Home Printer

Canon anyone recommend a good home printer. Wont print anything bigger then 8x10 mostly 4x6.

alisaconn wrote in post #14845083
Canon anyone recommend a good home printer. Wont print anything bigger then 8x10 mostly 4x6.

Ha ha were you thinking of Canon?

What are you looking to do with it? Print pictures or just documents? Do you need color? "Home printer" can mean a lot of things.

The three main brands are Canon, Epson and HP. They each have plenty of satisfied customers, although naturally you will also see some dis-satified customers with each of them as well.

If you want a dedicated photo printer you'd probably find more options with Epson and Canon. Just be aware of the fact that a whole lot of Research and Development has gone into photo printing, with an empasis on inks and paper, and the costs, especially with photo-dedicated inks, are considerable.

Some folks are quite pleased with a more general-purpose printer, such as an "all-in-one" copier/scanner/printer​, assuming that it has "decent" photo printing capabilities. That type of printer is generally pretty inexpensive and uses less "demanding" inks.

Ok Tony, can you recommend a specific in each of the 2 categories?

KirkS518 wrote in post #14845636
Ok Tony, can you recommend a specific in each of the 2 categories?

I really can't, sorry! I have three printers, all HP, all from my years working at HP, none of them newer than 6 years old (when I left the company). I haven't looked at newer models from any of the major brands!

Is there anyone in Cascade Park that doesn't or didn't work at HP?

KirkS518 wrote in post #14846163
Is there anyone in Cascade Park that doesn't or didn't work at HP?

Heh! There were a few of us that worked there, but Cascade Park is a "gateway" to a lot of tech places going east and north, although HP was, I believe, an early one during that "growth" period. I believe that when I started there in around '91 it was already employing about 2,000 people.

Those were pretty exciting times -- HP was leading the way in the "Inkjet Revolution" and was also deeply entrenched in the "brave new" Internet world, while the World Wide Web was still just a university project in Switzerland!

I recently bought a Canon MG5350 and it's great. Print quality is very good (A4 only) and I can print directly onto DVDs, which was one of the reasons I chose it.

I have a Canon iP6310D and it's fine. It was very inexpensive and prints reasonably well. For fancy stuff, I have it printed professionally.

What drives me nuts is buying ink and cartridges. I always have a dickens of a time finding the exact cartridges I want. You'd think manufacturers could get together and create one standard but noooo....

Anyone have/know the HP Phtotosmart 8750?

I use two printers and would highly recommend both. First, for the best quality photo prints I use the Canon Pixma Pro 9000 Mk II (available HERE as a matter of fact!!) And for general printing with excellent quality photo prints I use the Epson Artisan 835(Epson 837 Now).

I have a canon ip3600 which only cost about £60 and produces amazing quality prints.

I've got an HP black and white laser which has just started going wrong just outside its warranty period so i'd avoid HP!