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| Thread ID: 74754 | 2006-12-04 01:41:00 | Multifunctional Printer.Which one out of these 2? | Ninjabear (2948) | Press F1 |
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| 504089 | 2006-12-04 01:41:00 | I'm trying to help my friend's family buy a multifunctional printer What her mum will likely be doing is photo copy receipts and documents. and her daughter and son would only use it for high school work. The Canon PIX Mp170 at $109 at dicksmith or Epson Cx4900 $199 at dicksmith Canon is 4800 x 1200 Epson is 5760x1440dpi Im suspecting the Dpi is the picture quality.The lower it is the more blur the image is? Which one would you suggest? |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 504090 | 2006-12-04 05:46:00 | I wouldn't buy an Epson, their ink management systems can significantly increase your operating costs, but by the same token, as much as I favour Canon, I wouldn't buy one of their cheap multifunctions either. I'd look at the MP500, on special at $289 at present. You can go through hundreds of dollars in ink very quickly if you make the wrong choices (especially if the printer doesn't have separate ink tanks) so it pays to pay a little more for your printer and save in operating costs and longer operating life. As an after-thought, I wouldn't compare on Epson's claimed DPI either. Anything over 600dpi and you won't notice the difference unless printing photos, and I had great results out of my old S750 which didn't claim anything near as good as the MP500 and wasn't even claimed as a photoprinter. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 504091 | 2006-12-04 06:46:00 | Depends on your usage. Just b/w correspondence printing and photocopy work or are you going to print the occasional photo? If you are just going to photocopy (presumably black and white) and say printing school and business correspondence in b/w or grayscale then I would get a multi function laser printer/scanner combo, the ink are less overtime and better quality. My mother uses the multi function as she is computer illiterate and it is great, its just like a photocopier. The one you have listed is a inkjet (colour). The laser one is a non PIX, its a MF series, we got the one with a auto feeder function laser printer / scanner, the last model when the new one was coming out. Its good quality, but to be honest I cannot tell the difference to other laser printers, its more modern than our 98 HP LaserJet so its got more memory and so has yet to scramble or crash a print job. Only thing for it is, the scan function takes a few minutes to warm up while the printer does not have this delay. If you also want to use it yourself or your folks are to say print the occasional photograph, then I say google for reviews and go to the library and read up the "D-Photo" Magazine which they review consumer gadgets, bit like PC World which is not a hardcore technical publication, its a easy to read kinda. If you can take a power bill or such to the store and photocopy it and compare from the 2 machines. For photo's you would need to rely on reviews as they are hardly connected to a computer. Then look up the replacement inks and see how expensive. For the resolutions by itself I would would not base it on that alone. Not sure on the multi functions but for the photo printers, both Canon and Epson are pretty good. The Canon tend to be better for glossy prints, the Epson better in matte prints and b/w photographs prints, as a result more photographers tend to go with the Epson. I presume the (2) you listed are both inkjets, given the big price difference I may go with the Canon, I think that higher priced ones tend to have more functions such as a fax capability, multi sheet auto feeder, telephone handset on it, a memory card slot for photographs on the printer. Up one more level then its the laser printer types. If it suits you needs $109 is nearly disposable. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 504092 | 2006-12-04 06:54:00 | I would research for double sided printing if you need that. Our is not. | Nomad (952) | ||
| 504093 | 2006-12-04 08:51:00 | I bought the canon 150, and I chose it because it was cheaper to run than the epsom. Its a nice machine, i am happy with it. |
netchicken (4843) | ||
| 504094 | 2006-12-04 20:15:00 | The Canon PIX Mp170 at $109 at dicksmith or Epson Cx4900 $199 at dicksmith Number of pages from cartridge: Canon = 195 Epson = 245 And the Epson cartridges are cheaper too. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 504095 | 2006-12-04 20:55:00 | Number of pages from cartridge: Canon = 195 Epson = 245 And the Epson cartridges are cheaper too.On the face of it, that looks good, but there are more complaints on PF1 about Epson printers, their ink usage and their ink management systems (that stop you using all of the ink you paid for) than any other brand of printer. Their track record is not good, so go figure! I know which inkjet brand I would avoid. I succumbed to their advertising and bought an Epson colour laser, which was faulty out of the box and had to be replaced. I've since printed fewer than 50 pages of text with minimal (spot) colour, but the black toner already shows only 75% remaining. At that rate I'll be lucky if I get 250-300 pages out of the initial black cartridge, which is supposed to deliver a helluva sight more than that. I get 2 years of steady printing per cartridge from my HP1200 mono laser, and yes, I know that the first cartridges have less toner, and that toner-level indicators are notoriously unreliable. Replacements will cost close to the printer price so at that rate it will probably be cheaper to buy a new printer each time. :( Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 504096 | 2006-12-04 22:56:00 | True. I don't like them. Better than Lexmark though. I'd settle on a brand and then look for the model with the best ink usage. |
pctek (84) | ||
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