What is your faveouroute printer company?

[CJ MAC OSX IPOD]

What is your favorite printer company? Print it here (lol)

[CJ MAC OSX IPOD]

"faveouroute" sorry about the key missing ? I do not know how I did that???

[CaptainQuark]

Minolta QMS Magicolor 6100

Great printer –best I've ever used! One damned fool (who shall remain nameless) killed it dead. Unfortunately the powers that be have decided that we don't want another of those and that we should have an HP5500n (or something like that). I pointed out that most of the printer software problems encountered on this eminent site are about HP printers and that we ABSOLUTELY shouldn't have one. So we're getting a Xerox instead.

[ra3ndy]

Xerox Phasers have been a godsend to my company. If I have my way, I'll never give HP another dime til I die. I've logged at least 12 hours in the last 2 months on the phone with HP's "support"... How they even call it that without lawsuits is well beyond me.

Suffice to say, I heart Xerox printers. Not as much as i hearted Tektronix when THEY made the Phasers, but it's a very close second.

[Rhisiart]

Canon iP4200.

1.It prints to the bottom of the page, unlike my previous printer (Epson) that left a sizeable chunck free at the bottom (why oh why?).

2.It is grey, therefore it matches my G4 and scanner, which are also grey.

3.It prints faster than my previous two printers.

4.It didn't cost the earth to buy.

5. The heads don't need re-aligining so often (compared to other inkjet printers I have owned).

6. The ink cartridges seem to last a lifetime (even though they are more expensive than Epson because the CMYK colours all require separate cartridges).

7. The print quality is excellent for the price.

8. The ink doesn't smudge as soon as you handle the paper off the printer (Helett Packard please note).

Downside? Well Cnet says:

The good: Automatic duplexing; two paper-input trays; easy to operate; Mac and Windows compatible.

The bad: Average print quality.

I would dispute the latter (but beauty lies in the eye of the beholder).

[sinclair_tm]

i have an epson r200. love it. i have used an apple(really just a canon with a apple on the cover), hp, and epson. epson is the only one that i'll buy from here on out. i have had 3 now and they always have worked great. but why three if they are so great? 1st, left cheap ink in it too long, and it plugged all the heads. 2nd, lost in the divorce to the ex. 3rd, still have it after 1.5yrs. and just finished replacing all the ink tanks, only for the second time since getting it.

[JetwingX]

For all you Epson lovers, great! glad you love'um but i have had two stinkers.

My first printer was one from Apple. that little thing ROCKED. it would automatically turn it self on and off after it finished printing (if only USB printers would do that today)

Then i got a really big bulky crap of an epson all in one machine. i can't tell you how many times the tread that the print head road on slipped. only thing it was ever good as was a copy machine.

My next printer was an Epson C80. that thing pissed me off because if just the magenta ran out, i COULD NOT PRINT AT ALL. great for when you have a report due and it just needs to be in black and white. and then a bout 2 years ago, it's black print head totally crapped out. the only good thing i am getting out of that C80 is the $45 e-credit if the lawsuit against them goes through (www.epsonsettlement.com)

And no i have an HP 8250 which has been good to me so far. it gives me a way to print out my digital printers, and it print in true CMYK. my only beef with it so far is that it has to clean the head a lot and it takes a few minutes to do. but hey, if it prevents it from having the same problems i had with my C80 then i don't mind the wait.

[powermac]

I have had a Brother Laser printer for like 5 years, and still have not replaced the toner. Sure, I do not do heavy printing. I have always had good luck with both Epson & HP.