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From: PhotoSci on 23 Jan 2008 14:11
Look into the new ink jet printers from Kodak if you're interested in
an All-In-One. Their pigmented inks have good permanence, excellent
color fidelity, and cost about half as much per page as other
manufacturers' inks. Their business model is not to sell the printers
at a loss and then make up for it in high ink prices--and after all,
ink is what you buy most of.

If you really only want to do B&W, then a laser printer is the way to
go. You'll get excellent text even at small point sizes and the
cheapest per page consumables by far. We've been happy with several
Brother lasers, but HP and others have good products as well. On the
Brother models we have, the toner catridge and drum are separate, so
you can replace several toner cartridges before the drum needs
replacing. We've found that after market toner from well-established
companies (for example, Verbatim) brings cost per page down even
further with no loss in quality.
From: measekite on 23 Jan 2008 16:35


PhotoSci(a)att.net wrote:
> Look into the new ink jet printers from Kodak if you're interested in
> an All-In-One. Their pigmented inks have good permanence, excellent
> color fidelity, and cost about half as much per page as other
> manufacturers' inks. Their business model is not to sell the printers
> at a loss and then make up for it in high ink prices--and after all,
> ink is what you buy most of.
>
You throw away a lot of color ink. The ink mileage is not that great.
The printers cost too much and cannot match Canon quality.
> If you really only want to do B&W, then a laser printer is the way to
> go. You'll get excellent text even at small point sizes and the
> cheapest per page consumables by far. We've been happy with several
> Brother lasers, but HP and others have good products as well. On the
> Brother models we have, the toner catridge and drum are separate, so
> you can replace several toner cartridges before the drum needs
> replacing. We've found that after market toner from well-established
> companies (for example, Verbatim) brings cost per page down even
> further with no loss in quality.
>
From: Aftermarketink on 24 Jan 2008 07:40
On Jan 23, 2:11 pm, Photo...(a)att.net wrote:
> Look into the new ink jet printers from Kodak if you're interested in
> an All-In-One. Their pigmented inks have good permanence, excellent
> color fidelity, and cost about half as much per page as other
> manufacturers' inks. Their business model is not to sell the printers
> at a loss and then make up for it in high ink prices--and after all,
> ink is what you buy most of.


From what I have seen the new Kodak are ok. But if you run out of 1
colour in the colour cartridge the whole cartridge is useless. The
quality of the print is about the same as a Canon IP4000/IP4500. And
the Kodak prints would probaly be more fade resistant. If your looking
for a lower CPP and better print quality then you should look at a HP
K5400.
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