Valeri Galtsev wrote:
On Mon, September 8, 2014 11:12 pm, dE wrote:
On 09/09/14 04:36, ken wrote:
In need of a new printer, having done a bit or research, and considering either the Canon PIXMA mg5420 or the HP Photo Smart 7520.
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I've also read horror stories about the how often new ink cartridges are required, that basically you pay for the printer a second and third time buying cartridges (not to mention how often a print job is interrupted by a trip to buy new cartridges). Any first-hand reports on that?
<snip> Buy a refill kit, if you get an inkjet. I, personally, had *really* bad experience with HP inkjets*, and don't plan to ever buy one again. Laserjets, on the other hand, are wonderful. Around '07 or '08, I bought an LJ 1018 (almost immediately replaced in HP's offerings by the 1022, which is annoying), but my 1018's just fine, thank you, though there is an annoyance that it's a "winprinter", and has to have some data sent to it every time you power it on.
If you're going to buy ink/toner, here's an unbiased recommendation: tonerprice.com. They have among the best prices that I found on the Web, and the service when I got quotes for work, but for a small order and a rather large one, was such that when my 1018 needed a new toner cartridge, I ordered (a compatible) from them... and got exactly the same competent level of service. I like them.
Note - esp for HP, buy compatibles. As an example, an OEM for my 1018 is about $80... while the compatible toner ->w/ shipping<- was about $32 or so.
mark
* Ok, HP Designjets seem to be ok, but those are professional inkjets... like the, ahem, z3200ps we have, that takes a 100', 42" wide roll, and has *12* cartridges....