Need to get a printer tomorrow!

[Medea]

I bought a Lexmark x83 this evening - usb, printer, scanner and copier.

Print quality of regular text is crappy - white streaks through the black text. After going through cleaning and options and unclogging nozzles several times and even reinstalling the driver (latest one out), their Help suggested I change from "Normal" to "Photo" - which worked but was slow as hell. It took 2 minutes to print a page (black text) that had a border around it. Also, changing to "Photo" printed regular text pages so slow I could've chiseled it out in stone before the printing was done.

I'm returning it tomorrow - got it from Staples. Going through some of the older posts, it seems like HP is a good model - but I do want the scanner and copier features along with a usb instead of a parallel port connection.

I really need you guys for suggestions! I use this printer for work when I'm working at home so I need a good one (my other one bit the dust yesterday afternoon). I know HP is more pricey, but I'd rather pay for quality than get stuck again.

TIA for the help, guys!

 

[Bluga]

I've had HP 840 and 932C and they are all excellent.

 

[Luden]

I've had the HP 600c, 800somthing, and 930c. Havnt had any problems with them but hp ink cartridges are a ripoff, its much cheaper just to get generic ones off 123inkjets.com (or whoever they are)

 

[Medea]

Thanks, guys. I'll look for them tomorrow - after I return this one back to Staples.

 

[dunkster]

There's a pretty decent review of printers at tomshardware.

They even evaluated the comparative cost of inks by vendor - which made Canon look pretty good.

Hope this helps!