What type of printer is good for printing lots of color for home business? -

I have designed a heap of things to print out to sell but i dont know what printer will give me a clear crisp professional look. And that is meant for lots of color printing. I have been told inkjet is prob best idea, but i have no idea which type is good. Ill be printing out invitations, notecards, stickers and that sort of thing. Thank you x

Honestly from what you re describing, you d be far better off with a color laser printer. They re most certainly more expensive than inkjets but the difference in quality for business purposes is almost immeasurable. You can get a pretty decent HP Color LaserJet for around $250-$300 on sale. Also, check Newegg.com. they have the lowest prices on just about every type computer component you d ever want. Shipping will probably tear you a new one, pardon the expression, but you never know, Newegg also runs free shipping specials on select components and you absolutely cannot beat their customer service. (No, I m not a Newegg employee! We just buy from them all the time) Good luck J

I am an amatuer photographer and I have been using an HP Deskjet 6988 with photo paper and photo ink with fantastic results. The printer itself is not too expensive, though the paper and ink can add up. The quality, though is enough that I feel safe to recommend the 6988.

A color laser will print sharper text fast than an inkjet and does a pretty good job with photos. An inkjet will print photos more clearly but is slower, not as sharp with text and is more expensive per page. So what you should get depends on your volume and how high the quality of photos. You can get a Samsung CLP-316 color laser for about $150. Newegg and Staples both had a rebate for it. It does a nice job. If you want faster speed and higher capacity, I have a Ricoh CL1000N which is rated at 30 pages per minute and the cartridges for 6500 pages (color) and 10000 pages (black). I ve had it over a year and its a real workhorse. I paid under $300. Inkjet: As someone who was in the computer hardware business for years (though I rarely sold printers since I couldn t compete with the crazy rebates) I have always recommended Epson. The print quality is excellent, even on plain paper. I have photos I printed on a 640 about ten years ago hanging in my office which still look good, though not as good as the ones from the CX8400 on glossy paper. The warranty is excellent. For a year, Epson will express-ship a replacement and pick up the old one. I had one customer who needed this. He called one afternoon and had the replacement two days later. Another client bought a Canon. It needed two repairs within a few months. Each time it was taken to the repair center, then picked up a few days later. This client runs a specialty printing business and this really hurt. They have since bought an Epson CX5000 and have had no down time since. All name brand ink is expensive, but you can get cheap new replacement cartridges for Epson (not refills which I never recommend) for under $5 at http://ccs-digital.com/ink.asp I have been using these for years. The CX8400 scanner/copier/printer was on sale at circuitcity.com for $60 with free shipping. It uses 3 colors plus black. The RX595 scanner/copier/printer also prints on DVDs. It uses 5 colors plus black and has even higher photo quality. It s on sale for $80 after $55 instant rebate. http://www.cheapstingybargains.com/54342…