Where is there a good place to get info on buying a printer?

I've about given up in ink carts and am thinking about color laser
printers. A long time ago someone suggested an HP 2550, but I just read
that it costs hundreds of dollars when you run out of toner, having to get
a new drum, etc.

I know you can Google printers, but I don't really want to research
thousands and thousands of articles - I'm just looking for a forum or NG
that would narrow things down a lot based on long experience, rather than
a week to write a review.


JimL

--

America always does the right thing, but only after exhausting all other possibilities, Winston
Churchhill.

Re: Looking for place by TaurArian

TaurArian
Sat Mar 22 02:59:02 PDT 2008

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=%22how+to+buy+a+printer%22&meta=
or for forums -
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=%22printer+forums%22&meta=

You will have to do some research yourself, it really depends upon your needs, how much
you want to print and the cost of consumables etc. What brand do you want? What kind of
colour printing do you want to do?

What suits one person may not necessarily suit another.
--

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<inkleputDEL@ETEisp.com> wrote in message news:47e49fac$1$vaxyrchg$mr2ice@news.isp.com...
| Where is there a good place to get info on buying a printer?
|
| I've about given up in ink carts and am thinking about color laser
| printers. A long time ago someone suggested an HP 2550, but I just read
| that it costs hundreds of dollars when you run out of toner, having to get
| a new drum, etc.
|
| I know you can Google printers, but I don't really want to research
| thousands and thousands of articles - I'm just looking for a forum or NG
| that would narrow things down a lot based on long experience, rather than
| a week to write a review.
|
|
| JimL
|
| --
|
| America always does the right thing, but only after exhausting all other possibilities,
Winston
| Churchhill.



Re: Looking for place by bojimbo26one

bojimbo26one
Sat Mar 22 05:24:51 PDT 2008

On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:49:47 -0500, inkleputDEL@ETEisp.com wrote:

>Where is there a good place to get info on buying a printer?
>
>I've about given up in ink carts and am thinking about color laser
>printers. A long time ago someone suggested an HP 2550, but I just read
>that it costs hundreds of dollars when you run out of toner, having to get
>a new drum, etc.
>
>I know you can Google printers, but I don't really want to research
>thousands and thousands of articles - I'm just looking for a forum or NG
>that would narrow things down a lot based on long experience, rather than
>a week to write a review.
>
>
>JimL

Couple of days ago , couple of people were recomending Canon Pixma
series ?

Re: Looking for place by Don

Don
Sat Mar 22 05:05:03 PDT 2008

<inkleputDEL@ETEisp.com> wrote in message
news:47e49fac$1$vaxyrchg$mr2ice@news.isp.com...

> Where is there a good place to get info on buying a printer?
>
> I've about given up in ink carts and am thinking about color laser
> printers. A long time ago someone suggested an HP 2550, but I just read
> that it costs hundreds of dollars when you run out of toner, having to get
> a new drum, etc.

Have a look at the newsgroup comp.periphs.printers
You will probably see within 5 min. whether this is helpful or not.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)



Re: Looking for place by Stan

Stan
Sat Mar 22 05:04:33 PDT 2008

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:49:47 -0500 from <inkleputDEL@ETEisp.com>:
> Where is there a good place to get info on buying a printer?

It's a while since I've had occasion to go there, but I've generally
found the buying guides helpful at http://www.pcworld.com .

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

Re: Looking for place by mikeyhsd

mikeyhsd
Sat Mar 22 07:17:47 PDT 2008

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Tom's Hardware.
http://www.tomshardware.com/index.html

look under peripherals and then printers.




mikeyhsd@sprintpcs.com



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Re: Looking for place by Ken

Ken
Sat Mar 22 08:46:59 PDT 2008

On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:24:51 +0000, bojimbo26one@aol.com wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:49:47 -0500, inkleputDEL@ETEisp.com wrote:
>
> >Where is there a good place to get info on buying a printer?
> >
> >I've about given up in ink carts and am thinking about color laser
> >printers. A long time ago someone suggested an HP 2550, but I just read
> >that it costs hundreds of dollars when you run out of toner, having to get
> >a new drum, etc.
> >
> >I know you can Google printers, but I don't really want to research
> >thousands and thousands of articles - I'm just looking for a forum or NG
> >that would narrow things down a lot based on long experience, rather than
> >a week to write a review.
> >
> >
> >JimL
>
> Couple of days ago , couple of people were recomending Canon Pixma
> series ?



I'm happy with my Canon Pixma iP4000, but he said he wanted a color
laser.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Re: Looking for place by bojimbo26one

bojimbo26one
Sat Mar 22 10:49:12 PDT 2008

On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:46:59 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
<kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:

>On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:24:51 +0000, bojimbo26one@aol.com wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:49:47 -0500, inkleputDEL@ETEisp.com wrote:
>>
>> >Where is there a good place to get info on buying a printer?
>> >
>> >I've about given up in ink carts and am thinking about color laser
>> >printers. A long time ago someone suggested an HP 2550, but I just read
>> >that it costs hundreds of dollars when you run out of toner, having to get
>> >a new drum, etc.
>> >
>> >I know you can Google printers, but I don't really want to research
>> >thousands and thousands of articles - I'm just looking for a forum or NG
>> >that would narrow things down a lot based on long experience, rather than
>> >a week to write a review.
>> >
>> >
>> >JimL
>>
>> Couple of days ago , couple of people were recomending Canon Pixma
>> series ?
>
>
>
>I'm happy with my Canon Pixma iP4000, but he said he wanted a color
>laser.


My bad :)