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

[Lew_Alcindor]

Contrary to our original plan of buying a lase printer, we bought Epson L110 (the one with OEM CISS)
First impression is it is a lot faster than our cheap Stylus printer.
Compared to HP printers I used before, Epson L110 is a bit slower at standard quality mode.
The draft quality really looks like a draft. Standard quality is acceptable but not that sharp compared to HP inkjets.
But since our printing needs are quite basic, I am satisfied up to this time.

[Horsepower]

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.

Thank you very much for the helpful information Sir. Noted the warning on pulling out jammed paper.

[x_outpost]

For small inkjet printers, Canon. For small laser printers (color or B&W), HP. For enterprise multi-function printers, Canon. And for wide-format (plotter) printer, Epson.

[Retz]

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seems like different printer brands have their different type of printing expertise sir.

[x_outpost]

Yes, you got that right.
But then, they all suck at one thing or another.
For example, Canon's enterprise service (which you have to pay per page) is very good. HP's service is consumer like. They won't send someone to you - you have to be on the phone with them for hours to troubleshoot. Epson's service is non-existent.

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seems like different printer brands have their different type of printing expertise sir.

[ghosthunter]

For low to medium volume color prints, it is hard to beat the EPSON L110 inkjet printers with built-in continuous ink system. 90% less headache than doing an inkjet printer with 3rd party CIS... no need to replace worn out print cartridges.

[Retz]

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Thanks sir GH, I have use that printer before but it is L100 model same lang cguro sa L110.

[_Cathy_]

How much is that printer?

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[rmsoriano]

Here's the problem. Ink jet printers are cheap. But you will need to use them often enough so the ink will not dry up in the nozzles/print-head.

The solution, get a LASER PRINTER. The cheapest ones are around P3,500 each with a toner capacity of around 1500 copies. You can leave this unused for a whole year then fire it up for a quick document print out with no issues (except if a rodent or family of roaches made it as their home).

sir GH, magkano naman po ang pa-refill ng toner ng ganitong LASER PRINTER? Tanks in advance po...

[ghosthunter]

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Thanks sir GH, I have use that printer before but it is L100 model same lang cguro sa L110.

We also have the L100. The L110 is the newer model. Overall they are the same but the L110 is almost twice faster to print the same page/quality. Also the software does not need you to type in the ink bottle control number anymore. Print-head cleaning option includes black or color head only which helps save ink when doing a cleaning cycle.