Looking for a color printer that is economical. Cost per page wise.?

I'm in the market for a new printer. But I don't want to end up with a cheap $50 printer that costs a million dollars to print stuff. I'm looking for a printer whose ink doesn't cost that much. It doesn't mean i don't want ink that cost $100. If that cartridge only costs 3-6c a page that's still good. So basically I'm trying to find a printer that costs under $500. And the cost of ink per page is low. It does NOT have to be a multifunction printerLooking for a color printer that is economical. Cost per page wise.?
If you dont need high quality photos get a color laser. I bought a Samsung CLP300 for $80 after $150 rebate. In a year I had to replace the black toner ($70 a set of 4 at http://ccs-digital.com) which prints 2000 pages. I also have a Ricoh CL1000N which I bought for $300. It's a bigger, faster, (noisier) color laser. I had to replace the black toner ($50 on ebay) but it prints about 10,000 pages. Both do an okay job on photos but not as good an an inkjet.





If you must have high quality photos, you need an inkjet. Since you're willing to spend $500, I would suggest you get one of the laser for the big text jobs and the inkjet for photos. Look at the Epson NX series or Workforce series. You get a one-year express replacement warranty, which means if anything goes wrong, Epson will express-ship a replacement and pick up the old one. I get ink for my Epsons at http://ccs-digital.com for under $3 a cartridge and their cartridges hold 66% more ink than standard ones.Looking for a color printer that is economical. Cost per page wise.?
Canon PIXMA IP 3600 Printer and Ink cartridges will be a great choice, you can find more details here:


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Also, the ink cartridges for this printer are very cheap, and the quality is reliable, they have one year warranty.


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The new Kodak printer Rocks. I have had mine for a year now and the ink is only $9.95 for black and $14.95 for color which is also used for pictures. You cannot beat the price of the printer around $90.00 and the newer models are better than the original like I have.
I would advise you not to buy an ink jet kind of printer because it will stop functioning if you will not use it for a long period of time.


Instead buy a laser (or LED as well) colour/mono printer (ex: Minolta C10P).


On the other hand if you need to print allot and need a cheaper solution try buying an Epson ink jet printer (Stylus Photo 1400 -A3, Stylus Photo R285) and instead of using the genuine Epson ink use a so called CISS - Continuous Ink Supply System that has some manually refillable cartridges.


Also buy ink from the same place that you brought the CISS from as it will be allot cheaper (10x cheaper)


CISS systems are also available for some Cannon printers to.





But be aware that in the moment you install one of those CISS systems into your brand new printer automatically you'll loose the warranty for that printer PERIOD.





I would advise using Cannon printers for a CISS since Epson printers come with a counter of some sort that will make you printer stop functioning unless you take it to a printer service for a software reset (you need to pay for this about 15$).