What is the best desktop printer out there? Cheap ink, reliable and great photographic quality prints?
Question by rykkardo8: What is the best desktop printer out there? Cheap ink, reliable and great photographic quality prints?
Best answer:
Answer by Dubbya
I’ve only ever owned Epson printers and have used them for printing everything you can imagine. Portraits, snapshots, charts, graphics, cards and letters. They produce beautiful photos and they’re a great office printer as well.
I would recommend that you stay away from the Epson Stylus CX series all in one printers though. While they print beautiful photos, a lot of users have had problems with the cartridges and printer firmware. Judging by the reviews I’ve read, they’re not the most reliable machine, especially if manufactured before March of 2007.
Alternatively, Canon printers produce great photos, their fully functioned all-in-ones perform reliably and are fairly inexpensive. Again, look for an older model where compatible or factory remanufactured cartridges are available.
HP, Lexmark and Dell printers all produce good photos and, while usually inexpensive to purchase (lots of them come free with a new computer), the costs for original brand name cartridges can bankrupt you.
Look for factory remanufactured or compatible cartridges from a reputable supplier and you’ll save some money.
Check the Epson online store and their clearance center for great deals and rebate coupons. They offer free shipping and their refurbished printers carry a full one-year warranty.
In some cases, you can buy a deadly machine for as little as $ 50 after the rebate.
If you can find an older or refurbished printer, you can save a pile of cash and compatible inks will most likely be available and provide you with an cheap alternative to original Epson cartridges.
If you’re fanatical about archival quality and cost is not an issue, you’ll probably be happier using the OEM inks and their brand of photo paper as well. If you’re going to be satisfied with good results at a fraction of the cost, look for compatible inks and generic photo paper.
At the very least, you can save cash if you print proofs with the generic paper and compatible inks, then swap in the OEM cartridges and paper to print the final copies.
Before you make your purchase, search some online ink stores to see if compatible or remanufactured cartridges are available for the machine you’re interested in.
Any one of these sites should help you to find what you need.
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Q&A: Are brand names important when it comes to a printer’s quality?
Question by ChiDep ♥: Are brand names important when it comes to a printer’s quality?
I just bought a new printer from this brand called “Brother”
It’s not a very known one, and my mother thinks it will do crud.
Do brand labels make a difference on what you buy, when it comes to technology?
What are the Ups and Downs of the Brother printer?
Should I go buy a Canon, HP, LexMark, or Epson instead?
Do they cause as many problems as Brother printers?
Best answer:
Answer by D Professor
Yes. Most manufacturers kind of specialize on a type of machine. When it comes to printers the options are limitless but some brands are better than others for some types.
For dot-matrix printers I would recommend the Panasonic or Okidata printers. The others tend to fail prematurely or produce poorly defined letters. These are the printers other brands will imitate.
For Ink-jet printers I always recommend Hewlett-Packard. Their technology is imitated by many and few match it. Just a note: many folks buy Lexmark printers for their claimed dots-per-inch claims. Their quality is still inferior to the HP with less dpi standard.
If you want a dedicated Photo Printer I would suggest HP or Kodak printers.
For laser printers HP / Cannon / Xerox are among the best.
Brother printers are not amongst my recommendation for they lack the experience and technological quality to provide you with a printer that would last for years to come. HP is by far the most experienced in ink-jet printers the same as Panasonic, Okidata and EPSON are the leaders in Dot-Matrix printers.
When you buy a printer you must consider not only the initial cost of the printer you need to also consider if the ink/cartridge/ribbons are available locally or if you will have to buy from a particular store or web site. How many pages can you get from the ink replacement cartridge and the options the printer offers. Does it have the ports for you to read your camera data cards? Does it have options for you to set printer default options? -the cheaper printers are not adjustable- Can you see a preview of your printed page? Can you use photo paper as small as the 4×6 format?
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Copy vs. Scan – Why does a copier have better quality than a scanner?
Question by HeyNowBrownCow: Copy vs. Scan – Why does a copier have better quality than a scanner?
I have noticed that on digitial copiers (either black/white or color) they can turn out good results when making a copy, but if you then take that same machine and scan your document in (such as in 300 dpi) the results are much degraded.
Does a digital copier use a different scanning technology for copies than when scanning to PC?
Best answer:
Answer by Marco – Yahoo
yes different methods –
A fax / scanner converts what it scans into a picture i.e pixels and as a result the quality is reduced drastically.
A digital machine is able to create “pictures” but uses vector images, which are sharper and have better quality.
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HP 2140 Professional Quality Plain-Paper Fax and Copier (CM721A#B1H)
HP 2140 Professional Quality Plain-Paper Fax and Copier (CM721A#B1H)
- 14.4 Kbps modem
- 200 Page Memory
- 100 Speed Dials and 20 Broadcast Locations
- 15 page Automatic Document Feeder (ADF)
- Uses HP 701 Series ink cartridges
The HP 2140 Professional Quality Plain-paper Fax and Copier is simple to use with efficient one-touch button for quick access to reports, system set up and tools. Be more productive with automatic redial, 50-sheet paper tray, 100 speed dials, 20 one-touch dials and management reporting. Save desktop space with a small footprint and compact. Reduction/Enlargement – 50 to 150% Scan Resolution – Up to 200×200 dpi Grayscale Levels – 64 Standard Paper Handling – 50-sheet input tray, 15-sheet automatic document feeder Custom Media Sizes – 8.5×11 to 8.5×14 Fax Features – Auto-redialing, fax broadcasting (up to 20 locations), auto fax reduction, fax delayed sending, fax forwarding, fax/phone/TAM interface, fax polling, distinctive ring detection, fax telephone mode, remote retrieval, telephone handset, junk barrier, Silent mode, answer mode, redial, loud speaker, volume control and telephone handset. What’s in the Box: HP 2140 Fax, HP701 Black Inkjet Introductory Cartridge (3 ml), setup poster, user’s guide, power cord and phone cord.
List Price: $ 99.99
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