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Tossed my HP Printer - & it felt good!
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sideache said:
I screwed up a 5x7 shortly after I got mine, so I figured I'd play with the print. I put a few drops of water on it to see how water "resistant" the print was. Didn't do a thing to the print. So, I ran it under the kitchen faucet under a gentle stream of water for a minute or two. Still nothing. I let the print dry and it was perfect (except for a slight water mark on the surface). Amazing.
Our photolab just got a 50" lightjet printer, and the quality of the two are comparable.
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Re: Tossed my HP Printer - & it felt good!
Between the home office and main office, I've had five (5) HP inkjet printers over the past 11 years. All are still working fine and they do get a workout at the office.
I bought my first Epson R380 Photo Printer and it works just super as well. My only complaint, (which I have yet to check for a fix) is that the ink levels don't show up when hooked up as a network printer. Actually two complaints. No one carries high capacity ink cartridges. Not BB, CC, CompUSA, Staples, OM, OD......nooooobody.
Other than that it worked perfectly out of the box and prints great pictures.
Between the home office and main office, I've had five (5) HP inkjet printers over the past 11 years. All are still working fine and they do get a workout at the office.
I bought my first Epson R380 Photo Printer and it works just super as well. My only complaint, (which I have yet to check for a fix) is that the ink levels don't show up when hooked up as a network printer. Actually two complaints. No one carries high capacity ink cartridges. Not BB, CC, CompUSA, Staples, OM, OD......nooooobody.
Other than that it worked perfectly out of the box and prints great pictures.
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Well, things went much easier this afternoon - packed orders, weighed them, printed the FEDEX labels & never moved more than 10 feet from one spot!! Saved lots of time!
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R6MGS said:
You realize that's less than you will pay for a cartridge of black and color ink. Last time I went to replace my ink I ended up buying a new printer for $29 instead of color and black ink for $40. I keep the old printer around because its an all-in-one and I use the scanner occasionally but my new "cheap" printer actually prints great photos and is smaller and easier to use.
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Brosky said:
Same with the R800/R1800/R2400 and a few others. I keep at least a spare of each color on the shelf for my R1800 (8 total), especially if I'm doing 11x14s. https://www.atlex.com/ has reasonable prices and service, and fast for me - overnight ground service from south Florida.
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tomshobby said:
Ewww mean, mean, mean! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
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Lexmark has been in the professional grade printer business for a long time, they took all that experience and used it in the PC printer market.
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Unfortunately, my experience with Lexmark in the late 90's wasn't very good. Then again, I was working as a PC Tech for Best Buy, and the major problem with them was that ~everyone~ was buying the $20 printer, WHICH I doubt Lexmark really made. I seem to recall thinking that it appeared to be a repackaged/badged HP printer back then. I saw non-functioning printers more often than I cared to, and then there was the ink at $15 a cart for black and $20 for a color cart. It was cheaper to throw the printer away and buy another one after the ink ran out.
Since then, I cringe at hearing the name "Lexmark", and the best lesson I learned there was "a printer that cost less than the ink it uses is not worth the plastic it is molded from."
Since then, I cringe at hearing the name "Lexmark", and the best lesson I learned there was "a printer that cost less than the ink it uses is not worth the plastic it is molded from."