Best Printer: Canon, Epson or HP? 3k Maximum Budget

[ghosthunter]

*GH, have you had any problem with your Epson L series? I'm waiting for my laser to conk out. It consumes more than 1,000 watts. saw the flyer of Epson L and discovered it only consumes 10 Watts printing.

1. Can it be compared to a laser print? We print a lot of legal docs and reports at home so print quality is a top priority.

2. If it's not up to par with laser, I'd probably still get one as a back up printer. Does it clog if it's not used for quite some time?

Would have been great if L350 also has a doc feeder like the L550 as we also digitize legal documents at home which is very taxing when using a standard scanner.

We are using one L100 and one L110 printers in our office for color prints. Main difference between the L100 vs L110 is the speed of print. In normal mode prints, the L110 is about twice faster than the older L100 model. Compared to laser printers, the L1XX printers are slow. Print quality is good and sharp with no blots or smears.

The longest we do not use the printer is only during long holidays (long weekends, holy week or the like). So far the printer can remain clog free. But there are rare times when the head can get clogged even overnight. I just run the cleaning cycle once to a few times until the test print shows it's back to 100%. So far, clogging happens less than once every two months in our usage.

With the L1XX series just be careful when pulling out paper jams because it can damage the paper feeder mechanism. Just go slow when pulling out jams. So far our L100 got damaged in that way but it was repaired under warranty (cost free) at the service center but it took almost a month before I got it back.