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[artzelda]

I've got an old HP722 printer that finally made need replacing. Its given me great service but the darn thing now has trouble grabbing paper and absolutely cannot grab photo papers. So the question is what is a good printer to buy. I am partial to HP printers. What is the difference between an inkjet and photosmart printe?. I think the basic difference is that the photosmart cameras can print directly from a digital camera. I am looking for fast output, high resolution and a parallel port connection. I don't have any spare internal USB connections though I may be able to add one (haven't looked inside the box). Any recommendations????

[Audiyoda]

Most companies sell low cost printers and re-coup their loss with high-priced ink, knowing full well third-party ink will ruin your printer - thus starting another vicious cycle. Epson is even rumored to have encoded the chips in their ink cartridges to show low or empty when it's really half full - simply becasue you didn't use that ink fast enough.

Canon is the only company I'm aware of that does not put chips in their ink cartridges and also have fair prices on thier printers and their ink. I just picked up a i960 from Amazon.com for around $150 - great printer and the ink has lasted a good long time - the cartridges are tranparent so I can actually see when I'm running low. You can also replace individual colors rather than one big cartridge. I know other companies are doing that as well, but I'm just really impressed with this Canon.