Best Colour Inkjet? Your Thoughts Please....

[GregE240]

Afternoon chaps,

While 'er indoors is off sunning herself, she has tasked the cockney grunt with looking at a replacement printer.

We currently have a Photosmart 1000 which, while a good workhorse is getting a bit long in the tooth now. I'm sure there are better inkjets on the market.

I'm thinking of a Photosmart 7960, which comes in at just under 200 nicker.

Anyone else got any ideas? Budget up to £300, and bear in mind I've already got a scanner / copier, so an all in one isn't what I'm looking for.

Ta,
Greg

[pug406]

I bought an Epson R300. The R300M is the same but has a small colour monitor so you can print without a PC This does photo quality pics (5760 x 1440 dpi = 8305920 dots per square inch) and also prints on CD's / DVD's. Takes 6 print carts and give superb colours. Replacement carts are really cheap. I have a link to an on line ink cart supplier at work. I will post it tomorrow.

Dave

[TommoFocus]

I have also just purchased an Epson R300, and to be honest, its bloody amazing and really quite fast. Get one today!

[warmfuzzies]

canon i9900.

none better this side of £300.

just do some some simple searches, I've seen first hand the results of borderless A4 and they are fantastic.

k.

[Bodo]

The best inkjet is the colour-laser printer you let your office buy and maintain

I rely on the HP Laserjet 5500 in the office, and even I was surprised by my requirement on colour DIN A3 prints

[wolves_wanderer]

warmfuzzies said:

canon i9900. none better this side of £300. just do some some simple searches, I've seen first hand the results of borderless A4 and they are fantastic. k.

[Hut49]

don't you mean the i9950 - its 9900 in the US, I thought. The really big feature not mentioned for the i9950 is that you can print upto A3 size.

Canon are launching the iP6000D this month. It looks like a winner for mixed doc and image printing - dual media trays for normal paper and glossy. Worth considering.

[r32]

Another vote for the R300 here - it even prints directly onto Cds/DVDs

[ErnestM]

GregE240 said:

Afternoon chaps, While 'er indoors is off sunning herself, she has tasked the cockney grunt with looking at a replacement printer. We currently have a Photosmart 1000 which, while a good workhorse is getting a bit long in the tooth now. I'm sure there are better inkjets on the market. I'm thinking of a Photosmart 7960, which comes in at just under 200 nicker. Anyone else got any ideas? Budget up to £300, and bear in mind I've already got a scanner / copier, so an all in one isn't what I'm looking for. Ta, Greg

Can't go wrong with HP and the 7960 looks to be the best of the lot. I chucked in our Photosmart 1000 about 2 years ago for the HP 7550 and have not looked back. You know for a few pounds more you could have the 8450 which is a little faster and has built in ethernet?

ErnestM