Best inkjet printer for under $200?

[IgoByte]

I'm looking for recommendations on a home/home office inkjet printer for under $200. Needs to print good text & pictures and speed is always a nice bonus.

Any suggestions?

 

[Macro2]

Canon S750
20ppm black/13 ppm color
$169-30 gift card -30 rebate this week=109 at Staples
you can find the 30 off 150 somewhere on the net...like that "thick"wallet.com
Cartridges are cheap...look fo BCI-3e's on e-bay or are easy to refill.

Nothig else touches this...

Mac

 

[IgoByte]

Thanks Mac.

Any other suggestions or is the S750 the ultimate in budget color printing?

 

[Macro2]

Right now there is no compettion for the S750 in all around printing at the lowest possible cost. Also goes edge to edge. You can get cartridges for as low as $2.00 each or fill your own for pennies. I've filled the same cartridge over 50 times.
The cartridges a clear so you can visually see how much ink you have, unlike HP or Epson. When you refill the printer knows you started out with a full cartridge and resets.

Forget HP if you do any amount of printing. The cartridges are very expensive and don't refill as well.
The new HPs come with only 17 ml ink color for about $20. The discontinued 900 series had a 42 ml color ink tank (78) that held 42 ml for $50.
The individual color cartidges of the S750 hold (3x12) 36 ml and you can get them for less than $10-$15 from many vendors shipped.

Epsons are decent but they have a chip on the cartridge that doesn't let you refill it. There are work arounds. The cartridges are not clear so you have to rely on the program to tell you how much ink you have left. So like HP, it may have up to 40% left when they tell you it empty. I've measured this in the case of the HPs...it says your low when you have 40% less.

My HP printers literally ate me out of house and home. Now I have a Canon S450, S630 and 2 S750s...
It's a good feeling your not going to get robbed when you run out of ink.


As for other alternatives to the S750....well for $109 plus tax it's hard to find one unless you want to do a lot of photo printing in which case I'd get the S820 or S900 or S9000.


Like I said, with the 30 off 150 coupon and 30 dollar gift card it's hard for me not to pick up another one.

Mac

 

[Macro2]

Here check out cartridge prices yourself.

Compare this with $40 to80 everytime you replace HP cartridges.

http://search.ebay.com/search/searc...lt&ht=1&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&query=BCI-3e

LINK

If you want to fill your own I can give you some links too.
It's pretty easy.

 

[Aquaman]

I agree......... Canon is the way to go

Cheers,
Aquaman <<<<<<<<, Canon S600 owner

 

[IgoByte]

Originally posted by: Macro2
Right now there is no compettion for the S750 in all around printing at the lowest possible cost. Also goes edge to edge. You can get cartridges for as low as $2.00 each or fill your own for pennies. I've filled the same cartridge over 50 times.
The cartridges a clear so you can visually see how much ink you have, unlike HP or Epson. When you refill the printer knows you started out with a full cartridge and resets.

Forget HP if you do any amount of printing. The cartridges are very expensive and don't refill as well.
The new HPs come with only 17 ml ink color for about $20. The discontinued 900 series had a 42 ml color ink tank (78) that held 42 ml for $50.
The individual color cartidges of the S750 hold (3x12) 36 ml and you can get them for less than $10-$15 from many vendors shipped.

Epsons are decent but they have a chip on the cartridge that doesn't let you refill it. There are work arounds. The cartridges are not clear so you have to rely on the program to tell you how much ink you have left. So like HP, it may have up to 40% left when they tell you it empty. I've measured this in the case of the HPs...it says your low when you have 40% less.

My HP printers literally ate me out of house and home. Now I have a Canon S450, S630 and 2 S750s...
It's a good feeling your not going to get robbed when you run out of ink.

As for other alternatives to the S750....well for $109 plus tax it's hard to find one unless you want to do a lot of photo printing in which case I'd get the S820 or S900 or S9000.


Like I said, with the 30 off 150 coupon and 30 dollar gift card it's hard for me not to pick up another one.

Mac

This is good...Thanks a lot for all the info. All I've had so far were Epson printers, and what I always hated about them was that they would break down after a year or so.

Thanks again.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: Macro2
Right now there is no compettion for the S750 in all around printing at the lowest possible cost. Also goes edge to edge. You can get cartridges for as low as $2.00 each or fill your own for pennies. I've filled the same cartridge over 50 times. The cartridges a clear so you can visually see how much ink you have, unlike HP or Epson. When you refill the printer knows you started out with a full cartridge and resets. Forget HP if you do any amount of printing. The cartridges are very expensive and don't refill as well. The new HPs come with only 17 ml ink color for about $20. The discontinued 900 series had a 42 ml color ink tank (78) that held 42 ml for $50. The individual color cartidges of the S750 hold (3x12) 36 ml and you can get them for less than $10-$15 from many vendors shipped. Epsons are decent but they have a chip on the cartridge that doesn't let you refill it. There are work arounds. The cartridges are not clear so you have to rely on the program to tell you how much ink you have left. So like HP, it may have up to 40% left when they tell you it empty. I've measured this in the case of the HPs...it says your low when you have 40% less. My HP printers literally ate me out of house and home. Now I have a Canon S450, S630 and 2 S750s... It's a good feeling your not going to get robbed when you run out of ink. As for other alternatives to the S750....well for $109 plus tax it's hard to find one unless you want to do a lot of photo printing in which case I'd get the S820 or S900 or S9000. Like I said, with the 30 off 150 coupon and 30 dollar gift card it's hard for me not to pick up another one. Mac

Interesting. You're right about the ink costs but the HP print quality is so good, I'd be afraid to switch. Right now I have an 1100 that cost about $175.

 

[R2D2]

HP all the way.

Mine have been outstanding. Unbelievably frugal on ink, and just keep going through the reams.

My Epson 785EPX holds a slight edge in the Photo Quality dept., but the HP crushes it in every other category. I also use Canons and Lexmarks at work, but they are definitely inferior.

If the reviews are good on this new Canon, it may be worth checking out. Just keep in mind that all printers are judged against the HP's, and I Concur.

R2

 

[Shamrock]

Apparantly some people need some homework.

Epson Stylus C80

$149 at Office Depot & Best Buy. Here is some specs.

Prints black text at up to 20 ppm (13ppm color)
2880 X 720 dpi
Individual Ink Cartridges
Water-resistant DuraBrite? Inks with up to 70 year light-resistance <---ink doesnt fade for 70 years (good for photos)
Makes everything - even everyday photos - look amazing on plain paper
USB and Parallel connectivity, with network and wireless options (optional Ethernet)

Advanced Details here

and I assure you the ink cartridges ARE an opaque clear plastic (not glassy clear, but can see the ink) I have seen them. I have also seen the image quality, and it is outstanding. The Cartridges are $10.97 also at Best Buy/Office Depot.

I have an HP, but this printer will be my next printer. (never had any luck with Canon, or Lexmark)

You could also go with the Stylus C60, but it only prints 12PPM black, and it's only $79


Hope this helps,

Shamrock

 

[sciencewhiz]

Epson and canon ink cartridges are cheap to buy and refill because the printheads are built into the printer, rather then the cartridge. The problem is that they clog more easily then HP or lexmark printheads, which are built into the cartridge. This means you have to waste ink cleaning them if you don't print every day or two. If they totally clog, the only thing you can do is to get a new printer.

As for Epsons, it's not terribly hard to get around the chips problem. There are several techniques. If you don't want to mess with removing cartridges (one technique), you can buy either software or hardware that will do it for you.