Tan Kin Lian's Blog: Color printer

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Color printer

I wish to have recommendation on a good color printer to buy, where the price is reasonable for the printer, and the consummables are not expensive.

8 comments:

Golf-In-City - A Slice Golfer Journal said...: Hi Mr. Tan, you may want to consider buyer a cheap Canon 3 in 1 injet colour printer such as MP198 which is selling at times below $100 during trade-in or promotion period. The MP198 ink cartridge cost between $35 to $60 for black and colour but I suggest to have the MP198 modified to a external ink bank which is refillable by sepom at $179 when they are promoting at sitex. I am preparing to upgrad the mp198 to that external ink system once my current cartridges used up.; December 16, 2010 1:21 PM
Unknown said...: Most big companies, HP and Cannon, sell their printers at a very low cost or sometimes even at a loss. This is because they can make huge profit from the inks or toners. I bought a laser HP printer (HP Color LaserJet CP1210 Printer series)and buy the color toners from ebay.; December 16, 2010 2:01 PM
ron said...: If its for personal use and printing infrequently, you might want to consider HP Photosmart series.

I have been using a HP C6380 Photosmart Printer for over 1 year
The ink cartidges are individually
loaded, Black,Cyan,Magenta etc
This way, they can be replaced indivually rather than the 3-in one
type which seems to deplete very quickly and also costs much more.

I understand that the ink cartridges are made in Malaysia and thus could be bought at a lower price there.Otherwise, Challenger offers the best price for these cartidges ( Photosmart 564xl black prints about 800 copies)

Hot Tip:

Do not stock up on cartidges! you never know when the printer will conk out!

If you need to print frequently, then its best to buy a larger machine which takes 1 litre sized toner capacity. This market is dominated by the larger players such as Cannon,Brother, HP and I have no experience with these larger machines except that I need the office people's permission to use them!!

Hope this helps!; December 16, 2010 6:47 PM
AB said...: Kind of similar suggestion as Golf-in-City, I buy Brother 3in1 injet colour printer which cost anything from less than $100 for a low end model to $200 for a higher model. Instead of external ink bank I use refillable ink cartridge such as singink which cost $40.; December 16, 2010 8:04 PM
Parka said...: Get a laser printer. It's cheaper in the long run, even with the expensive toner.; December 16, 2010 10:31 PM
Unknown said...: Just to add on, for my laser printer, I am buying and using third party toners. They are much cheaper than the oringinal toners from HP.; December 17, 2010 10:25 AM
shamraiz said...: HI, am looking printer for home office used. I used printer a lot according to my work. So will this printer suitable for my home office use.
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