Re: Advice on buying a new inkjet

On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:37:25 -0400, Michael Johnson <cds@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I suggest getting a Canon that uses CLI-8 cartridges. These printers
are fairly easy to refill.


How do you manage the 'chip' business?
Last time I tried the printer rejected the cartridge.


Best of all the price for refilling is less
than $1 per cartridge. Just be sure and use reputable after market
inks. Others here can give you excellent advice on what ink brands are
worth buying. The only downside I know of for refilling Canon printers
is you will lose ink monitoring via the software. This is really a
minor inconvenience considering the money you will save by not buying
OEM ink.

geronimo wrote:
I have an USB Epson CX6400 all-in-one that has died...the carriage
for the ink cartridges broke loose. Cost way too much to have
repaired. I have a top of the line HP scanner, so don't need another
all-in-one....just a printer. I am an artist, and I might print out
ten pictures in a month in color, plus very light B&W doc printing,
maybe average 20 draft pages.mo. But I *am* looking for photo quality
for pictures. The Epson was prone to printing lines....I hate that!
What is disgusting is that I had just bought a set of replaceable
ink cartridges for it, supplied by ink.manufactory. THis would have
saved a lot of cost for ink. However, I think they only offer these
cartridges (with a replaceable ink tank) for about a dozen Epson
models and a couple of Brother models.
I just can't hardly afford color printing if I have to pay full
price for replacement cartridges. (who can...you have to be rich!)
So hopefully it would be one that has some cheaper aftermarket
alternative like I had found for my CX6400.
If there isn't any cheap cartridge alternative that works well,
maybe in the long run it is better to just get one of those printers
like Tiger Direct GIVES away after rebate, just to sell replacement
cartridges? I get the impression that just about all of the sub-$200
printers die within a couple of years anyway.
I have gotten lots of used computer stuff from ebay, but am thinking
I ought to stick with a new one with warranty, as printers are so apt
to die sooner rather than later.

Thanks.


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