My first photo quality printer was a refurbished HP 1100P that did a
respectable job but the dyes on some photos showed visible fading in as
little as a few months. Very environment dependent apparently. I first
noticed it after going to my son's house and seeing a photo I had
printed of my grandson for which I had a duplicate copy... one of three
identical 4x6's printed on the same piece of paper. My own version had
shown no noticeable fading. His version looked like half the color was
gone after being tacked up on the fridge for about 6 months. Whether
kitchen fumes or not I don't know but decided I needed a better printer.
I got a small Epson pigment printer after that but it looks like I'm
going to have to take a closer look at HP again for the next printer
buy. I'd very much like to have something capable of 13x19.
Chuck Norcutt
Winsor Crosby wrote:
> On Reichmann's review of the big version of the HP printer yesterday
> on his site he said the ink usage was very low. They are similar
> designs and that should carry over. One advantage mentioned in a
> couple of places is that the new HPs have the ability to just clean
> the jet that is clogged, not just flush expensive ink through
> everything. No big waste ink tank is needed. You leave the printer
> on all the time and it checks the individual jets periodically for
> clogging and cleans the ones that need it automatically. As much a
> fan as I am of Epson for doing the heavy lifting in creating this
> market you have to credit HP for really looking at the competition
> and addressing the problems.
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> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
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> On Jan 6, 2007, at 5:06 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
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>> Sounds very, very attractive but I note that it costs about $250 to
>> replace all the ink cartridges. I wonder how long they last.
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