[TIPS] Inkjet, Laser or All-In-One Printer? - Comments Page 1

Bob,

I'm unable to read this article because adds keep covering up the content. If you want your content to remain useful, readers must be able to read it. Please get this fixed or find a different provider.

Ernie

Sorry Bob, but I've temporarily circumvented my add issue by installing the uBlock Origin add blocker. I'll happily remove it when I can again read your items without blocking adds. Note: FYI: While reading this item, 58 adds were blocked.

Ernie (Oldster)

Hi Bob,

I switched from inkjets a couple of years ago after getting tired of clearing blocked nozzles and seeing stripey printouts. I've got a Samsung personal laser with duplex and it's been great.

Chris

We bought an Epson ink tank printer for a volunteer organisation to which I then belonged. I was so impressed that when I needed a new colour printer I bought one for myself. It works really well and the bottles of ink are way cheaper than ink cartridges. Locally an Epson ink cartridge is C$39.59 and the bottle of Epson ink is C$20.89 and lasts a whole lot longer - win-win. I believe HP have an ink tank printer series as well but I have no experience of them.

Funny Ernest, but I do not see any ads blocking my view of the article. Maybe something is not set correctly on your viewing device. Sounds unique to you.

I tried to read the article but was unable to because of the ads. Even when I closed the ads it would not let me see the article. Personally, we use an old HP LaserJet 4050 and a Brother all-in-one. I love my old Laser-Jet.

I was wondering how I was going to read the article with all those ads in the way. Glad to see I was not the only one. I resorted to copying and pasting in a Word doc. That fixed it.

I also had adverts overlying the article. Very annoying. Needs fixing.
I use Brother Inkjet and my printer is years old. No problems.

I also had adverts overlying the article. Very annoying. Needs fixing.
I use Brother Inkjet and my printer is years old. No problems.

I wish you would discuss details of the new lines of inkjet printers that don't use cartridges with the print heads in the cartridge, but have tanks that you fill with each color of ink. Certainly seems more economical than the ripoff that most brand-name inkjet cartridges have always been, but I haven't tried one to know what trade-offs there might be. Please do an article on those and how they compare to traditional inkjet printers. thanks!
P.S. we get our inkjet cartridges for our HP printer at Microcenter, where they have some third-party brands that work great and they're MUCH cheaper than HP-brand.

I'm upset you ignored the most important kind of printer: Epson EcoTank printers.
You buy your ink in bottles, not those silly little cartridges, and those bottles have massive amounts of ink in them which you use to refill your printer at a much cheaper cost!

Since you did not include them in this article it seems only fair you do an article about them exclusively.

There is another option not mentioned in your article Bob. I use a Cannon Pixma G7065 hich I have had for some years. Before buying this unit, I have used HP, Brother and Epsom AIO inkjet printers which had(non-original)outside ink tanks attached. Of the outside tanks, I have used two versions, however, the thing that annoyed me most was the ink clogging. The machines would be used until they were no longer useable and then be replaced. Since using the Pixma, in all this time, it has never given that problem. The Pixma has inbuilt tanks and I can see the ink levels at all times. The colors hold 70ml each and the black double. I refill them about five to eight months and do a lot of printing. Based on my experience, I would never buy another HP, Brother or Epsom printer again as they are purely milking machines that are guaranteed to fail short of a reasonable life span. The best option is the Cannon with built in tanks - on the proviso that you do a lot of printing. It is sheer brilliant.

Good article Bob. One problem: an H & R Block ad was covering part of it and I could not get rid of it.

Could not read the whole article due to ads covering the text.

I have three inkjets, a Canon, and two HPs. The HP with the built-in wireless support is my main. Easier sharing over a network. As far as the ads, I use Opera without a blocker but your ads do seem to have run amock. Maybe the AI invasion has begun. :-)

About your ads. They look like small ads in gray boxes and the ads scroll up or down in these boxes depending on if you are scrolling up or down on the page. But otherwise, all content is readable on my system.

I only have experience with HP and Epson. I have thrown out Epsons before they expired. My HP Office Jet Pro 6978 is the best. I have never had a serious problem with any HP printer. I love being able to print from my iPhone. I don't even have to be nearby. I have aso thrown away more after market ink cartridges than I consider acceptable, so I have no problem paying extra for reliable HP cartridges. Occasionally the printer disconnects from my PC for some unknown reason, but I just fire up the HP smart app and it is quickly back in touch.

I once had an Epson ink cartridge printer, but ran into the clogging problem because of not using it often enough.
Now I have an HP Neverstop laser printer that uses toner refill kits instead of more costly laser cartridges. The printer prints well, is fine for light duty and very economical with toner refills for 2,500 pages costing only about $36 for a pack of two from HP.

My wife has an Epson EcoTank inkjet printer (I have a Samsung Laser printer, which I like greatly). My only complaint about the Epson is that it needs to have the heads cleaned every so often. Even in central Texas which I would say is fairly humid the heads will clog if it is not used regularly. Since she has started to print something on it at least once a week they seem to keep unclogged. I am considering finding a printer exerciser document that she can print once a week, it seems to me that would be a lot less expensive in the long run than having to run the clean heads cycle three or four times to clean out clogged heads.
Other than the head clogging it has been a great printer for her. Before we purchased it I did an analyses of ink cost for it versus a low cost inkjet printer. Even with the higher up front cost the EcoTank came out way less expensive to operate over a theoretical year than a cartridge style inkjet.

What ads? I have not seen an ad.