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“Many low cost printers have low print cartridge ink...”

written by Joel. on 20/08/2002

Good Points
Low cost printer with Parallel/Win NT and USB/Win 98, higher-than-many ink cartrage capacity at 25 ml, front paper loader and paper eject, compact design, ink level indication

Bad Points
Noisy (like most), doesn't take 42 ml print cartrages, minimal software, e.g., no wav files, progression monitor.

General Comments
Many low cost printers have low print cartridge ink capacity, such as 14 ml or 10 ml; the cost of the cartridges are about the same for 10 ml or 42 ml; the HP Deskjet 940c inkjet printer takes the 25 ml; I paid $99 for this printer at OfficeMax (Tucson, AZ, USA); the HP 960 is the least cost printer I've seen taking the 42 ml at $200; the 25 ml and 42 ml cartridges cost the same ($30 US). The low cost Lexmark printers have much better software, with wav files to let you know when your spool starts and finishes, and also has on-screen progress monitor and ink levels; with this HP, you need to open the printer software to see the ink level and there is no notifications or progression monitors (other than from the printer spool window, which you usually don't open). For telecommuniting with a home network, the best choice; 2000/month duty cycle at $99 is hard to beat. Joel