I am looking for a printer that is the "best". I would like it to also be able to scan and print photos on photo paper. Anyone had any suggestions? I would like to spend a max of 150. Thanks guys

Matt

 

buy one with MULTI color tanks.

bought a refurb canon 850i a couple years ago... $100

also bought canon's top of the line photo paper (about $1 each).

printed out my truck from a canon 10d dig cam (6MP) and when the 8x10 came out... i was just
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holy cow batman... now they have their new pixma (IIRC) with even better specs. check them out...

 

anyone else with printer suggestions? The cartridges on my lexmark printer are complete junk.

 

i 2nd the canon vote.. the multi tanks are great.. if you run out of yellow, go spend $8 for a new yellow. and not throw away the rest of your cyan & magenta.
hp is also good, but personally i like canon, and I too hate lexmark (or dell, same junk, different badge)

edit - all new printers ranging in the $100-300 range are very similar... the paper is what makes the difference.

a site i use for reviews alot is http://www.epinions.com lots of helpful information, written by people that actually seem to have a brain (unlike those of futureshop.ca)

 

HP Photosmart series...

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en...251-64340.html

 

I also have a canon i850. I've never had a single problems with it and the pics it prints out are excellent.

 

Canon is CRAP (IMHO) HP has a nice office Jet 6110 or 7110, printer scanner, copier Fax, The Warranty and customer service is GREAT for HP

Next option is Lexmark

I'm am HP, Lexmark/IBM, and Compaq, Xerox authorized Tech. (Just to name a few)


If you have around 5 Grand the Xerox Phaser 7750 is SWEET. It Use's soild ink technology (The soild ink looks like a block of Soild wax or a Crayon, It melts this down to print) WICKED RES. you may be able to pick up an older Phaser 850 for a couple hundred bucks. (You never wanna have to repair one of these thing as you need a pressure gauage to tune them.. Just like a compression tester you use on a engine)

 

I agree the Canon is very nice-also the HP PSC 1315 is also top rated. Do you want to have memory card slots for your camera flash memory or no?

 

Canon or HP.

Anything with separate ink tanks.

 

Define "best"...if you buy one from Best Buy or similiar store they all are "about" the same. Some will have mildly better quality, some speed, some cost, some versitility. I would go see what your options are and do research on all of them. I find Canon to be a very well rounded printer, matter of factly I have a 6 year old canon for printing out Open Journal reports before I goto work in the morning. I also have a couple year old Canon s560 that can print photos as good as quality as most photomates can make photos. And I'm sure the newer printers are just that much better. My father has an Epson and its also a good printer, he hasnt had any problems with it. I believe Lexmark makes some cheaper alternatives for consumers, I think they also make some pretty serious bussiness machines too.....

 

I have an HP officejet 6110 all in one. So far it is great. No issues, execpt the image editing software that came with the it is a bt crappy, good printer though

 

Cant go wrong with HP.