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Need printer recommendation

Posted on 10/26/2015 11:52:08 AM PDT by ru4liberty

I have an ink hog Canon MG5220. Not only do I get dull colors and muddy resolution when I print, the cartridges don't last worth squat. I don't use that much color in my printing, yet it seems like I'm always running out of one color or another. The replacement package of ink tanks is about $60, so I have decided to look for a printer that doesn't drink the ink.

I would prefer to spend less than the cost 2 packages of replacement cartridges (>$120). I want color integrity so that what I'm seeing on my computer screen is what prints out.

What I print:

- Recipes for sharing that I usually format with a small graphic of the completed dish or a main ingredient
- Flyers that I occasionally develop for local businesses
- Calendar pages for friends' fridges with a pic of their pets or kids (about 2 or 3 each Christmas)

I don't or haven't printed pics as actual pics (something to be framed), but I would like to have that option in case I ever want to.

Can anyone recommend a good printer for me? If possible, I'd prefer not to order it, rather find one in-store that I can buy and bring home. I'm not locked into that; it's just a preference. What I really want is a reliable printer that doesn't gobble the ink.


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KEYWORDS: imkjet; printer
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Buy what they have at work. ;)

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That sounds like advice from a Dilbert cartoon.


61 posted on 10/26/2015 7:49:07 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: ru4liberty

Reasonably happy with my HP.


62 posted on 10/26/2015 11:54:00 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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