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- Grand Pooh-Bah
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Anybody bought a printer within the past few years? Recommendations?
We bought an Epson C84 inkjet a couple years ago. The ink dried up in the tube after a year; nozzle cleaning doesn't help. On the internet, some people have repaired it by disassembling the printer and blowing out the dried ink, but I am dissatisfied with the quality of this printer and will not be buying any more Epson ink.
We bought an Epson C84 inkjet a couple years ago. The ink dried up in the tube after a year; nozzle cleaning doesn't help. On the internet, some people have repaired it by disassembling the printer and blowing out the dried ink, but I am dissatisfied with the quality of this printer and will not be buying any more Epson ink.
I'm on my third since graduation. Started with a cheap Lexmark (Z23?), but it simply stopped printing one day. Mediocre quality and the ink cost more than the printer (which itself cost the same as the USB cable it didn't include). So, it got replaced with a cheap Epson multifunction injet (CX4600). Same problem as yours, ink kept drying out faster than I could use it. Finally made the mistake of printing on an inkjet-compatible transparency. Ink got everywhere, and what I couldn't blot up dried blocking everything. I could still print a couple lines of yellow after that, but that really wasn't what I wanted from a printer.
So, I'm 0 for 2 on inkjets. My current, which is moderately satisfying is a Samsung SCX-4100 multifunction B&W laser. Its biggest visible flaw so far is that the manual feed never aligns right, so you get cockeyed printouts and the curl it puts into paper its printed on causes it to wrinkle if printed again. I.e., duplex is generally unsuccessful. Otherwise, it does what I expect and it was fairly cheap. Looks like Newegg sold out and is on to the next model.
So, I'm 0 for 2 on inkjets. My current, which is moderately satisfying is a Samsung SCX-4100 multifunction B&W laser. Its biggest visible flaw so far is that the manual feed never aligns right, so you get cockeyed printouts and the curl it puts into paper its printed on causes it to wrinkle if printed again. I.e., duplex is generally unsuccessful. Otherwise, it does what I expect and it was fairly cheap. Looks like Newegg sold out and is on to the next model.
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- Grand Pooh-Bah
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http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/prod ... u=222-1681
Dell 1110 for $84. Consumer Reports says it is good.
Dell 1110 for $84. Consumer Reports says it is good.
The best deal I've seen in B&W lasers is the Brother HL-1440, and presumably its descendants. I've had one for several years, my dad has one at home and one at the office, and I know of several other people who also have one at home and one at the office. Everybody's happy with it. You can get it at OfficeMax, and it works well with a variety of operating systems (PCL4 emulation, plus good native support).
Current prices are:
HL-5140 $130 (most direct descendant model?)
HL-2040 $80
HL-2070N $115
Current prices are:
HL-5140 $130 (most direct descendant model?)
HL-2040 $80
HL-2070N $115
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- Tenth Dan Procrastinator
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My girlfriend (and eventual fiancée?) is finishing up an MS in educational psychology and she's thinking about going on for a Doctorate, but probably not right away.Dwindlehop wrote:Grad degree in Psychology. Probably doctorate of psychology.
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- Grand Pooh-Bah
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way to use the snooty é, but unforunately for you it's fiancée unless perhaps there's something you want to tell us.
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- Tenth Dan Procrastinator
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Nope, nothing to say other than I'm dumb and didn't know there were actually two different words for male vs. female.Dwindlehop wrote:way to use the snooty é, but unforunately for you it's fiancée unless perhaps there's something you want to tell us.