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inkjet printers

Avatar Eric Jervis
Having seen somewhere that Epson have been naughty boys with their cartridges, and have been slapped on the wrist by 'Europe', can anyone recommend a USB 1 inkjet (for OS 9) for which cartridges I shall not be ripped off?

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Avatar Roy Rainford
Eric, we would need to know the main usage of the printer before making a suggestion. eg. Colour Photo quality output or mono documents or something between?

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Avatar Eric Jervis
Thanks, Roy, sharp text is the most important, in block colour from PageMaker 6.5.

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Avatar Roy Rainford
Photo printing is my main usage & experience so I will leave this to a text specialist to answer.
I can say that I have used Epson Photo printers for about 15 years & have been quite satisfied, provided that I used Epson cartridges. I did try cheaper alternatives once but never again after they blocked the nozzles!

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Avatar Steve Ryder
It also depends where you buy the cartridges of course. Inkraider (http://www.inkraider.co.uk/) sell manufacturers own brand at very reasonable prices, and I've been very satisfied with the service they offeer.

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Avatar Eric Jervis
Cheers, Steve, I've got Tiger now so I suppose I'll need a different one!

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Avatar Lionel Ogden
You should not need to change your printer because you have updated to OS10.4

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Avatar John Surtees
The latest issue of MacUser has a review on cheap inkjets. Their choice is the Canon Pixma iP4500 at £62. With cartridge costs at £3.15 from Amazon.

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Avatar Eric Jervis
Thank you, John, I'll investigate that one.AHA! Actually, I'll re-investigate it because that's one of the two I'd already noted on my desk.

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Avatar Eric Jervis
Thank you for all your advice, Gentlemen, I've just got an iP4500 which works fine. Not, however, on Classic, (which is rubbish as far as PageMaker is concerned). See my next question.........
 
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