ecastillor Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Im about to purchase a printer to print up to tabloid size..... can your recommend something based on your experience? I will not be printing high quality images too often since i print in photo paper in a lab for final presentations... will be mostly for cad plans.... i want to expend $500 or less thanx in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeraldH Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 I just purchased an Epson R1800...very pleased with it. 13"x19" borderless printing, archival inks. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16828103170 good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 I just purchased an Epson R1800...very pleased with it. That's the big brother of the printer I bought for 'everyday' stuff, an R800. Its great. But do not buy the Epson claims of ink longevity, its likely crap. But for general purpose, no big deal. Also, expect to pay a lot for ink if you use the thing regularly. The deal is, the cheaper printers cost more to run, the more expensive ones are cheaper to run. Pay the man now, or pay him later. I pay about US$14 per ink cart, and they don't last long. I think the machine (the R1800 and R800 use the same carts) has 7 or 8 inks. So a set of ink carts can cost 1/4 of the whole printer. Its the same for all the companies, I'm just a long-time Epson user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roham13 Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 hi.to my mind as the point of quality epson is great but for the point of the head cartridge and the age of cartridge it is awful. I have both epson and HP. the inks of the HP are expensive but you can be sure whenever youchange the inks your printer will be new again because the head cartridges are on the ink supplies.You should almost print everyday with epson to make sure that the inks are not dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayadams Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 bought a hp 1100 (11x17) for like 75$ on Ebay. Not the best, but can't be beat for the money. It completely depends on what you actually need. jay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioVOY Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 Hi have a HP 9650 13X19" and works just fine, the quality prints are great and fast, it prints about 8 tabloids per new pair of cartridges, I boughted new from HP for about $500 one year ago, for daily work I used an all in one HP psc2110, go for HP never fails to me. If you are interested I have a HP 2500c 13X19" with a nertwork card for network printing, let me know if you are interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecastillor Posted February 25, 2006 Author Share Posted February 25, 2006 hi.to my mind as the point of quality epson is great but for the point of the head cartridge and the age of cartridge it is awful. I have both epson and HP. the inks of the HP are expensive but you can be sure whenever youchange the inks your printer will be new again because the head cartridges are on the ink supplies.You should almost print everyday with epson to make sure that the inks are not dry. this is the exact response I got from my hardware supplier.....!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 this is the exact response I got from my hardware supplier.....!!! I've had an Epson inkjet (four right now) since their very first one in the mid 90's and while there can be issues of the heads needing a cleaning cycle, its not a big problem. Look at cart prices and usage. The printer companies don't make money on printers, they make it on ink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHAB Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Id also stick to the epson, much cheaper ink cost+higher colour quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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