheapest one you can find and throw it away when it runs out of ink. :)

[Dave99]

30 bucks on two new printer cartridges?

Use Ebay next time and spend the savings on guitar strings.

[Ankf00]

30 bucks on two new printer cartridges?

Use Ebay next time and spend the savings on guitar strings.
i'd say a pack of martin sp's are far more worthy than an ink cartridge :)

[carpfan]

Well how convenient, just as I'm getting ready to print out some tax forms to fill out and mail, and having blown 30 bucks on two new printer cartridges, I found out that my Epson 777 has bitten the dust after three and a half years. It's even more annoying considering the Canon BJ 101 I had lasted six years, and I almost thought of going and digging that out of storage. So it's time for a new printer and I think I want to go with HP. Among the more annoying things about the Epson was the cost of the ink and the number one horror was not being able to print black ink documents if the color had run out. What a nice way to rip people off, I never need to print color anyway, so I had to constantly buy color ink when it evaporated.

John

Funny you mention the 777. I used to work at Epson Portland, and that was one of thier major re-work projects. They were cheaply made in the Phillippenes, and had serious quality problems. I remember much overtime being put in on those...

[Sean O'Gorman]

You can have my HP, I'll tie it to the back of a FedEx truck on its way to California, and hopefully being dragged for thousands of miles will make it work right. :thumdown:

[chop456]

Buy a black and white laser printer for your everyday stuff. It's saved me hundreds in the long run.

[TedN]

Buy a black and white laser printer for your everyday stuff. It's saved me hundreds in the long run.

I agree. I purchased a Samsung ML-1430 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006HH1C/102-0038044-6904141?v=glance) last year and have been very happy.

Ted

[nrc]

I would third the laser printer recommendation. Much less trouble. Unless you do a lot of photo printing I would get a laser printer and the cheapest inkjet that meets your color needs.

[JohnHKart]

Thank you for all the responses....Have got the HP 1012....I never print in color so I should have had something like this the whole time.

John

[chop456]

Good choice. I figured that my Epson Inkjet was costing me about $.20 per page and my Xerox b/w laser is about $.05 The $75 drum/toner combo refills are good for about 2,000 pages. Imagine the savings! :gomer: