Looking for a printer to buy

**musman** · 06-26-12, 07:39 AM

Don't know much about printers. Looking for one for the home. I would want wireless, in the $50-$120 range. having a built in scanner would be nice but not a necessity. Just for general printing purposes. Any recommendations?

Thank You

**Maverick123w** · 06-26-12, 10:03 AM

The HP officejet 8600 series is fantastic for all around printing. The lowest end model will drop into the $99-$149 price range from time to time.

Revs · 06-26-12, 11:18 AM

Get a Canon IMO. I've had several printers over the years and I've always been happy with Canon's

**musman** · 06-26-12, 11:55 AM

Thanks guys. I am looking at the Cannon MG5300. It's on sale from $150 to $99. Ill look at the HP also.

frenchy2k1 · 06-26-12, 02:24 PM

My experience is that most recent middle to high end inkjet printers will deliver.
Print quality will be great for moderate amount of prints and occasional photo prints (with photo paper).

Canon tends to sell their inks cheaper though, so it makes it a better deal in the long run. Still running a iP4000 canon printer after 5+ years and it's still printing great.

**musman** · 06-26-12, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frenchy2k1

My experience is that most recent middle to high end inkjet printers will deliver.
Print quality will be great for moderate amount of prints and occasional photo prints (with photo paper).

Canon tends to sell their inks cheaper though, so it makes it a better deal in the long run. Still running a iP4000 canon printer after 5+ years and it's still printing great.

Cost of the ink is a great point! Stuff cost more than gold lol.

**Maverick123w** · 06-26-12, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by musman

Cost of the ink is a great point! Stuff cost more than gold lol.

Another reason to look at the HP, the ink seems expensive but it has near laser yields.

**musman** · 06-26-12, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maverick123w

Another reason to look at the HP, the ink seems expensive but it has near laser yields.

Cool. It takes a lot of work to calculate the cost of ink for these things lol.

**MikeC** · 06-27-12, 08:45 AM

I recently purchased a Canon MX439 at Walmart for $78. Highly recommended!

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Canon-PIXM...chine/20592881

**musman** · 07-05-12, 08:31 AM

Thanks Mike. That does look like a nice printer. So here is my quick story.

I purchased a Canon PIXMA MG5320, set it up printed a few photos. Photos look really good, not too far off from film to my eyes. I had this printer for about 7 days. Printed a few text pages here and there, in total I printed 7 4x6 photos and about 12 text pages. I check the ink levels and some of them are halfway down already! Whenever I would go to print that printed would go through a cleaning process before it printed. Figured it was eating ink from that IDK? I do not like to return things but I returned that printed, it's an ink hog! And at $25 or so for a single cartridge (It had 5 or 6) I cant afford that.

So I did some more research and purchased a HP Photosmart 6510 yesterday. Don't know if it's an ink hog yet but the ink is cheaper. however the photo quality is not as good. Thats ok, i really wanted it for general printing anyway.

Hope your Canon don't eat ink like mine did Mike, it was crazy.

Stoneyguy · 07-05-12, 04:05 PM

Many times printers don't come with full capacity ink cartridges.

**musman** · 07-06-12, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stoneyguy

Many times printers don't come with full capacity ink cartridges.

I wonder why that is? They were showing full when I first hooked it up. Maybe some was used already, idk.

06-26-12, 07:39 AM	#1
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06-26-12, 10:03 AM	#2
Maverick123w Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 1,841	Re: Looking for a printer to buy The HP officejet 8600 series is fantastic for all around printing. The lowest end model will drop into the $99-$149 price range from time to time.

06-26-12, 11:18 AM	#3
Revs Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: UK Posts: 6,362	Re: Looking for a printer to buy Get a Canon IMO. I've had several printers over the years and I've always been happy with Canon's

06-26-12, 11:55 AM	#4
musman I Derail Threads Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: USA Posts: 976	Re: Looking for a printer to buy Thanks guys. I am looking at the Cannon MG5300. It's on sale from $150 to $99. Ill look at the HP also. __________________ Antec Nine Hundred case. Core I-7 920 @ 3.56GHz, Noctua NH-U12P Cooler, EVGA 01G-P3-1180-AR GeForce GTX-285 1GB, EVGA GT-240 Superclocked 512Mb used as a Physx card, DFI LANPARTY JR X58-T3H6, OCZ Platinum 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 SDRAM 1600 7-7-7-18, Intel X25-V SSD, used as a boot drive, 2X Seagate 500Gig 32MB Cache 7200RPM in RAID 0, Logitec G-15 keyboard, Logitech MX-518 Mouse, CH Combatstick 568, Xboc Controller, LG L227WTG-PF 22" LCD Monitor 1680x1050. Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit. Speakers: KRK Rokit8 studio monitors. http://www.realenvironmentxtreme.com/media/customer.jpg

06-26-12, 02:24 PM	#5
frenchy2k1 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 446	Re: Looking for a printer to buy My experience is that most recent middle to high end inkjet printers will deliver. Print quality will be great for moderate amount of prints and occasional photo prints (with photo paper). Canon tends to sell their inks cheaper though, so it makes it a better deal in the long run. Still running a iP4000 canon printer after 5+ years and it's still printing great. __________________ As the universe is curved, there cannot be a straight answer...

06-27-12, 08:45 AM	#9
MikeC Administrator Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,831	Re: Looking for a printer to buy I recently purchased a Canon MX439 at Walmart for $78. Highly recommended! http://www.walmart.com/ip/Canon-PIXM...chine/20592881

07-05-12, 08:31 AM	#10
musman I Derail Threads Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: USA Posts: 976	Re: Looking for a printer to buy Thanks Mike. That does look like a nice printer. So here is my quick story. I purchased a Canon PIXMA MG5320, set it up printed a few photos. Photos look really good, not too far off from film to my eyes. I had this printer for about 7 days. Printed a few text pages here and there, in total I printed 7 4x6 photos and about 12 text pages. I check the ink levels and some of them are halfway down already! Whenever I would go to print that printed would go through a cleaning process before it printed. Figured it was eating ink from that IDK? I do not like to return things but I returned that printed, it's an ink hog! And at $25 or so for a single cartridge (It had 5 or 6) I cant afford that. So I did some more research and purchased a HP Photosmart 6510 yesterday. Don't know if it's an ink hog yet but the ink is cheaper. however the photo quality is not as good. Thats ok, i really wanted it for general printing anyway. Hope your Canon don't eat ink like mine did Mike, it was crazy. __________________ Antec Nine Hundred case. Core I-7 920 @ 3.56GHz, Noctua NH-U12P Cooler, EVGA 01G-P3-1180-AR GeForce GTX-285 1GB, EVGA GT-240 Superclocked 512Mb used as a Physx card, DFI LANPARTY JR X58-T3H6, OCZ Platinum 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 SDRAM 1600 7-7-7-18, Intel X25-V SSD, used as a boot drive, 2X Seagate 500Gig 32MB Cache 7200RPM in RAID 0, Logitec G-15 keyboard, Logitech MX-518 Mouse, CH Combatstick 568, Xboc Controller, LG L227WTG-PF 22" LCD Monitor 1680x1050. Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit. Speakers: KRK Rokit8 studio monitors. http://www.realenvironmentxtreme.com/media/customer.jpg

07-05-12, 04:05 PM	#11
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