07-02-2011, 05:03 PM
as far as I remember from general discussion on this forum about inkjet printers (and a few comments about Laser printers as well):
Epson has good (best?) picture quality but it used to clog, they claim they fixed the issue but some people will still not buy an Epson
HP: The print head is part of the cartridge, which makes the cartridge expensive but also reduces the risk of clogging (you would just install a new cartridge and start fresh). I hear their drivers are also problematic.
Lexmark: regarded as low quality junk by most people.
Canon: good value, no clogging problems (at least much better than Epson used to be), and in general good driver support (although I had some trouble installing a WiFi MP560 on 10.6, used to work fine in 10.5.8)
Brother: I don't remember much about their inkjet printers (they are generally recommeded for their Laser printers)
Samsung: I am not sure if they even make inkjet printers, I only remember seeing Laser printers.
Please feel free to correct me or add additional comments. I tried to make a general summary from what I remember reading here over the past few years or so, and of course there are plenty of people who had different experience from what I summarized above.
as always YMMV
Epson has good (best?) picture quality but it used to clog, they claim they fixed the issue but some people will still not buy an Epson
HP: The print head is part of the cartridge, which makes the cartridge expensive but also reduces the risk of clogging (you would just install a new cartridge and start fresh). I hear their drivers are also problematic.
Lexmark: regarded as low quality junk by most people.
Canon: good value, no clogging problems (at least much better than Epson used to be), and in general good driver support (although I had some trouble installing a WiFi MP560 on 10.6, used to work fine in 10.5.8)
Brother: I don't remember much about their inkjet printers (they are generally recommeded for their Laser printers)
Samsung: I am not sure if they even make inkjet printers, I only remember seeing Laser printers.
Please feel free to correct me or add additional comments. I tried to make a general summary from what I remember reading here over the past few years or so, and of course there are plenty of people who had different experience from what I summarized above.
as always YMMV