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My first printer ever was a HP deskjet 850C, which worked over 6 years until it died by spitting one of those tiny rubber wheels used for moving the paper inside (and out) onto my feet. Needless to say, the prints were kind of "lacking substance" (as in being printed on paper) afterwards.
( the messy printer deaths )
Now I have a shiny new Canon Pixma ip4500 in glossy black lacquer (I'm so going to see every fingerprint & dust particle on it - might be useful in reminding me to clean in time). It's a bit bigger than my old HP and setting up was slightly more complicated, but the test prints looked great and I'll be able to replace the color ink cartridges color-by-color not all-colors-at-once. I do a lot of bluish art work, so that should save me some money, too. (And if Canon's die by barfing ink onto carpets, at least it's going to be LESS INK than what comes out of the fat all-in-one HP cartridges!).
( the messy printer deaths )
Now I have a shiny new Canon Pixma ip4500 in glossy black lacquer (I'm so going to see every fingerprint & dust particle on it - might be useful in reminding me to clean in time). It's a bit bigger than my old HP and setting up was slightly more complicated, but the test prints looked great and I'll be able to replace the color ink cartridges color-by-color not all-colors-at-once. I do a lot of bluish art work, so that should save me some money, too. (And if Canon's die by barfing ink onto carpets, at least it's going to be LESS INK than what comes out of the fat all-in-one HP cartridges!).
