what printer to buy?

[tebs]

what brand and model of printer to buy?

what i need is a good quality printer which has a low maintenance cost (murang ink), and has a good track record from other users.

mostly to be used for printing text, secondary use to print pictures.

TIA!

[1D4LV]

daming models ang HP and Canon. EPSON kasi medyo marupok. Lexmark, medyo mahirap pyesa.

ayaw mo mag dot-matrix? ;)

[roninblade]

i'd go for a canon printer. poor kasi ang track record ng hp sa akin.

[karlbo]

Try a HP deskjet printer any model... ok naman na yun eh... it costs around 3-4K ata.... di ko sure....

[wrecker]

depends on your budget... ano bang ballpark mo?

[paulp]

hp cartridges are quite expensive. >1k. May mga inkjet printers ang canon at epson that have cartridges at the 500 peso level.
I own kasi an HP printer at inis ako pag magpapalit ako kasi napakamahal ng cartridge. Replacing both the black and tricolor is equivalent to buying a low end inkjet.
If i were to buy I would buy a Canon XNU i255 (http://www.villman.com/products/spec...canon/i255.asp)
black ink niya mura *315 according to this
http://www.villman.com/products/spec...canon/i255.asp
mura pa kaysa mag pa refill ng hp catridge sa ink for less

[badkuk]

if you're looking for quality, HP deskjets ka na...cartridges are a bit expensive though


kung entry level lang naman, para sa kin epsons are good enough -- mine's a C20UX...phased out na ata....cartidges are quite cheap though

canon printers...potentially mas makakatipid ka sa cartridge kasi separate ung CMYK cartidges nya...pero lahat ng natatanungan ko, madali daw masira canon

dot matrix printers are more expensive than entry level color inkets....and inkjets are faster pa....but if you're planning to print multipart forms, dot matrix talaga bagsak mo...mura ung ribbon pero mabagal


kung b/w lang naman ippiprint mo, consider laser printers na rin...HPs are quite good.

[ian_rex]

i would suggest epson c41ux, though these printers are basically not the same as hp printers pagdating sa patagalan ng ink. but mura cya at least half the price. nice print quality photo quality to emphasize, this is a good buy. i had one at the house, though i misss my hp because i usually replace my cartridges yearly with my hp. as for the epson, normally it takes 2 months.

thanks!

[tebs]

my old printer was an epson. ok pa naman sya dati. e linagyan ng refill, ayun! hindi na nagprint.

kung ang epson, it will take at an average of 2 months for it to need replacement of ink while it would take hp 1 year; i think mas makakamura sa hp. tama ba?

ian_rex, what do you usually print ba?

about the dot matrix printer, we still have an epson lx800 kasama pa ng 386 computer namin yun dati. still going strong! hehehe

pag canon, may nagrecommend ng xnui255.
pag epson and hp what model would you guys recommend?

printing jobs are more on printing text (90%) and printing pictures(10%)

[5Speed]

HP 1210 me printer, copier at scanner ka na, maganda rin ang design, rectangular in shape....naipo-fold yung mga tray kaya space saver din...

yung HP 1510 me slot na para sa mga memory stick, sd, mmc, cf cards etc... direct printing nang pictures ika nga... mas mahal nga lang though but same size at dpi nang HP 1210...

di ko lang alam kung meron dyan sa pinas...but it is a good buy talaga...kung may winfax software ka, may fax machine ka na rin...