im looking at this one, Epson PM225 PictureMate Charm Compact Photo Printer. good reviews and a decent price, inkjet also not to sure of the dye sublimation kinds out there. thanks for the help

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He asked me if Id like to hear about their printers.

I told him that I already OWNED a Lexmark printer, but had a question.

My printer, I explained, was only $80. It works great; does everything I need it to do, which is very little..................maybe fifteen or twenty pages a month........some B&W, some photos. Then I told him that it was discouraging for me to have to shell out $50 every two or three months for new ink. It seemed impossible that I was actually USING that much ink.

So....my question for him was.....

"Does LEXMARK make a printer that is inexpensive, and using cheap ink (efficiently)........so that people like who use a printer very seldom can do so economically?"

He said NO.

He went on to explain that the cheaper the printer, the more expensive it was to keep it in ink. Their more costly printers were much more efficient.

I asked him what he would recommend......he told me to take a flash drive to some place that prints stuff.

I **** HATE inkjet printers and their scumbag manufacturers.

In my experience with purchasing printers is that you get what you pay for. The cheaper printers usually have a single cartridge for all the colors, and a separate cartridge for the black. For printers that have a single cartridge for all colors, once one color runs out the entire cartridge needs to be replaced even though there may still be ink available for the other colors. And when printing black & white documents it is important to choose printing in grayscale with black ink only as it is common for inkjets to use all colors to print a rich black by default.

The best and most efficient means is to purchase a printer that will allow you to change each individual color cartridge.

^All true.

In addition to MY printer having a single color cartridge, the black ink alone is also gobbled up at an astonishing rate.

Also.....these cartridges can not be refilled with the ink/syringe method.

Why?

Because Lexmark is a company run by dirty c0cksuckers.

yeah im staying away from the dye printers.

thanks guys, this was a good conversation

It crapped out on me about four weeks ago leaving the following story.

_ HP 3200 CRAPS OUT on me and I have tons of HP02 ink bought already on sale.

- HP doesn't make a printer that take HP02 ink anymore.

- Used/New HP 3200's are $200-$400 on Ebay/Amazon.......F$CK THAT

-Research NEW printers for three weeks then come up w/ IDEA

- Use my Salesmen abilities to return "pre-bought ink"(w/o reciepts) for store credit of $81.00.

- Get my STAPLES rewards check for $10.00 in mail and use towards new printer.

- Wait for good sale at STAPLES for the model I want.

- Decide on HP Officejet Pro 8500 (not a photosmart for photos but a d$mn good printer)last yrs model($329.99) on sale for $219.00

- Go to counter to buy and store mgr helps me but unable to find the "Two" in stock.

-He does find the exact same model but is one step ABOVE the one he was looking for>>HP Officejet Pro 8500 "PREMIERE" model in new unopened box.

- He brings that one up front and says it's on CLEARANCE for only $99.50!!!!($119.00 less than other)

-This PREMIERE model comes with DOUBLE INK CARTRIDGES....i.e. eight instead of four w/ first model...that is 3 x $19.99 + 1 x $34.99 = $95.00 in EXTRA INK and the printer only costs $99.50.

- I purchase the PREMIERE model w/ $81.00 ink credit + $10.00 Rewards check = $91.00 in credit.

- $99.50 + $6.00 tax = $105.50 total bill minus $91.00 credit EQUALS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

- $14.50 total I pay for a $399.99 printer!!!!!!!!!!!!

- WAIT..... it gets better........

I go to GOODWILL the next day and find a clear plastic bag tied at the top with SIX (price at store is $19.99 each x 6 = $120.00 in new ink) HP940 ink cartridges

unopened w/ intact foil wrapper (that fit my new printer) w/ date 2011 exp.......................

for only.............$4.97 for the whole bag of six !!!!!!!!!- WHAT A FREAKIN' DEAL!!!!

I am sorta like Andy with regard to printers, though. I rarely print stuff, but the damn thing was only $149 at Staples... and I needed a new printer, sooooo.

I use it occasionally for my business to print documents, so I write off the ink cartridges as business expenses. It has a big black cartridge, and a little black cartridge and then 3 color cartridges. Usually costs about 68-70 dollars to replace them all. I find that not all go dry at the same rate, so I only replace them as needed, rather than all at once. I then take the empties to Staples and get credit on my rewards card.

J