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What kind of printer do you have?

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All you guys with inkjets that are a few years old and crapping out on you make me laugh. I have an HP LaserJet IIP manufactured in January, 1990 that is still going strong for me! We paid $800 bucks back then. It was the best printer of it's day for the money. It is still running like a champ! Replaced the photodrum and probably went through about 5 ink cartridges. Printouts are pretty much exactly like when we bought it. Only 300DPI and a slow 4PPM, but it's so reliable and cheap to run. I hate inkjets!
 
Take a look at the HP DeskJet 932C.
I believe I saw an Adver for ~$150 or less.
Decent speed, photo quality in color, like the
952C, offers option for double sided printing.
Seems like they are everywhere these days. Good Luck
 
HP LaserJet 1200 hooked up with a Hawking Print Server on my small home network. It's weird though, the print server will work if I'm printing from a WinMe machine, but not a Win2K. Oh well, I don't print that much anyways (it's for my brother... lucky bastard, and I manage the network for him)
 
If you have a Wal-Mart close to you, you can still get a HP970 with the double-sided printing module with it. I got mine last Dec. and no problems with it. BTW it uses the same cartriges as the 1000 photo printer and has excellent speed and quality.
 
LHP Laserjet IIP, bought used for $99. It replaces a Canon BJC-2000 after I calculated the general costs of ink cartridges for 1 year.
 
HP 812C - fantastic printer, got it for $150 - thought it was such a great buy i had my sister get one. Not the fastest, but prints very nice.

My dad & his small network at work (3 windows machines) print regularly to an HP Laserjet III bought in 1990 - they probably print 40-50 pages a day, and the thing works great with refilled toner cartrdiges. I wish I could get one of those - but that thing is huge!!
 
Brother DCP1200 laser copy/printer combo. Replaces my old HP inkjet. Never been happier! Print quality is superb with no smudging (something that I always hated with inkjets). No color? Don't miss it a bit. After buying all those ridiculously priced color ink packs and "photo" paper for my old inkjet, I realized I could just order color prints online for a lot cheaper and they always came out higher quality, as well as longer lasting , too.
 
HP DeskJet 890C. Some1 gave it to me, in excellent condition! This is a $400 printer!!
Owner had it for 3 years, I've had it for 1. This things is almost a rocket for an inkjet, and photos look beautiful.

HP DeskJet 672C. For my little brother, since I now have the 890C. Still going strong. 3 or 4 years old.

My next printer? If I can convince my girl to let me have it, probalby the Photosmart 1215 so I can use the IR to print from my Palm and the CompactFlash slot for my digital camera....though I usually have to touch up the photos anyway, and I don't print that much from my Palm........on second thought HP 952C!!

BTW the double sided printing is an option on all the 900 series.

Also BTW, this is something else I thought was neat and I'm actually considering: HPs PSC 750. It's a scanner and a printer taken from the 952C. Comes in handy for *cough* copying homework *cough*😀

It can't use the double-sided printing module though, which I'd probably never use but it's neat to watch...🙂
 
I got a M750 and I love it, you can pick it up for $70 from Staples or less if it is on sale! It's fast on black and pretty quick on color, makes wonderful looking pictures and the ink is relatively cheap and its pretty easy to refill from I've heard.

As far as the PSC750, if you print a lot of black you might want to get the G55 because it uses the 45A instead of the 15(twice as much black for the same price)...

Gariig
 
Syborg1211:

Try popping up the blue lever on the right and taking out the turquoise colored printhead (BC-31) with all the color tanks in it. After a few seconds, replace the printhead and then reset the printer by turning it off and removing the power cord from the back. After a bit, fire it up and try printing something with colors.

 
I've got a cruddy lexmark 3200. Slow as hell, paper loads in multiple sheets, and the ink never seems to last. I guess I should get a new printer, eh?
 
HP 850C (old)

Very good printer but getting long in the tooth now 🙁

Claims 6PPM (colour) but never seen it do that.
 
I am also looking at HPs but don't know whether it is worth spending more for a more "advanced" model. Which series to buy:

930, 950, 960, 970, 990????

Thanks
 
HP LJ1200 and occasionally Cannon BJC-4000 for colour jobs (*very* occasionally). You just can't use a non-laser when printing anything with substantial volume ie >10 pages, it'll finish after TF2 comes out 😛. (And yes I fully realise the Cannon is heaps old and nowadays ink jets have good speeds too, but the HP's 14ppm has eternally spoilt me)

Oda
 
I've had my Nec Superscript 870 for 2.5 years. It's an AWESOME printer: great print quality, cheap toner, good drivers.
 
Epson Stylus Color 880

USB, 12ppm, 2880x720 dpi, very fast and quiet, pretty cheap (was $149 but now can be had under $100 i think)

HP sucks: they use way too much ink and the ink's expensive... Epson ink new is about $18/cart while the knockoffs are $3 apiece...
 
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