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Ron Yost
Master Film Handler
Posts: 344
From: Paso Robles, CA
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 11-22-2012 01:31 PM
I like my HP Officejet 7000 wide-format printer. It's been on sale recently for $129, but now seems to be back up to $199, at Staples anyway.
It's a YCM & Black machine, and the four separate 920XL carts last fairly well, too. And it will let you print 'till they're almost completely empty...i.e., streaks showing up. Though it issues a warning, both in the software toolbox and a light for each color cart on the printer.
The heads are in the printer, so it sometimes spends a bit of time creaking and groaning while cleaning the heads (and no doubt wasting a good bit of ink in the process) but I've had good luck with it. Good photo printing too, for four colors, IMO. Just made some 13 x 19's on HP's Advanced Photo Paper and they look really nice to me.
There are no separate trays for different sized paper. All paper sits on the bottom input 'shelf' with a sliding bar to align paper to the right-hand edge. It's important to note that one must be sure the paper is pushed fully back into the printer. There's no 'pusher bar' in front to do this for you. This is something you only have to do on loading paper, or adding to the stack, tho. Also, the front edge of the stack leans backward at an about 20-degree angle when it's properly loaded. This took a bit of getting used to.
No viewing screen or card slots, tho. It does have wired networking ability, but no Wi-Fi.
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Scott Jentsch
Phenomenal Film Handler
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Posts: 1061
From: New Berlin, WI, USA
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 11-26-2012 11:04 AM
Mike,
I have the same printer (HP B8550) and I've been very happy with it. Thankfully, we haven't had any trouble with the photo tray, but we don't do much photo printing like we used to...
I've been happy with the printing we get from the 564XL ink cartridges, but I've got a feeling that would change if we did more photo printing. That's not a new phenomenon, as the trusty Epson 870 that we had before it would make great prints, but it would go through ink like nuts.
If you aren't already, look for the 564XL cartridges instead of the standard 564 carts. We can usually find them on Amazon for around $17-19 ($15-16 on sale every now and then), but Office Max is the best place to go when they are having a 20% bag sale.
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