RE: COMP: way off topic help - printer?

Hi Linda,
I would not repair a broken printer.

There are sales on a whole lot of printers and I have one you might consider
purchasing.

I have an Epson Stylus Photo R300.  The reason I bought this particular
printer is that it has 6 ink cartridges and the photo printing.  This means
that I do not throw out a half full container of ink because the red is
gone.  It was reported to do a good job on photos.

By using Epson photo paper I get excellent reproductions of my Iris.  I am
very satisfied with the printer.  It is on sale for around $125.00.  The
individual cartridges of ink cost about $13.00 each and last me 6 months or
more.  (The ones installed in the printer when I bought it did not last that
long.)

The only drawback is that it is not a scanner.  There are many all in one
type printers with this feature.  The big thing I considered when I bought
this one was the ink supply and photo printing.  I had a Lexmark and the ink
cost $35 and lasted less than a month, one black and one color cartridge.
The pictures were terrible, no matter the color.  I tried several papers and
nothing helped.

Char, New Berlin

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-iris@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of Linda
Mann
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:09 AM
To: iris- talk
Subject: [iris] COMP: way off topic help - printer?

After complaining and choking and generally showing signs of poor health
for the last couple of years, my poor little printer let out a shriek
and shot some of its innards out onto the table this AM.

It's an inexpensive, aging HP Deskjet.

Is it worth trying to get these things repaired or am I better off
buying a replacement?

Thinking about a low end Brother or Samsung monochrome laser printer.

Reply offlist.
or not..
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