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metropole

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Hi,

Do you know a place (forum) where printers are discussed?
I need to buy an new printer. Thinking either Canon ip4700 or Epson Artisan 50. I would like to connect my printer to an Win2003 box. The drivers spec on the manufactures website do not list 2003 support. I wonder if it actually would work (just not supported).
Otherwise I need some recommendations for a printer that has an Ethernet jack or wifi.
 
This is nice, with built in Ethernet jack.

What do I loose (if anything) compared to the Canon or Epson?
Looks like speed is equal or better. How about quality?
 
Pick up the pro version from staples. Recycle any printer brings it down to 129. Tis sexy though a little big.
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Riddlinkidstoner, is there a 6000 Pro? Or are you talking about the 8000 pro?

BTW. I'm fully confused after looking at the pricing of the printers on the HP web site. i.e. the 6000 is $59.99. On newegg the 6000 is more expensive than the 8000.

What is the difference for a user between the 8000 and 6000? slightly faster? It seems that the 6000 is using different cartridges.
What is the print quality difference, if any?
 
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Pro 8000 uses the 940 ink whereas the 6000 uses the 564's.

IMO the 940's give you a better price/page than the 564's do.

@Staples would be $129.99 after printer recycling ($179.99 regular)
 
I see. The 8000 wireless can be had now for 89.- at newegg. The 6000 is 94.- So, it seems like getting the 8000 would be the obvious choice.
However, I don't get why they sell the 6000 for more.

I'm still wondering if the 6000 has a better print quality?
 
print quality compared to what? and what are you using it for?

none of the new Officejets (hell, no Officejet overall) is capable of being a proper photo printer (as in, print something out thats worth having framed or selling at a profit), although they're quite efficient, inexpensive, and look fine (comparable to anything else in this product/price range)

honestly, I'd go for it, the ink economy is pretty legit, it isn't overly expensive, quality is good, and it doesn't look like a spaceship
 
those are not for printing pictures, its for workgroup printing. I see no real difference from either model.
 
going to replace an old Epson photo printer. But really, I never print photos. I need good quality text, graphic printing.
So, I guess it comes down to price. The 8000 can be had almost for free.

I really can't figure out why HP has the two models, I found so far only two differences, the 6000 has:
1.) Automatic paper-type sensor
2.) Up to 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi color (when printing from a computer on selected HP photo papers and 1200 input dpi)
 
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It's a bit difficult to recommend a printer in general because it's SO use-specific. You need to answer a bunch of questions before researching:

Will you print mostly text or pictures? Will you need color, or just monochrome? (These are laser vs inkjet questions.)
Do you want to connect with USB, ethernet, or wireless? Most printer makers have separate models for each of these.
Do you want just a printer, or an all-in-one multifuction printer that also does scanning, copying and faxing?
How much do you want to spend on ink? Monochrome laser printers are generally cheapest and best for pure text work, even when you figure in both toner and drum replacement costs; some inkjet printer inks sell for $8000 per gallon. However, inkjets are generally best for printing pictures. Printer makers sell printers at a loss and make their profit from the ink, so calculate and compare your ink cost per page carefully.

Edit: now that I've been in a computer store and seen what the inket printers are doing lately, I see they're doing a big marketing push on the ink costs being much cheaper on the new lines of inkjet printers.
 
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These days inkjets are cheaper than cheap laser printers. Cost of toner vs inkjet is about the same but inkjet use far less power than laser does.
 
I need a ink jet printer, mostly text with graphics. A picture used as an illustration should look OK. I will not print photos.
As I have a win2003 server I need a printer with 2003 driver or a networked one. Don't want to spend additionally for add-on HW.

To me it comes down to HP 6000 or 8000 (which is still a puzzle to me how HP positions these printers) or a comparable printer from an other vendor. But I don't think there is any, even close to this price.
 
I believe the HP 6000 and 8000 are actually the only inkjet with IP connectivity and auto-duplex!
 
evilsofa said:
It's a bit difficult to recommend a printer in general because it's SO use-specific. You need to answer a bunch of questions before researching:

Will you print mostly text or pictures? Will you need color, or just monochrome? (These are laser vs inkjet questions.)
Do you want to connect with USB, ethernet, or wireless? Most printer makers have separate models for each of these.
Do you want just a printer, or an all-in-one multifuction printer that also does scanning, copying and faxing?
How much do you want to spend on ink? Monochrome laser printers are generally cheapest and best for pure text work, even when you figure in both toner and drum replacement costs; some inkjet printer inks sell for $8000 per gallon. However, inkjets are generally best for printing pictures. Printer makers sell printers at a loss and make their profit from the ink, so calculate and compare your ink cost per page carefully.
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We need to sticky that into a new printer subforum.
 
I have one of these and really like it. The one I have though was DOA so Epson sent me a new one and told me to toss the old one. I bet you could warranty this for a brand new one if it's DOA. The ink with this is pretty affordable too because it's 6 separate rather than one larger.
 
I'm on my last set of ink on my old printer. Got to by a new one.

Still somewhat confused about the differences of the HP 6000 vs 8000.

Form the HP web site:
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/s...ear_link=1&a1=Type&v1=inkjet&compare1=Compare

HP6000
Black print resolution Up to 600 rendered dpi black when printing from a computer

Hp8000
Black print resolution Up to 1200 x 1200 dpi

HP6000:
Color print resolution Up to 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi color (when printing from a computer on selected HP photo papers and 1200 input dpi)

HP8000:
color Up to 4800 x 1200 dpi


Does that mean that the 8000 has higher print resolution and possibly better print quality?
 
metropole said:
Still somewhat confused about the differences of the HP 6000 vs 8000.
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Consumersearch has a good article on inkjet printers, in which the HP 6000 does very well. The Full Report's page on "Best Printers Overall", here, discusses both the 6000 and 8000.

That article mentioned Trustedreviews, so I checked their sites and they reviewed both printers. When I compared Trustedreviews' Feature Table for both printers (6000 vs 8000), the differences are that the 8000 is much larger than the 6000 (by several inches both ways), prints faster, and the 8000 has a plugin duplexer supplied as standard, and options of 250-sheet paper tray and print server.

Trustedreviews points out some interesting things about laser vs inkjet. The duplexing on the HP 8000 is very slow because after the first side of each page is printed, the page must wait 10 seconds for the ink to dry before sending it through the printer again. Also: "While inkjet print is never going to have quite the sharpness and clarity of dry toner laser, black text is very clean, with no signs of ink feathering into the paper. This is another advantage of pigmented inks."
 
Thanks for putting this together.
In general reviewers seem to like both printers. I guess nobody did a direct comparison. The differences I found so far:
- 8000 is bigger than the 6000 (for me not a big deal)
- 8000 is slightly faster (by not much)
- 6000 has a paper dedect sensor (really don't know if this is a plus or not)
- and the specs on HP's web site for the print resolutions seem to be not identical.
 
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