Which printer is the most economical? has the cheapest ink refill?

suggestions?Which printer is the most economical? has the cheapest ink refill?
You can either buy a cheap printer with expensive ink (inkjet) or a more expensive printer with cheaper ink (laser). You're either paying the costs up front or over the life of the printer. So you have to decide by your needs and your volume.


Lasers have sharper text and are generally faster than inkjets. While toner cartridges are more expensive, they print more pages, so the cost per page is lower. But you pay more up front. Inkjets are better for photos and cheaper for low volume. Personally, I use both. I have an inkjet for photos, a color laser for high volume color jobs and a black laser for regular text. I use the black laser most often.


You can get a great color laser today for about $300. Toner cartridges are about $200 but they last for about 10,000 pages. You can also get refills for about $50. You can get a good color laser for $150. Refills are under $100 for all 4 colors. But for photos you really need an inkjet.


As someone who was in the computer hardware business for years (though I rarely sold printers since I couldn't compete with the crazy rebates) I have always recommended Epson. The print quality is excellent, even on plain paper. I have photos I printed on a 640 about ten years ago hanging in my office which still look good, though not as good as the ones from the CX8400 on glossy paper. The warranty is excellent. For a year, Epson will express-ship a replacement and pick up the old one. I had one customer who needed this. He called one afternoon and had the replacement two days later. Another client bought a Canon. It needed two repairs within a few months. Each time it was taken to the repair center, then picked up a few days later. This client runs a specialty printing business and this really hurt. They have since bought an Epson CX5000 and have had no down time since.


All name brand ink is expensive, but you can get cheap new replacement cartridges for Epson (not refills which I never recommend) for under $5 at http://ccs-digital.com/ink.asp


The CX8400 scanner/copier/printer was on sale at circuitcity.com for $60 with free shipping. It uses 3 colors plus black.


The RX595 scanner/copier/printer also prints on DVDs. It uses 5 colors plus black and has even higher photo quality. It's on sale for $80 after $55 instant rebate.


http://www.cheapstingybargains.com/54342鈥?/a>


If all you want to do is print text, then get a black laser printer which you can find for $50.Which printer is the most economical? has the cheapest ink refill?
Kodak supposedly has the cheapest ownership cost and ink refill costs; although, I don't know what kind of print/hardware quality they have. You can check them out for yourself.





http://search.kodak.com/?c=%26amp;global=en%26amp;i=鈥?/a>
i think i saw the other day it was made by cannon. for the color and the black it came to 30 dollars in ink. sorry can't remember the model