Time for a new printer.

[Moe Sizlack]

I went to print some pictures this morning using my hp7960 and the color was way off. This is the first time I have used this printer since upgrading to windows vista so I checked if the driver was up to date. Turns out it is a reduced functionality driver and they are not going to update it any further. Thanks a lot HP!

I've had this for several years now so it's probably time for a new one anyway. Anybody have any suggestions for a decent inkjet photo printer. Cost is fairly important, I got this one refurbed for like $79 if memory serves. If anybody has come across any deals lately I'd love to hear about them.

 

[Sw1tchFX]

Why do people upgrade to vista? honestly?


if you've got an XP cd, just revert back to that and have pretty much everything be compatible.

As far as prints go, I stopped doing my own long ago becuase I was spending way too much money doing them at home and it's just cheaper to get much higher quality prints form Costco.

 

[PushingTin]

The canon ip range produce pretty impressive results.

I got the pixma ip4200 with no hassles (even with vista). Ink cartriges are a little pricey since all the colour ones seem to run out at the same time.

But overall, pretty impressed.

 

[deanimator]

Yup...I like my Canon iP5000
Had mine since they first appeared and I would imagine that newer Canons are good as well. All manufacturers are working on this so check out on-line comparisons of the big three in printers: Canon, HP, and Epson.

 

[mark38c]

Are you guys having a problems with your Epson printers clogging or chip error messages with refillable cartridges, and aftermarket ink? Any suggestions for a printer-ink-paper set up for a fairly high production need?

 

[Mike_E]

Hi, check into a CIS -continuous ink system..

Here is something on it at dp review
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1003&message=23214393

mike

 

[soylentgreen]

In regards to Epson, the yellow clogs on my 4000 pro once in a while. Real pain since it takes a lot of ink to clean it. Geat printer, expensive ink. CIS is definitley the way to go. If you are going to print a lot from home, make sure the printer you choose has a Continuous ink kit available.

 

[Moe Sizlack]

I've never even heard of these continous ink systems... I'm sure going to be looking into it though. Sounds interesting...