TIPS: Buying An Inkjet Printer - Comments Page 2

I would suggest not buying an inkjet printer. My experience has been that when the cartridge still has ink in it says empty and the printer shuts down. This occurs when only on cartridge read empty. I had an Epson with 5 color and 1 black cartridge. Same thing with the Kodak I recently bought. They advertise low cost ink and program cartridges to run out prematurely. It has one multi-color and one black cartridge. I only use black for text documents and both cartridges run out about the same time. If you don't need color I suggest you buy a laser printer. That's what I will purchase next time.

Since I switched from an HP Deskjet 1000 to a Cannon MF 3010 I could not be happier. The Cannon prints and copies efficiently and at reasonable cost. I suggest that potential purchasers seriously consider the Cannon.

Actually the printers in use 10 & 20 years ago were superior. They used standard typewriter ribbons and lasted forever. The ribbon, not the printer. All the printers are amazing in that something so delicately made lasted more than a month. You'd probably be better off making your own printer. Or buying into a printing service. Just email it to some company and let them worry about the maintenance issues.

One of the biggest problems with inkjet printers for home use is that if they are not used frequently the inkjets get clogged up. Used several times a day this is no problem - but if used less then once a week it can be.

I work in tech support for our local school district. For years we were HP only. However,in the last couple of years, I have had the same experience as Marty S - the installation and software function of the HP all-in-ones has been abyssmal. Quirky is being polite! The most recent purchase of Epson WorkForce 5430s on the otherhand, has been a breeze. Reliable, easy to install (wireless network actually works!), function is great,quality of print is wonderful. In short, if you're in the market for an all-in-one, take a look at the Epsons!

I use an HP Deskjet 6940. I will always buy HP because of their quality of printing and their software controls, which allows a great deal of flexibility and management by the user, in my experience. The ink cartridges run until the ink is gone, so there's none of that "no printing allowed" nonsense that other printers impose at low ink levels. I have used Epson printers in the past and was never happy. They seem to run through ink very inefficiently.

Some others who posted here had poor HP customer service experiences, but I had an excellent response when I called about a printer that was defective right out of the box.

I bought an HP Photosmart 5510 recently and never again. It drives me bonkers. Every time I use it, up come multiple messages about aligning the cartridges even though I have done it. I went into the message settings and turned them off AND it still did it. The only way to remove them is to completely shut down my PC. I googled and discovered a whole lot of people complaining about the same thing. My old Brother was a much better machine.

No more HP for me - HP continuously updates their software (I checked my updates and HP updates are installed even tho I choose not to) to prevent third party cartridges.