I'm a Canon fan.  Although the jets themselves are not in the ink 
cartridges, they're on a removable head assembly that can be replaced 
(slightly higher cost) as necessary.

  I have an older Canon inkjet attached to one of my machines -- not the one 
I work on most often.  I had been getting by with copying files across the 
network to that machine when I needed to print, always intending to set up 
sharing of the printer, but hadn't got around to it.
  When I got a newer Canon printer, and attached it to my main workstation, 
the installer told me "Another machine on your network is offering to share 
a Canon printer of an older model (so I already know about drivers for that 
model).  Would you like me to finalize the config so you can print to it?"  
That's *cool*.

David Gillett


On 4 Apr 2006 at 12:51, Paul Hachmeyer wrote:

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Subject:        	[PCBUILD] photo-capable printer/scanner recommendations
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> I'm looking for recommendations for a printer/scanner for my kids' 
> use.  My Epson CX-5200 and CX-5400 both developed clogged ink 
> jets, out of warranty.  Attempts to clean jets on the CX-5200 have 
> not been successful, so far.  My old HP855 keeps trucking along, 
> great for color highlights for text, large volumes text printing, 
> poor dpi for color prints.  Trying to keep the cost under $225.
> .
> Now considering Lexmark P4350 (1 tricolor and 1 black cartridge, 
> both decent size cartridges), HP 3210 (5 small color cartridges 
> plus black), HP 2575 (1 small tricolor and 1 small black 
> cartridge), HP 2355 (1 small tricolor and 1 small black cartridge).
> .
> I lean towards the HP over Canon and Epson because they tend to 
> have inkjets in the cartridges rather then a separate (non-user 
> changeable) inkjets, and have had success in the past refilling 
> the older cartridges.  No experience with Lexmark, Canon or others.
> .
> Any experiences or other recommendations would be appreciated!
> 
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