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

[_Cathy_]

Please help me choose a printer. It will only be used for printing documents (word, excel or ppt) and web pages.

My previous printer was a Lexmark and has gone through my graduate and post-graduate papers! It's still working but the cartridge is already obsolete and I have gone through several refills on my last cartridge. It served me well for 12 yrs I need to replace it now with a printer that is basic since I rarely print documents. My budget is only 3k maximum. My priority is is durability.

Here are my choices:

Canon Pixma iP2770 Printer PHP2195

Canon Pixma iP2770 Printer | VillMan Computers

Print
Speed*1
Based on ISO / IEC 24734.
Click here for summary report Black & White: A4 Plain Paper: ESAT: 7.0ipm
Colour: A4 Plain Paper: ESAT: 4.8ipm
Photo (4 x 6"):
PP-201 / Standard / Borderless 55secs.
Resolution (dpi)*2 4800 x 1200dpi (max.)
Min. Ink Droplet Size 2pl
Number of Nozzles 1472
Cartridge Type PG-810, CL-811 (PG-810XL, CL811XL Optional)

Epson Expression Home ME-10 PHP2495

Epson Expression Home ME-10 | VillMan Computers

Small Footprint – World’s smallest printer in its class; Designed to be 15%
smaller than the previous models T13 and ME 32

• Footprint refers to the desk area the device’s occupy
• Low Cost per Cartridge – New economical Inks for only PhP 185 per
black ink cartridge and PhP 355 per color ink cartridge
• Individual Ink Cartridges – Replace only the color that is already ink-out
• Peace of mind with extremely reliable Micro Piezo Print Head technology
• Improved Productivity with print speed up to 24ppm

Print Speed (ppm)
24 / 13 (black / color)

Dimensions
15.4 x 19.6 x 11.2 in

HP Deskjet Ink Advantage K010A Printer PHP2990

HP Deskjet Ink Advantage K010A Printer | VillMan Computers

Specifications

Print speed black (draft, A4) Up to 20 ppm

Print speed colour (draft, A4) Up to 16 ppm

Print speed footnote Speed specifications have been updated to reflect current industry testing methods.

Print speed black (laser comparable) Up to 5.5 ppm

Print speed color (laser comparable) Up to 4 ppm

Print quality black (best) Up to 600 dpi

Duty cycle (monthly, A4) Up to 1000 pages

Number of print cartridges 2 [1 black, 1 Tri-color (cyan, magenta, yellow)]

Print quality colour (best) Up to 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi (from 1200 dpi input data when printing from a computer on photo paper)

Standard memory Integrated

Standard printer languages HP PCL 3 GUI

Paper handling

Paper handling standard/input 60-sheet input tray

Paper handling standard/output 25-sheet output tray

Duplex print options Manual

Maximum input capacity (envelopes) Up to 5 envelopes

Borderless printing No

Media sizes supported A4; B5; A5; A6; DL envelope

Media types supported Paper (brochure, inkjet, plain), photo paper, envelopes, labels, cards (greeting), transparencies

[beni23]

Meron ako nung canon pixma, pinaconvert ko siya sa unlimited ink and I buy refill ink which costs 70petot sa recto. Isang refill ng ink kaya magprint ng up to 2,000+ pages. Haha.

[ghosthunter]

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).

[ghosthunter]

Meron ako nung canon pixma, pinaconvert ko siya sa unlimited ink and I buy refill ink which costs 70petot sa recto. Isang refill ng ink kaya magprint ng up to 2,000+ pages. Haha.

Printer conversions are not recommended in C4U's case since she does not print on a regular basis. It would end up clogged and bubbles in the hoses.

[Retz]

^

correct ka dyan sir GH, don't buy cheap refillable inks baka masira pa printer mo.

[beni23]

^ natetengga din yung akin pero di pa naman sira. Going 3 years na siya. Downside lang is naglileak na yung ink ngayon. Oh what the heck, hinihintay ko lang naman na masira na ng tuluyan para bumili ako ulit nung 3 in 1. Haha.

Basta kahit ano mangyari wag na wag kayo bibili ng brother na printer, nakatatlo na kami at nasira lahat.

[ghosthunter]

At our office, since we need a printer for color, I got an EPSON L100. It was fine in the most part except it was quite slow.

Previously we used a Canon IP1800 series printer with ICS kit. It worked fine except that I needed to replace the cartridge (color or black) around every 3 weeks or I had to run cleaning cycle often to keep the prints clear and bright. Basically it needed quite a bit of attention from me.

The EPSON L100 was better in that it only needed its ink refilled and that's it. Once in a rare while, I might need to do a cleaning cycle but it's still a far cry from what I was doing with the Canon. Since the L100 was slow and we needed color prints quickly, I bought another unit, an EPSON L110 which was it's newer model and a bit faster too.

