Comments on: PRINTING MADE EASY

By: Terri Hohl

Terri Hohl — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:41:15 +0000

My HP3210xi All-in-one is wireless /Built in networking

By: Terri Hohl

Terri Hohl — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:37:10 +0000

I have an HP Photosmart 3210xi All-in-one. Purchased at Costco 2 or 3 yrs ago for under $300. with a Lrg blk $18.99 and 5 colors $9.99 I have been happy not to throw away a Multicolor cartridge because the red is gone!
Wanting to see how economical I logged the cartridges.
Since 10/06 I have purchased
6 Black
2 Yellow
1 Lt Cyan
5 Drk Cyan
1 Lt Magenta
3 Drk Magenta
Thats $233.82 I have never had a cartridge dry out either!
To top it off I would get free paper then it was free paper or $3 off for recycling the cartridge! Thats $6.99 a cartridge! Well times have changed now I get a $3.00 credit on my Office Max card for each cartridge I recycle.Which I can use the next mo.

By: Jeff Smith

Jeff Smith — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:11:56 +0000

I went to Staples when my 6 year old HP K60 died. It ran forever on Black and large Color cartridges. I found a Brother MFC-465CN for $129.99 that could be connected by network,(to your router) directly to the computer (USB) and wireless. Plus it took Memory Cards and a Picture Bridge with your Camera or Cell Phone. * In addition it was a flat top Scanner, Copier, Fax that had double hinges so you could Scan an object or copy from a book or use the automatic feed for 35 pages to Scan, Copy, or Fax. It also came with a full set of four inkjet cartridges. While I was there I bought another set of three color cartridges and a twin pack of Black cartridges for $55 which printed about 500-600 pages. * Needing just a color printer as a backup. I was shopping a few months later in the same store when I saw a clearance sale on the Brother MFC-465CN for $78.99. Needless to say I snatched it up and now have one just for Faxes and one for Printing, Copying, Scanning, and Photo needs. *

By: Joan

Joan — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:40:04 +0000

Staples is an excellent place to buy ink cartridges. Turn in your used ink cartridges for recycling and get a $3 to buy anything in the store. You can turn in 3 cartridges a day for a maximum of $9 credit. Go the next day and turn in 3 more cartridges and so on. My HP02 cartridges cost $9.99 and with the $3 credit they actually only cost $6.99. Plus I am recycling the used cartridges. Have priced cartridges all over and this even beats Costco's prices.

By: ladyleadfoot

ladyleadfoot — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:57:40 +0000

i have a canon pixma ip6000d. it has 6 separate cartridges for ink, the four standard colors and two photo inks. i will only have canon printers (unless i ever find a decent color laser printer that allows me to duplex), as every one i have had has separate tanks for each color, and has allowed me to duplex, one of the best ways in the world for saving paper. the print quality is very good, i can get away with using generic cartridges that i get at my local 'puter show (although i do use canon ink and paper for my pictures, as oem supplies seem to do a better job, for me at least), for about $2.50 or $3.00 each, and i can tell them all exactly what to print and how. the only problem i have ever had is that my printers are on shelves that are a bit too high for me to reach comfortably, so i struggle with putting paper in them, but that's my fault, not the printer's. i even have a canon portable (ip90- i got it for a phenomenal price when the ip90v came out, just around the time our local compusa closed. talk about a bargain!) that i carry to use with my laptop. it does as good a job as, if not better than, the ip6000d.

By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 07:43:18 +0000

I've been using my HP69c since 1998. Back then it cost Â£120 and it was about Â£30 each for black an colour cartridges. I used to have it set to greyscale printig to save on coloured ink but the colour cartridge dried out and had to be replaced anyway. It's definitely on it last legs now (it keeps taking in more than one sheet at a time and printing my document spread across 3 pages).

My problem is I'd like to replace it with a printer I can use wirelessly so I can access it from my laptop wherever I am in the house as well as from my desktop PC. Any recommendations for a wireless printer with low running costs? Oh yeah, and it has to work with both Vista and Linux!

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:51:05 +0000

Brian's "not printing" idea is a good one in many cases. I've cut back a lot on printing by "printing" to PDF files instead. I like the doPDF program, but there are several to choose from. Works fine for those online transaction invoices & confirmations, and if I want to look back at one, I can find the file a lot faster than I could a piece of paper. And I can always print the PDF image if I find I need a paper copy. And I don't worry about losing the files because all my important data files are backed up to a thumb drive immediately after creation/update, to a normally-offline external HD daily and to DVD-RWs periodically.

By: Greg Warren

Greg Warren — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:01:27 +0000

You forgot the new Kodak printers. the ink is the least expensive of any prionter Ihave ever see, the print quality is exceptional for an ink-jet and the colors stay vibrant, as the ink is different. These are all-in-one units and run from $89-$119. Best purchase I ever made in a printer!!

By: Bob Parham

Bob Parham — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:06:28 +0000

Alf GS3

What you need is a chip resetter.

Bob Parham

By: RobertPaul

RobertPaul — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:18:47 +0000

I love the greenprint edea but no matter what I get nothing not even one asking for a heafty fee.

What's up Doc?

RoberPaul