Posted: 6/19/2012 5:20:56 PM EDT
Epson Stylus NX430 "Small In-One". My first Wi-Fi Printer. I decided to get one because I wanted to have the ability to print stuff from my work laptop and not have to plug in the old Samsung ML-1710 I am retiring. Nothing was wrong with the Samsung, except the paper grabbies were not grabbing the paper at a certain level. $69.99 at Staples(regularly $99.99.) Was looking at a Canon, a Brother and an HP but I decided against the Canon because of previous bad Canon experience, a story about HP printers losing their wireless connectivity, and I decided against the Brother because the one I wanted was the floor model. This was the last Epson in that model that they had. I had wanted an Epson Workforce 40 but those seem to be made of unobtanium. I had looked at Officemax, Staples, Tiger, Office Depot, and Micro Center, and couldn't find that. So far, so good. |
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Quoted: http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/181129_10150969007789522_1174840852_n.jpg Epson Stylus NX430 "Small In-One". My first Wi-Fi Printer. I decided to get one because I wanted to have the ability to print stuff from my work laptop and not have to plug in the old Samsung ML-1710 I am retiring. Nothing was wrong with the Samsung, except the paper grabbies were not grabbing the paper at a certain level. $69.99 at Staples(regularly $99.99.) Was looking at a Canon, a Brother and an HP but I decided against the Canon because of previous bad Canon experience, a story about HP printers losing their wireless connectivity, and I decided against the Brother because the one I wanted was the floor model. This was the last Epson in that model that they had. I had wanted an Epson Workforce 40 but those seem to be made of unobtanium. I had looked at Officemax, Staples, Tiger, Office Depot, and Micro Center, and couldn't find that. So far, so good. Bad ol' paper grabbies...  Nice printer, Deej. |
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I use a continuous ink system from this guy I have it for my Canon MX870. The ink quality is excellent and I can print on photo paper just as good as OEM. The downside is that the printer cover may not close (because you have to run the ink tubes into the printer) If you don't print for a long time you might get air bubble in the line and you would have to do some maintenance (all tools are included) if you can open up your PC and fiddle with it, this shouldn't be beyond your ability, though it can be messy. You can find him on eBay. It's expensive to start, but you get almost 10 times the ink over individual cartridges. I figure the system is about the price of 2 sets of factory cartridges.so if you do a lot of printing, it's well worth it. |
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And then the replacement ink will cost more than the printer itself... $25 for the 3 pack of colors(black, magenta, yellow) on Staples' website. The ink for our Canon PIXMA490 was $20 just for the damn black color. That's for the "moderate" (read small) cartridges. $20 a pop for the high yield size, per color. If you don't mind remans, they are a bit cheaper here: http://www.123inkjets.com/catalog.php?path=search.results&keywords=Epson+Stylus+NX430+ |