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Printer suggestion...
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Tuesday, 08 May 2007
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Many times I'm asked what printer I recommend. I'm not making any recommendations but I'll write these thoughts for consideration. I've not conducted sccientific testing so keep in mind, these are only opinions. I use my printer a lot and I put it through all sorts of trials. I haven't printed on flour tortillas--yet--but almost everything else you can imagine!
I use a scanner a lot so I definitely wanted an AIO. (ALL IN ONE scanner, printer, fax, copier). I LOVE HPs for their durability. I had my old hp AIO 2175 for 4 years. It's the one I used for ALL my development and testing of THE PERFECT PRINTING POUCH and all my office and scrapbooking printing. It never quit but the driver became to outdated for my new computer.
I bought a C4100 series and hated it. The scanning output was lousy. the resolution was the same in pixels but it looked awful Then I learned that scanner technology was changed and it was fine for flat images like documents, but for chunky scanning of any 3-d objects, the image became quite distorted. SO, I gotra C7180 which has the scanning technology similar to my old one and I LOVE IT! The scans are crisp and clear and the fax works just perfectly for receiving as well as sending...and I have a answering machine on the same line, even. I also have a $39 hp I bought at walmart that I use for in-store demos. And I have the portable photo printer --- as well as the BIGGIE 14"x17" 8700 series. But I use my AIO all the time every day and I just love it. It has slots for photo cards , though I don' use them as I load my pix to my computer.
But ink is another story. I found EPSON ink to have much better coverage --like if you're printing on patterned vellum the Epson ink does a decent job printing whereas the hp ink is resisted by the patterns. The thing is Epson ink takes a lot longer to dry. OF course, with THE PERFECT PRINTING POUCH, the ink is irelevant since it makes all ink dry instantly (well almost instantly), and all ink covers and bonds to almost any printing surface. The Epson website discusses the archival quality of their ink and if I remember correctly, their ink is supposed to last much longer than hp...but if you keep your output inside an album and away from environmental stresses of light, humidity and fingers, I'm guessing hp ink will do just fine!
I was not please with the Canon printers I tested. The ink was okay, (of course the pouch made a huge difference) but the feeding wheels seemed weak for heavier materials. I had tone of the portable ones quit on me during an important event. It was replaced by the store and the new one did the same thing. It didn't seem to want to draw up cardstock weight paper. I feel I've had limited experience with Canon to be able to comment responsibly, since it could have been the ones I used....however, it just doesn't make me want to depend upon them.
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i kind of like my lexmark printer.. but i do as much printing as you do but i noticed that when i print alot that it uses alot of ink.. and it is a pain too.. thats one thing i don`t like about it...
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9-May-2007 @ 7:23:08am
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