Sigarms
Super Member
We have an old HP ink printer that may be on it's last leg (about 7 years old or so).
Top it off, the number 15 black ink is up to $55 for a twin pack, and the number 23 color cartridge is up to $35 for a single.
My wife works out of the house, and I have an office downstairs, so we use the printer on a regular basis for both work and other endevors.
I'll end up printing technical documents, sometimes 100 pages or so, usually in black and white, and some "sales stuff" for presentation and handouts. My wife is a programmer for a company out of the state we reside in, so she ends up printing a bunch of documents as well. We also use the color a lot for pictures of animals for the humane society, so all in all, we probably go through in a months time a twin pack of black, and a single pack of color. This has been adding up a lot to a lot of dollars the previous year ink wise, and I'm going to start to look for another printer.
Ink or laser?
Stopping in at an office supply store, talked with a sales guy who mentioned that ink was still a good way to go. This sales guy actually seemed well informed. however, have a co worker that has a laser printer and he loves it.
I'm a little perplexed.
Can anyone give me the "in's and out's" of printers and which direction I want to lean to?
Price is not a huge factor, however, if I don't need to spend $700 or so on a printer, why spend that much? However, I don't want to spend $200 and get something that becomes "outdated" to quick and I get put back into this "ink crunch" or find out that I could of had other options available for a little more money.
1. Color printing a must
2. Would like something "quick" to print off documents
3. Would love for the printer to print on both sides of the paper so I don't have to "re feed" the printer like I currently have to.
4. Would like something that uses cheap ink on a regular basis (if that even exists).
5. Doesn't need to be a fax machine
6. Very little "high quality" paper for home color pictures is used.
Thanks!
Top it off, the number 15 black ink is up to $55 for a twin pack, and the number 23 color cartridge is up to $35 for a single.
My wife works out of the house, and I have an office downstairs, so we use the printer on a regular basis for both work and other endevors.
I'll end up printing technical documents, sometimes 100 pages or so, usually in black and white, and some "sales stuff" for presentation and handouts. My wife is a programmer for a company out of the state we reside in, so she ends up printing a bunch of documents as well. We also use the color a lot for pictures of animals for the humane society, so all in all, we probably go through in a months time a twin pack of black, and a single pack of color. This has been adding up a lot to a lot of dollars the previous year ink wise, and I'm going to start to look for another printer.
Ink or laser?
Stopping in at an office supply store, talked with a sales guy who mentioned that ink was still a good way to go. This sales guy actually seemed well informed. however, have a co worker that has a laser printer and he loves it.
I'm a little perplexed.
Can anyone give me the "in's and out's" of printers and which direction I want to lean to?
Price is not a huge factor, however, if I don't need to spend $700 or so on a printer, why spend that much? However, I don't want to spend $200 and get something that becomes "outdated" to quick and I get put back into this "ink crunch" or find out that I could of had other options available for a little more money.
1. Color printing a must
2. Would like something "quick" to print off documents
3. Would love for the printer to print on both sides of the paper so I don't have to "re feed" the printer like I currently have to.
4. Would like something that uses cheap ink on a regular basis (if that even exists).
5. Doesn't need to be a fax machine
6. Very little "high quality" paper for home color pictures is used.
Thanks!