What printer do you use?

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mikey pizano · #1 Post by **mikey pizano** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:30 pm

We have 3 printers in my house. Mine is a HP PhotoSmart D7360, dad has a HP LaserJet 1320 and for pictures, a Canon Selphy diesub.

pianowizard · #2 Post by **pianowizard** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:18 pm

An HP PSC1315 all-in-one printer/scanner/copier.

mikey pizano · #3 Post by **mikey pizano** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:23 pm

I never was a huge fan of the all in one printers...

Website · #4 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:29 pm

Like thinkpads, I have countless printers, but the primary printers that we use are:

HP d135 - All-in-one
HP5500dn - Color Laser printer with duplexing unit (for wife's printing/design business)

Phazer · #5 Post by **Phazer** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:33 pm

All LaserJets

2 HP 4L's
1 HP 4MP
1 HP 5M

Old and slow but man are they workhorses, that and toner cartridges can be had for less than $40.00 which is cheaper than most ink cartridges and they last for around 3000 pages.

#6 Post by **tomh009** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:40 pm

Currently have a DeskJet 995 Cxi. Has Bluetooth, which is nice, but it's still an inkjet.

Colour lasers are inexpensive now, but apart from the Samsung CLP 300, they are quite bulky. Waiting for the next generation, with the hope of seeing more choice of compact models.

pianowizard · #7 Post by **pianowizard** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:43 pm

mikey pizano wrote:I never was a huge fan of the all in one printers...

You'd rather own three separate machines? Cost more and take up more space! I bought mine for onlt $60 shipped from geeks.com a year ago.

Website · #8 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:45 pm

Phazer wrote:All LaserJets

2 HP 4L's
1 HP 4MP
1 HP 5M

Old and slow but man are they workhorses, that and toner cartridges can be had for less than $40.00 which is cheaper than most ink cartridges and they last for around 3000 pages.

Very good choices for printers. The cartridges are harder to remanufacture, than the regular HP3si's and 4's, but they are good nonetheless

I wish that the toner cartridges for my 5500dn were that cheap though. It takes 4 cartidges. (Cyan, Yellow, Magenta & Black) The color cartidges retail for each $300 each, where as the Black is only about $240. They are each rated for about 15,000 pages, but in reality with her work, we about 4,000 pages.

mikey pizano · #9 Post by **mikey pizano** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:46 pm

Nope, I just dont need anythig but a printer

edit: almost got a color laser but dad decided to get me the D7360

#10 Post by **ryengineer** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:57 pm

Through years I've used Xerox, Canon, HP and found them all decent.

But the company which I prefer the most is Brother. I currently use Brother HL-2040 at home and upon my recommendation we have started using Brother HL-2700CN at work due to it's excellent compatibility with linux.

#11 Post by **GomJabbar** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:03 pm

After going through (3) Epson all-in-one inkjet printers (CX5200, CX5400, & CX6600) with a lifespan of about a year each, I decided to try a different brand. I spent a couple of hours online scouring over reviews and decided on the following: Canon PIXMA MP600 - Photo All-In-One Printer. I picked one up at the local Office Depot. My students desparately needed a functional printer. We've only had it less than a month, but so far everyone likes it pretty well. I liked the Epsons we had too, but their lifespan left something to be desired...

All-in-ones are great for (2) reasons. You can do photocopies on the spot - without even using the computer, and their small footprint is very helpful when desktop real estate is limited. At the price point they are nowadays, it really doesn't make sense to buy a separate scanner unless you have special needs.

mikey pizano · #12 Post by **mikey pizano** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:07 pm

For me, all I do is print, dad has a scanner on his (very nice epson) if I need one.

Stargate199 · #13 Post by **Stargate199** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:56 pm

Here is the list of printers I have.

Lexmark Optra R+ (laser printer)
Lexmark Z65 (Not working right now)
HP OfficeJet R80 (used for copying and faxing now)
HP Deskjet 5550 (Main printer in the house)

I also had a one point long ago a HP Deskjet 550c that would take FOREVER to print in color. You could only have the color cartridge or the black, but not both at the same time.

#14 Post by **KristianJ** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:05 pm

pianowizard wrote:An HP PSC1315 all-in-one printer/scanner/copier.

Ditto - good little machine, although the flip out part of the paper tray has snapped on mine so when I print anything in fast draft mode I need to catch it so the paper doesn't shoot out

Plus I wish the scanner door was better hinged so it could lay flat when scanning thick books and the like. Otherwise it's a great part of my desk but not nearly as good as the T40

mikey pizano · #15 Post by **mikey pizano** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:34 pm

teh D7360 takes up most of my desk, seen in this picture:
http://picasaweb.google.com/mikeypizano ... 4554207874

And by the way, the ThinkPad 570 is on the white set of drawers

#16 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:50 pm

Kyocera Mita FS-1020D laser printer

Canon Pixma IP4000 color inkjet printer

mikey pizano · #17 Post by **mikey pizano** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:55 pm

My dad had some Canon photo inkjet but the print head clogged up on it.

#18 Post by **underclocker** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:08 pm

Dell1600n

-laser, black & white
-fax
-copier
-scan
-built-in network card
-scan to network drive in .pdf format

#19 Post by **tomh009** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:17 pm

GomJabbar wrote:All-in-ones are great for (2) reasons. You can do photocopies on the spot - without even using the computer, and their small footprint is very helpful when desktop real estate is limited. At the price point they are nowadays, it really doesn't make sense to buy a separate scanner unless you have special needs.

I have an HP Digital Sender 9100c. A bit long in the tooth now, but still a great standalone scanner -- scans to email or file, and without the need to connect a USB cable. And the paper feeder is indispensable when you need to scan larger documents.

anthean · #20 Post by **anthean** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:36 pm

I dislike printers, and avoid printing as much as possible. But I do have an HP inkjet, and a Canon of some sort packed away along with other old IT equipment.

mikey pizano · #21 Post by **mikey pizano** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:47 pm

I need one for school work though.

ronbo613 · #22 Post by **ronbo613** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:53 pm

Epson R200. A little older model, prints on paper and discs. Cost about $100, if you buy Epson brand ink, the ink costs about $60. I use aftermarket ink, maybe $25-30 for all the cartridges.

mikey pizano · #23 Post by **mikey pizano** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:57 pm

My dad wanted one but didn't want an Epson printer.

#24 Post by **gator** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:57 pm

We have a HP Laserjet 5Si MX in our lab. Keeps on working and working

dr_st · #25 Post by **dr_st** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 12:31 am

I have a Xerox Phaser 3117 laser printer. Also had an HP 5510 All-in-one, but after a while it started having problems with the feeders, giving some random errors, and when the ink ran out, I decided that I'm not going to bother to pay half the printer's cost to refill the cartridges, when I barely ever need it, so I got rid of it. And I'll probably never get HP again - tired of their bloatware installations.

Hopefully by the time I'm ready to buy my next computer, color laser printers will be even cheaper than they are today, and especially their toner kits.

#26 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:02 am

Message to mikey:
Is it really necessary to comment every entry from other users?

mikey pizano · #27 Post by **mikey pizano** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:07 am

realblackstuff wrote:Message to mikey:
Is it really necessary to comment every entry from other users?

Sorry, I just have nothing else to do all day. I am a pretty boring person

#28 Post by **JaneL** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:36 am

I think this has run its course.

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