What brand of printer do you own, and are you happy with it?

Have had 5 in the last 10 years.All have been very good, still use the 690 for ever day printing. Now using the hp 8450 for pictures. The prints are something else. I will be buying another soon and it will be a HP.

Papaw

This is my second HP Printer. I like how it prints, but have one minor complaint. It seems to not grab the paper and pull it in, unless I give it a little help. Other than this, it is great! I bought it thru their website, as my husband's company has an employee program, where we can get their products at a discount- even refurbs. The ink for this is a lot more reasonable than other printers we've had- especially the Lexmark we bought at Walmart. That is one of my first considerations- what will the price be for the inks? Am relatively happy though.

The pickup rollers need cleaning or replacing

I was interested to read your comment on the paqper feed of the HP: I have recently aquired my first HP, it's a 3200 which I intend to use mainly for photo prints. So far as a printer goes it's been very satisfactory, however, I'm not happy with the paper feed which to me does not seem to be a very clever design sometimes leaving the paper lagging slightly which is a real problem if the job e.g. CD labels, requires accurate register. Disappointing in what is otherwise a first class printer.

I own an older one, the Deskjet 932C. It does a great job of printing photos like the 3550 does, but is very expensive for the replacement ink cartridges. Maybe like Owen said, I need to clean the rollers and whatever else I find in there? I do use canned air, and have cleaned the bottom of the inks with alcohol and a Q tip. Keep a pretty clean home, but will check into that. It does seem to be a chronic problem from what I'm reading from your post. Maybe it's a design flaw? Why don't we get notified if there's a problem, like they do to people who get cars that need to be recalled and fixed? The odd thing is that when I give it a bit of help to get in, it prints great! I do use it mostly for prints, but do text here and there. Maybe when I go inside and check it out for any dust or dirt stuck, it will behave itself! :&gt

I have a HP Photosmart and a HP 8450 AND HAPPY WITH THEM

I have used only HP printers since 1990. I am presently still using a HP Laserjet 4 Plus which was built in 1992 and was a work horse in my law office. This is one of the most robust printers HP has ever made and not as heavy as the 'old HP III', which was slower, but also very robust and 'maintenance-free'. A toner cartridge for the HP Laserjet 4 Plus lasts for 5,000 t0 10,000 pages and they are dirt cheap when you buy them over the Internet. I never had a problem with these 'refurbished' toner cartridges. I am not happy with the HP 2500 (color Laser); the cartridges are too expensive - more than $ 400 for one set - and cost more than the newer version of a HP color laser printer for $ 399!
Peter

I thought I had a story to tell but a 4 beats me! Absolutely a workhorse. The only thing I have ever done to it is change the cartridge. Just pumps it out. I've owned it for eleven or twelve years and have left it running for the last seven or eight. I also have an HP Photosmart P 1000 and a Cannon iP8500. I'm getting superstitious about the p5. I don't like to brag about it as I don't want to break the spell.

I bought an HP LJ 4 on eBay last year and it's been great! It cost less (delivered!) than a set of Lexmark cartridges @ CostCo.

If I need color, I can use my wife's HP 6100 over our LAN, but the Laser always produces clean prints and I hardly ever have to mess with it. I even use it to print the CD labels for discs I take to work.

Our Epson Stylus was a very good color printer, but we bought some bad cartridges on-line and they plugged up the printhead - repair costs were about the same as buying another printer.

I got a HP LJ4 from a computer show for $20 and it works flawlessly, except it has problems thick stock paper and business cards.

Do recommend any brands/types of CD labels?

Thanks

I'm happy with the Fellowes brand CD labels that come 2 per 8.5 X 11" page. Make sure the packaging says they'll work in laser printers - mine work in both laser and inkjet printers. his was part # 99942 the last time I got some.

Love it!!! It works great.

I happen to be quite pleased with the Laserjet 4 , 2 Deskjet 722c's, and the All-in-one 1310 i posses. Not one of them have given me trouble, whereas the epson one I have died about a month out of warrantee. I also still have a Panasonic KX-P1124 lying around in operational condition to boot.

I have two HP printers, but mainly use the 8150, the other one is a 1410 and both are great and I've never had a problem with either one.

Got my second Canon F60 or F80. All in one scanner, printer, copier. Reasonable OEM refills @ Costco.

I had bad experience with both Lexmark and HP printers. The issue with Lexmark was the high cost of refill cartridges while my HP printer made such a ruckus and finally conked outless that 2 years after I bought it. HP's support was less than helpful even though I had an extended warranty on it, the service tech returned it saying the part was unavailable and then refused to replace the unit as it was discontinued! My scanner is Canon and so I got myself a Canon Printer and so far I am happy with it.
Laji

I am truly satisfied with my pixma mp800 printer.
This printer does everything well.

I also own a 2200 & find it a great printer. The price of the cartridges are a real bargain in comparison to some of the other manufacturers

I do not print all that much. I am happy with the results I obtain when I print fotos.

Luis

My daughter is a printing nut. We get ink on ebay at a low cost.

You are correct though, the laser printer is a good choice and it's where I'm looking with my home business. I print tons of business and personal stuff. I love my HP PSC but I need to look at the cost which is tremendous.

We bought a Xerox Phaser 8500N as the workhorse color printer for a small business. I'm glad you seem to be getting support from your local dealer. Xerox support is arrogant when it's not nonexistent. See my review on our Phaser 8500N. In short, we bought it in October 2005 and have had four service calls on it. The last time we were without the printer for two weeks. Xerox basically took a **** happens attitude about the downtime.

Never again.