I am planning to buy a new printer to replace my old epson printer. What should I buy? -

I ll be needing the printer for document printing and occassional photo printing. I am starting to like photography a lot, so I am looking for one that allows me to print photos easily (I only print a few favorite pics at a time, so I don t need to go to a kiosk). Price and durability is always a good thing.

As an registered owner of an Epson printer I got a legal notice about a law suit that had been settled with Epson; they had set the printers to show empty ink too early. So no I would not trust Epson. Which, brings up my next point, it isn t the price of the printer it is the price of the refill cartridges. With an ink jet those can get to be pretty expensive so I would go on line searching for a few printers and then check the cost of the ink cartridge refill Then figure out what you want to do with it. Do you want to print photos or documents? Probably you want to do mostly documents with a photo now and then. So you want one that can handle standard sized paper. That will only narrow your choices down a little. Here are some companies that can give you an objective comparison of printers: Cnet.com: http://shopper.cnet.com/2001-3155_9-0.ht… Biz.net: http://www.bizrate.com/printeraccessorie… Then once you have an idea of what you want then you can go to the store to look for one or buy it on line.

I just bought a HP F4180 and so far I m very happy with the print quality (have had it about a week now) http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/HP-Deskje… (wow just noticed I save about $15 from the current price whoo hoo) side note: I found out that printers get updated about every 6-7 months so you probably won t be able to find the same printer you bought last year

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If you are concerned about the running costs......then look for a printer that can use quot;Continuous Ink Supply Systemquot;. This applies to some Epsons, Canon, even HP. Cuts your ink costs by 90% even on initial use. The systems are cheap!!!!

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I replaced my Epson printer with a Canon Pixma Ip4200, it does a very good job on photos. The Epson R300 was good too, but the six ink tanks were expensive to keep replacing, although I can t say the Canon costs less overall to run... one irritating thing about this printer is thr fact that there is a slot for a cd carrier to print directly onto cd s - but for the North American market the slot is blocked by a plastic cover. The tray can be ordered from australia, but i figure i ll make my own eventually. (lots of instructions on the web for doing it, too).

Look out for HP printer