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From: BillW50 on 3 Jun 2010 19:25
On 6/3/2010 5:08 PM, me(a)privacy.net wrote:
> I don't need a duplexer nor fax.
>
> Ink jets sound like they will clog up if not used
> daily.
>
> Laser toner apparently spews fine particles in the home
> and is messy.
>
> What decent printer can I buy for an engineering
> student who needs color 8.5 x 11 output? But low use as
> the campus has printers as well?
>
> I'm willing to spend no more than $350...maybe a bit
> more

The only other kind is a dot matrix printer or a daisy wheel impact
printer (the latter no good for graphics and only prints in the fonts of
the wheels you have). And both use ribbons. I haven't seem any of them
for years. But I still have some. Both are very noisy too.

Oh wait, there is thermal dot matrix too. And some can use very smooth
regular paper with a thermal ribbon. Or just use thermal paper. Although
they are somewhat rare today as well. And they only do black as far as I
know. Thermal paper fades in time, which is the really bad thing. In
less than a year the paper can be almost or completely blank.

I don't know, ink jets don't like to sit and I use them and I only print
like once a year. And yes cleaning them and getting them going once
again is a pain. But it is still probably your best bet. One having
individual color cartridges and a replaceable head is probably even better.

--
Bill
Thunderbird Portable 3.0 (20091130)
From: me on 3 Jun 2010 21:01
BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote:

>I don't know, ink jets don't like to sit and I use them and I only print
>like once a year. And yes cleaning them and getting them going once
>again is a pain. But it is still probably your best bet. One having
>individual color cartridges and a replaceable head is probably even better.


yeah after some research I'm starting to thinking
sticking with inkjet...... and putting a reminder in my
online calendar to just print a page once a week to
keep heads "open"
From: Bob Villa on 3 Jun 2010 23:43
On Jun 3, 8:01 pm, m...(a)privacy.net wrote:
> BillW50 <Bill...(a)aol.kom> wrote:
> >I don't know, ink jets don't like to sit and I use them and I only print
> >like once a year. And yes cleaning them and getting them going once
> >again is a pain. But it is still probably your best bet. One having
> >individual color cartridges and a replaceable head is probably even better.
>
> yeah after some research I'm starting to thinking
> sticking with inkjet...... and putting a reminder in my
> online calendar to just print a page once a week to
> keep heads "open"

Be sure and stay away from Dell (Lexmark) inkjets!
From: Bigguy on 4 Jun 2010 04:45
On 03/06/2010 23:08, me(a)privacy.net wrote:
> I don't need a duplexer nor fax.
>
> Ink jets sound like they will clog up if not used
> daily.

Not so... Epson are bad (?) for drying out as they use ink tubes.

Check out the Canon Pixma series. I do print runs each month or less and
never have problems with clogging or drying out.


> Laser toner apparently spews fine particles in the home
> and is messy.

It's usually contained in a printer cartridge/cassette so not messy.

>
> What decent printer can I buy for an engineering
> student who needs color 8.5 x 11 output? But low use as
> the campus has printers as well?
>
> I'm willing to spend no more than $350...maybe a bit
> more

Try

Canon PIXMA iP4000
Canon Pixma iP4500


Guy
From: Tom Lake on 4 Jun 2010 06:18

"Bob Villa" <pheeh.zero(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:bd4624a2-aea1-47e6-bfde-959aea4dbff3(a)a20g2000vbc.googlegroups.com...
> On Jun 3, 8:01 pm, m...(a)privacy.net wrote:
>> BillW50 <Bill...(a)aol.kom> wrote:
>> >I don't know, ink jets don't like to sit and I use them and I only print
>> >like once a year. And yes cleaning them and getting them going once
>> >again is a pain. But it is still probably your best bet. One having
>> >individual color cartridges and a replaceable head is probably even
>> >better.
>>
>
> Be sure and stay away from Dell (Lexmark) inkjets!

Why? I had a Dell Photo 964 (made for Dell by Lexmark)
and now a Lexmark X9575 (love the descriptive name!)
and both have excellent color and no problem with ink
drying out. The only problem I have with the Lexmarks
is that the software is hard to uninstall and reinstall if
its necessary to do it. I really like my computer talking to
me when printing starts and stops or the ink is low or
there's a paper jam!

Tom Lake

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