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posted: Oct. 31, 2012 @ 8:21a

I have been through 2 Epsons and 1 Brother AIO... After a few months, I lose a color or two due to a clogged print head. I tired cleaning, I have bought kits to clean these print heads, nothing works.

Is there anything other an HP/CANON (with the print head on the cartridge) that ya'll can recommend?

I love the cheaper ink tanks but maybe it's not worth it. I print maybe 10 pages a week. I have a B&W Laser printer for large printing jobs, but I like to be able to print some color photos and copies once in a while.

Any recommendations?

The color laser AIO is a little above my price range (and size for the matter)

Thanks,
Chris
posted: Oct. 31, 2012 @ 8:21a
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posted: Oct. 31, 2012 @ 1:59p

I've had the best luck with Canon's. I have the worst experiences with HP when it comes to that.
posted: Oct. 31, 2012 @ 9:23p

I'm really liking the two Kodak AIO's I bought a couple of years ago. OfficeMax even has generic ink for them.
Downside to those is that their rollers that pull the paper wouldn't catch 3x5 index cards (that I print recipes on) so I'm still using my old HP for that - especially since WallyWorld had clearanced black ink for it.
I've heard good things about Canon, I'll probably try one of those after I'm done with my HP.
Do NOT get a Lexmark - cheap printers, expensive ink, and several years ago they had huge memory-hogging software.
posted: Nov. 1, 2012 @ 8:52a

Love my Canon all-in-one.

Loved all of my previous Canon stand-alone printers (two or three?). Never had any problems with any of them.

Ink is not cheap...
posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 4:52p

if you're sick of clogged printheads you have two options

first, every few days or so, print a test page. Yes, this is a waste of ink, but it uses MUCH less ink than using the "clean printhead" function.
Second, get a laser printer. cheaper cost per page, longer time between changing cartridges, no clogged printheads, lower maintainence, higher reliability. I print enough that the price difference was easily covered by the cheaper cost per page.

if you have to stick with ink, I agree with many of the others. I'd go canon. Second choice HP, third epson. I also agree avoid Lexmark like the plague
posted: Nov. 20, 2012 @ 11:40a

Just an update.

I ended up buying a Canon Pixima MX892 AIO from Staples @ $130.

Very impressed so far. Great photo quality. Bought $50 of ink online, 12 Catridges, 2 of each color and to big blacks.

We'll see how long this one lasts.

Thanks guys.
posted: Nov. 23, 2012 @ 4:18a

Mr0ffic3r said:   Just an update.

I ended up buying a Canon Pixima MX892 AIO from Staples @ $130.

Very impressed so far. Great photo quality. Bought $50 of ink online, 12 Catridges, 2 of each color and to big blacks.

We'll see how long this one lasts.

Thanks guys.

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I just bought the mx892 on Amazon for $60 shipped (upgrading from the mx870, which I love). I was going to post the deal on FW (that's how I found this thread), but someone beat me to it: www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/1236744/

What kind of ink did you buy?
posted: Nov. 23, 2012 @ 7:02p

You can buy a color laser (not AOI) printer for $85 or less. And, they are very small.
posted: Nov. 24, 2012 @ 12:07p

I will probably NEVER buy another color inkjet for the life of me. too many problems.

I have gone through 20 Color Inkjets (Not an exaggeration)...I have gone through 2 Color Lasers..and that's only because I broke the first one by dropping it

At this moment my Color HP has said (Needs color toner) for over 5 months and it STILL prints out the color docs with no noticable color shifts.
posted: Nov. 24, 2012 @ 4:00p

There are some people that refuse to use cheap generics because they believe those are garbage. Instead, they get a reputable brand of bottle ink and either refill the OEM cartridge or get a set of quality refillable cartridges. Point is the issue you might be having is the ink and/or cartridge and not necessarily the printer itself.
posted: Nov. 25, 2012 @ 6:48a

FunnyStuff said:   Instead, they get a reputable brand of bottle ink and either refill the OEM cartridge or get a set of quality refillable cartridges. Point is the issue you might be having is the ink and/or cartridge and not necessarily the printer itself.

Totally agree.

I myself have testified bunch off low quality replacement cartridges that caused problems.
posted: Nov. 25, 2012 @ 6:18p

There is NO DOUBT that laser printers are the most cost effective printers. I get 2500 pages from a toner cartridge that costs me $30-$40. That beats the hell out of 300 pages from an inkjet cartridge. I've never used a color laser so I don't know the cost of that but if you are mostly printing black only, laser is IT. I use an HP P1102W and really like it.


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