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From: carlkeehn on 15 May 2010 06:57

"powrwrap" <powrwrap(a)aol.com> wrote in message
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> I've got an old HP Deskjet that I've had two color cartridge print
> heads clog up on me. Both of them are at 90% full. That's $75 shot for
> nothing. FYI, I've tried unclogging them using all manner of methods
> including flushing/soaking with hot water, soaking in hot Windex, even
> soaking the print head in super hot acetone. I can get the magenta and
> yellow to come out but not the blue ink. I'm not going to buy another
> tri-color cartridge and risk that one clogging on me.
>
> I use the color printer about twice a month, maybe 10 or 12 pages. I
> currently don't use the color printer to print photos but I might want
> to do so once in a while. I actually use a scanner more than I use the
> color printer but I don't own one, I have to use my parent's scanner.
>
> My text printer is an HP 1200 LaserJet. I'm kind of intrigued by the
> all-in-one color laser printers that are out there, Konica and Samsung
> have models under $500, but I wonder how good the photo printouts
> would look. If they would print photos decently, I would chuck the
> LaserJet 1200 and go with one printer/scanner device. Or is inkjet the
> only way to go with photos?
>
> Recommendations?
>

When I purchased my present printer, I had two criteria in mind. I wanted
separate ink cartridges as every tricolor cartridge I have used had one
color run out long before the others. It also needed network connectivity.
I selected the HP Officejet 6500, the wired version. It networked
painlessly and so far as performed very well as a printer, a copier, a
scanner and a fax machine. Normally it retails for about $150, however if
you can catch it on sale, it will be much less. I paid about $100 for mine
at Best Buy.

If you want to go the separate route, the same print engine is in the
Officejet 6000, without the scanner/fax/copier functions.

I use my printer primarily for printing, mainly black but some spot color.
My sons do a lot of color printing. It's reasonably fast, does an excellent
printing job. I had some photo paper from a previous printer and decided to
try out a photo on the HP. I was impressed with the results, It looked like
a real photo to me, rather than a printed picture.

The printer is noisy on startup and after the print job is completed. I
don't know why but it seems to be a HP thing now. We just got a color
laserjet at work, replacing an older color laserjet. When we start it up,
it humps and grunts and groans. Once it's initialized, it does an excellent
job of printing.

Carl


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