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Bill H
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Desktop printers

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What do you guys find to be the best desktop printer value? I have a Laserjet 4L that I treasure, but my wife has gone through inkjets at the rate of one every 7 months or so. We have tried HP, Lexmark and Canon and the longest one has lasted has been, I think, 7 or 8 months. One of the HP's only lasted a week (and HP user support was no help) so that worked out to something like $15 per copy. The Lexmark only lasted about three months...

They do not get heavy usage at all, and perhaps that is the problem; perhaps we do not use them enough. But after some months we start get getting "printer is not responding" messages and reinstalling drivers does not do the job. And/or the printer makes a horrible noise and dies. Or the carriage does not come to the center when the lid is raised.

They find different ways to fail, but to pay a couple hundred dollars for something that is going to last less than a year is starting to become annoying. Or is the problem my expectations? How long should an inkjet last?
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every one of my inkjets have lasted for at least 18 months that I remember.. if not longer. They were all HP ones, although higher end ones.. :?
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Depends on what you want it for. If you just want to print text most of the time, pictures, or what. Epson is pretty nice, though. Epson and Canon.
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Post by Deemo »

ive had the same HP printer for 6 years now, and its hasnt failed me yet :D
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I like HP

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It works well for me~~,but I have never tried heavy load, like printing >5000 pages continuously
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