emillu Posted July 20, 2010 Share #1 Posted July 20, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi, I am a M8 user. Recently we are thinking about purchasing a new printer (perhaps All IN ONE) for home use. Why not having this opportunity to choose a printer that I can print high quality digital photos on my own while having other features like Printing, Copying, Faxing, Bluetooth and etc. We wont be using it quit often (maybe except photo printing lol) so, probably not need a commercial size printer. Can anyone recommend a good Laser printer? Thanks! All the best! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaapv Posted July 20, 2010 Share #2 Posted July 20, 2010 Inkjet would be more to the point, I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emillu Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share #3 Posted July 20, 2010 Inkjet would be more to the point, I think. Thanks for the quick response! However, wouldn't inkjet dried out easily due to the lack of usage? and cost more in the long term? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted July 20, 2010 Share #4 Posted July 20, 2010 Have you seen a print made on a Laserprinter? They're designed to print text and Powerpoint graphics, not photographs. Don't take photographs with a Leica and then print onto a Laserprinter. You might as well just take a photo with your mobile phone. Honest. Inkjets can dry out, but if you use them regularly, they're fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
becker Posted July 20, 2010 Share #5 Posted July 20, 2010 A Laserprinter which reaches the performance of an ink jet , is very expensiv. Imho only for commercial pro printers. First think about what Your Printer should bring, Size, colour, only B&W and so on. Then make the disicion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
piblondin Posted July 20, 2010 Share #6 Posted July 20, 2010 If you want an all-in-one for not too much $, consider the Epson Artisan 810. My best friend has it, and it does reasonably well with photos as long as you don't want to use larger formats, greater than 8.5x11. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emillu Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share #7 Posted July 22, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) A Laserprinter which reaches the performance of an ink jet , is very expensiv. Imho only for commercial pro printers. First think about what Your Printer should bring, Size, colour, only B&W and so on. Then make the disicion. I am looking for an small size only for home use. what i am worry about ink jet is that if i only use probably twice a month then ink would dried out quickly. Plus printing photos will used up a lot of ink as well right? That's why i am considering a Laser. If cost wouldn't be a factor (but size is), will Laser out perform ink jet in printing high quality photos? Anyone could recommend a specific model. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted July 22, 2010 Share #8 Posted July 22, 2010 If cost wouldn't be a factor (but size is), will Laser out perform ink jet in printing high quality photos? Buy an inkjet. Any laser printer you can afford will produce inferior results to an inkjet. Even the laser printers Blurb uses are inferior to an inkjet. The cartridges won't dry out - or rather none of the ones I've ever used have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted July 22, 2010 Share #9 Posted July 22, 2010 If you buy a colour laser printer, I guarantee that you will be disappointed with the results. IIRC, HP printer heads don't suffer from dryness as much as Epsons Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted July 22, 2010 Share #10 Posted July 22, 2010 Definitely inkjet for quality. But, if you care more about cost and convenience, then of course that's a personal decision. I don't know about the current line of all-in-one machines, but for the dedicated Epson inkjet printers, the recent models do a better job of eliminating nozzle clogs due to improved design and technology. Printers can be a bit finicky, but problems are easily avoided by running automated nozzle checks, shaking cartridges if dormant for a long period (easy access, so no problem), and running a print every week or two to keep things active. My 3800 was having some clog issues initially, but that was unusual, so I got it serviced for free under warranty and haven't had any problem since. Modern inkjet printers are relatively cheap (check also refurbished, warranted machines), especially given the terrific results, but the devil is in the ink costs (not from drying out, but from lots of printing). Bigger printers with larger cartridges will save on cost per print, but one needs to print enough to justify. To me, however, it's all about the print quality...so that's a necessary evil. My unexpected bonus was that the Epson repair person gave me a complete set of new cartridges (worth about $450) for the delay in getting a necessary part for the repair. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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