[HM] Re: Printer advice

[mvance]

IMHO, what really matters is what you want the printer to do.

I print a lot of photos and would not consider using anything but my 
Epson printers for that.  I also have two HP Printers.  The 
Photosmart does a beautiful job on photos too but if I want to print 
text, it soaks the paper.  My Epson 1520 does both text and photos 
well.  My other HP is not even connected anymore.  The color, text or 
photo, was not the results I wanted.  I also have an Epson 2500 that 
I bought for my computers that use usb ports.  Mostly my HPs gather 
dust.  I have had my Epson 1520 for more than 5 years and not a 
problem.  I leave it on and it does it's cleaning routine at it's own 
will so it is ready to go when I want it. The Epson 2500 is a little 
more than 3 years old and it's cleaning process is much faster than 
the old 1520 so I do not leave that one on.

Just my experience with HPs and Epsons.

mj


>I use HP's simply because I always here of more problems with Epsons on
>this list, on Macfixit and on Macintouch. However, perhaps that's
>because more Epsons are sold? I don't know...
>
>david Crandon
>
>wd5jbc at att.net wrote:
>>
>>  I personally like the HP Photosmart printers. I am using a Photosmart P1100.
>>  Have owned it four years without any problems whatsoever. Makes
>>  excellent quality photo prints, and the print cartridges are readily
>>  available.
>>
>>  The newer Photosmart printers also come with a color LCD display and several
>>  types of media slots so you can print directly from just about any type of
>>  memory card if you don't want to use the computer.
>>
>>  At work we use HP large format plotters and laser printers almost 
>>exclusively
>>  under very heavy work loads and rarely have any problems.
>>
>>  I'm pretty much sold on the Hp Printers, and will buy another HP without
>>  any reservations.
>>
>>  --
>>  Don Levstik
>  > wd5jbc at att.net
>>