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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1916490" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>I can confidently say that every one of the major printer manufacturers make a range of printers to meet various price points. If you look at the cheapest printers from all of these companies, they are uniformly dreck and should be avoided. That doesn't mean that all products from the company are to be avoided, just that you can't give in to being too cheap. </p><p></p><p>If you go to someplace like Walmart or Target, you will find models that are unique to those stores, which appear to be very reasonably priced, but which should be avoided because they have been built (cheaply) to a price point.</p><p></p><p>Printer manufacturers have sweet spots in their offerings. Sometimes they have a nice range to their sweet spots. Products that aren't too expensive, but which offer good features, good quality, and which are an excellent buy. That's where it turns out to be an advantage to be on a Macintosh discussion list. Users can tell each other which models are gems, and which are garbage.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I have some rules of thumb that I use when I recommend a printer to someone. I warn them that Epson is known for chipping their printers so that you can't used third party consumables. (There is a major lawsuit going on over this right now.) Epson makes the best professional level inkjet printers, but their consumer level inkjet printer tend to clog more than any other brand. That HP has been known for poor Mac support. I recommend Canon inkjets, but only those with the five cartridge system, and for which high quality third party consumables are available. I recommend Brother laser printers, but only those that can take a toner cartridge rated for 8,000 pages or more (the printer doesn't have to come with a cartridge rated for that many pages, they just have to be an option.) These rules are all good starting points for choosing a printer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1916490, member: 190607"] I can confidently say that every one of the major printer manufacturers make a range of printers to meet various price points. If you look at the cheapest printers from all of these companies, they are uniformly dreck and should be avoided. That doesn't mean that all products from the company are to be avoided, just that you can't give in to being too cheap. If you go to someplace like Walmart or Target, you will find models that are unique to those stores, which appear to be very reasonably priced, but which should be avoided because they have been built (cheaply) to a price point. Printer manufacturers have sweet spots in their offerings. Sometimes they have a nice range to their sweet spots. Products that aren't too expensive, but which offer good features, good quality, and which are an excellent buy. That's where it turns out to be an advantage to be on a Macintosh discussion list. Users can tell each other which models are gems, and which are garbage. Personally, I have some rules of thumb that I use when I recommend a printer to someone. I warn them that Epson is known for chipping their printers so that you can't used third party consumables. (There is a major lawsuit going on over this right now.) Epson makes the best professional level inkjet printers, but their consumer level inkjet printer tend to clog more than any other brand. That HP has been known for poor Mac support. I recommend Canon inkjets, but only those with the five cartridge system, and for which high quality third party consumables are available. I recommend Brother laser printers, but only those that can take a toner cartridge rated for 8,000 pages or more (the printer doesn't have to come with a cartridge rated for that many pages, they just have to be an option.) These rules are all good starting points for choosing a printer. [/QUOTE]
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