Thinking of getting another Epson
Actually had to go to Sam's Club and get some photos printed so C could take pics of the implosion to school. I'd forgotten that I have to order more ink for my Epson. I'm pretty particular about my printers. I've done the research, and used other brands at work, and I have decided that I'd rather not use anything but Epson inkjet printers. We've even switched our work printers. The office staff has them, and the engineering dept has one for printing 11 x 17 CAD drawings. I sneak down and use it to print proofs of brochures.
I'm only on my second printer here at home... and that's since... hmmm... B got me that for Christmas the year I got him his guitar. Has to be at least 7 years ago or more. That one died a few years ago, and #2 is going strong. I actually discovered them when I worked at a print shop back around 1995. We got it for doing color proofs.
I'm thinking of getting another one to do photos and print on CD/DVDs. As the photo biz takes off (let's hope!!) people might want slide shows of their photos, and I'd really rather print on the DVD than do a paper lable. Of course, I'll choose an Epson. I've tried others, and just haven't been happy with the color quality, or the ink replacement cost. There are cheap printers out there, but you more than pay for it in new ink! Yech. Give me my Epson any day!
Ok... gotta go order some ink...
2 Comments:
Don't the Epson print cartridges seem rather pricey to you? They sure seem that way to me for the Epson 820. You rapidly spend way more on cartridges than on the printer -- less than $100 for the printer and $25 a pop for new print cartridges. Yikes.
I have an Epson but when it's not working anymore I certainly will look around to see whether there's a lower-cost option. Maybe a fax/printer/scanner, for more versatility.
To reduce my Epson costs I set it to print a lot of stuff that could be in color in black & white instead.
Good luck with your choice, whatever you buy.
I don't use Epson cartridges. I buy from http://bigsavemart.com/ and get 2 whole sets for around $30. They might not last quite as long, but the quality just fine.
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