multifunctional printers

isomers007 · 14th April 2003

hiii,

im buying a 3-in-1 printer...and need it to churn out decent colour photo printouts. but at the same time, i also need a scanner and wanna save deskspace. my options are:

hp psc 2110

epson CX5100

EPSON Stylus CX3100

any comments or recommendations? thanx.

Wai · 21st April 2003

try HP PSC 750, although it is an old model

last time many pple selling away this printer cos SCV were giving it away free to new subscriber

IMO, the print quality is good enough on photo paper, most importantly, the ink cart is much cheaper than the newer model

PSC 750 use the old #78 colour cart which is 38ml while the new #58 color cart is only 17ml, look at their size!!

although the price for newer cart is cheaper, but the ink volume/dollar is more ex for new cart

unless you want the best quality, then go for the new one becos it can use the new #57 tri-colour cart which is specially made for photo printing, the "dots" produced by the new ink cart is also much finer than the old one because the new printers are capable of higher resolution

with the #57 and #58 ink cart, u will have 6 different colour altogether to print your photo.

when you are printing normal document, you can switch back to #56 (black) and #57, but the problem is that u need to print a alignment test page everytime u swap ink cart

zekai · 2nd May 2003

yeah wai right. he is the printing expert.

but if you want good photo printout, i stand by Epson.

14th April 2003	#1
isomers007 Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: leepublic of singapore Posts: 1,812	multifunctional printers hiii, im buying a 3-in-1 printer...and need it to churn out decent colour photo printouts. but at the same time, i also need a scanner and wanna save deskspace. my options are: hp psc 2110 epson CX5100 EPSON Stylus CX3100 any comments or recommendations? thanx.

21st April 2003	#2
Wai Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South Pole with Penguins Posts: 5,131	try HP PSC 750, although it is an old model last time many pple selling away this printer cos SCV were giving it away free to new subscriber IMO, the print quality is good enough on photo paper, most importantly, the ink cart is much cheaper than the newer model PSC 750 use the old #78 colour cart which is 38ml while the new #58 color cart is only 17ml, look at their size!! although the price for newer cart is cheaper, but the ink volume/dollar is more ex for new cart unless you want the best quality, then go for the new one becos it can use the new #57 tri-colour cart which is specially made for photo printing, the "dots" produced by the new ink cart is also much finer than the old one because the new printers are capable of higher resolution with the #57 and #58 ink cart, u will have 6 different colour altogether to print your photo. when you are printing normal document, you can switch back to #56 (black) and #57, but the problem is that u need to print a alignment test page everytime u swap ink cart __________________ We are HDD of PC & FT are MB add to storage; so PC never hangs with enormous storage capacity - LKY Last edited by Wai; 21st April 2003 at 12:50 AM.

2nd May 2003	#3
zekai Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,737	yeah wai right. he is the printing expert. but if you want good photo printout, i stand by Epson.