[Phoenix67]

Laser printer HP would be the most practcal. Sa colored laser...i use brother

[renzo_d10]

Kailangan ko na rin ng bagong printer, pangit na output ng printer ko ngayon. Same lang sa needs ni cathy, document printing, usually b&w pero syempre may colored din once in a while.

Ano kaya pinaka-ok na laser printer tapos under 4k? Ok kasi sinabi ni GH, pwede iiwan ng matagal na hindi natutuyo, thats what i need.

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[ghosthunter]

Kailangan ko na rin ng bagong printer, pangit na output ng printer ko ngayon. Same lang sa needs ni cathy, document printing, usually b&w pero syempre may colored din once in a while.

Ano kaya pinaka-ok na laser printer tapos under 4k? Ok kasi sinabi ni GH, pwede iiwan ng matagal na hindi natutuyo, thats what i need.

Generally I would say HP laserjet printers are better but I haven't checked lately if their prices have fallen below the P4000 level. I know they are still sold at the P5000 price range and up.

Canon and Samsung have a P3500 level laser printer.

[african888]

3 yrs na epson t10. converted to CIS sya. if di ko na sya ma reset, i plan to buy the L100. konti lang difference kaysa mag pa convert ka ng new entry level printer to CIS.

GH, how long na L100/L110 nyo? durable ba sya? office use ba yan o pang bahay lang?

At our office, since we need a printer for color, I got an EPSON L100. It was fine in the most part except it was quite slow.


The EPSON L100 was better in that it only needed its ink refilled and that's it. Once in a rare while, I might need to do a cleaning cycle but it's still a far cry from what I was doing with the Canon. Since the L100 was slow and we needed color prints quickly, I bought another unit, an EPSON L110 which was it's newer model and a bit faster too.

[1D4LV]

among your choices, wala.
i recommend brother printers.

[ghosthunter]

3 yrs na epson t10. converted to CIS sya. if di ko na sya ma reset, i plan to buy the L100. konti lang difference kaysa mag pa convert ka ng new entry level printer to CIS.

GH, how long na L100/L110 nyo? durable ba sya? office use ba yan o pang bahay lang?

It is office use. If you are buying a new unit, get the L110 because it is faster.

So far yung L100 namin nasira yung feeder mechanism niya but since it was during it's warranty period, I had it repaired (free at the service center).

The L100 we had it a year na. The L110 is around 4 months.

[12vdc]

Been user of monochrome laser printer Samsung ML1610, 1860, HP LJ1160,p1102 at home. Kung personal use lang at the budget of 5k, ok na Samsung mas mataas specs compared to similar model sa HP. So far no problem,except that i noticed mabagal yung HP siguro dahil maliit ang RAM. Advantage of HP over Samsung is it has feeder tray that you dont have to open the main tray.

Kung medyo mataas budget, OK din ang brother. For the price, sakto ang specs nya like yung mga flatbed 3-in-1 nila, built-in Ethernet and Wifi for network printing. Last time i checked, around 9k yung color 3-in-1 flatbed scanner and ethernet.

[_Cathy_]

Please recommend a specific laser printer model? I really do not want to go beyond the 3k level.

Basic printing lang naman talaga ako.

[night_raven]

to those who own a brother printer;

is it true regarding what I read over the net that it is recommended for brother printers to be always plugged-in and always on (even if not used) and not turned off because it automatically goes into a programmed cleaning cycle on its own to prevent nozzle clogging? can anyone verify this?

it is kind of weird for printers to be always on even if not used but it also says that it goes into some sort of stand-by mode so it does not consume a lot of electricity.

[Manilablock]

Brother printer scanner DCP-330C ang gamit namin at we plug it to AC only when we need to use it. Ang cleaning naman normal on the first few minutes after that normal na

[ghosthunter]

to those who own a brother printer;

is it true regarding what I read over the net that it is recommended for brother printers to be always plugged-in and always on (even if not used) and not turned off because it automatically goes into a programmed cleaning cycle on its own to prevent nozzle clogging? can anyone verify this?

it is kind of weird for printers to be always on even if not used but it also says that it goes into some sort of stand-by mode so it does not consume a lot of electricity.

Our inkjet printers are turned off using their power buttons so they can cycle down and cap-off their print-heads before power is turned off.

[Retz]

my last printer at home was HP Deskjet that was 13 years ago parallel port pa gamit nun. At office, HP laserjet 5200 and Canon inkjet MP280 okay naman hindi kinakain ang papel unlike other printers na nagamit ko before.

[kotiko]

Sa HP parin ako. Easy to use, functional, lasts long!

I had an Epson in between, yung BCMYK yung ink, mas sakit sa ulo dahil pag nawala ang isang kulay ayaw na magprint. Laging kumakain ng papel, bagal magprint, mahal pa ng ink (two sets of original ink could buy you a new printer). Ok siya iconvert to CIS, pero somehow di ko talaga gusto quality. Ilang beses kami finail ng printer na to. :D