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In article <SuCZCZAhe0F8EwgE@upthorpe.demon.co.uk>, Oz
<Oz@upthorpe.demon.co.uk> writes
>I ended up changing them all to HP. The colours are good, but not truly
>photographic (mind you I only use 3 colour+bk). The black ink (but not
>the colours) is waterproof. The cartridges can be refilled using cheap
>replacement ink (which isn't waterproof) providing you immediately
>refill and put the cartridge to use (that is don't have two and refill
>one as the spare). I use 'economode' almost exclusively which is
>indistinguishable from 'normal' to all intents and purposes except when
>in colour, and which prints very fast as it uses the full (about 12mm)
>height of the nozzle assembly for each pass.
>
>Our very much older HP's still function elsewhere without problem.
>
I've got a variety of elderly HP ink jets which I refill myself. Cheap
and cheeful! Proper printing is done on a HP4si duplex laser (which *is*
waterproof!) Does everybody read their printed output in the bath? <g>
Toner cartridges are cheap when you can get them.

I've a HP photosmart (old model) printer for photographic stuff which I
use very rarely. As others have said you need to go into the costs of
replacement cartridges as it's really that that is the determining
factor if you're using it as the only printer. The two cartridges for
this cost almost twice as much as a full toner for the 4SI!

What's not been mentioned so far is the light fastness of the prints you
get from photo priners if you're really going to be printing
'photographs', *and* there's the cost of the expensive paper. Lasers are
happy with �2 (max) a ream stuff!