Re: good color inkjet printer for mac?

Carl, I appreciate your experience. I’m a Mac consultant, and have been using, recommending, replacing and researching printers for 3 decades. I don’t know it all, but do know that cheap printers from any vendor are just that. Cheap. When you pay more, you get more. The ET-3750 replaced a Canon that printed beautifully, but went thru printheads. The Epson cost nearly 3 times what the Canon, a Pixima Mx922 cost, but is worth it. I’ve saved over a hundred bucks in ink in less than a year. I print anywhere for a few to a couple of dozen prints at a time, photographs, and perhaps 2 to 3 times a month on average. It’s been great. The ET series printers I’ve installed for clients have the same kind of record. Straight printers, not multifunction, that use the EcoTank system have a great reputation for longevity, low cost and great printing.

That said, some have great results with Canon, or HP printers I have not, but the Epson, so far, is stellar. That’s no guarantee, of course. Just my experience and research results.


Charles Lindauer
Lindauer Mac Consulting
http://www.LindauerMacs.com
Charles-ix3mBbey7A/[email protected]    707-479-6170

> On Dec 22, 2018, at 3:45 PM, Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> HP used to make great printers for the Mac, but now they're junk. And they won't print unless network-connected (no USB!). I use mine as a doorstop.
> 
> My recent experience with the Epson All-in-Ones isn't very good. The first one died after 6 months or so. Very cheap, flimsy feel to the printer. Couldn't even print out its own alignment page. Returned it for another one, and this one doesn't print straight. The text is tilted about 15 degrees to the right. Worthless for any serious application. Also, there's a firmware upgrade it keeps hassling me about, but I looked it up online and it appears that if I upgrade, it disallows use of 3rd-party ink cartridges. Ugh.
> 
> I haven't tried the Epson EcoTank. They average about 20% or more 1-star reviews on Amazon, so beware.
> 
> -Carl
> 
> 
> 
>> On Dec 22, 2018, at 2:44 PM, Charles Lindauer <charles-gCui10ZwnC/[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Epson EcoTank printers are great. They have ink tanks, instead of cartridges, so ink costs are much less. The printers are a bit more, but the cost of ink more than makes up for it. I have an ET-3750 multifunction that prints great photo prints on glossy paper, as well as anything else I print. I’m very please with it and recommend them to clients. 
>> 
>> 
>> Charles Lindauer
>> Lindauer Mac Consulting
>> http://www.LindauerMacs.com
>> Charles-ix3mBbey7A/[email protected]    707-479-6170
>> 
>>> On Dec 22, 2018, at 1:28 PM, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>>  
>>> Can someone please recommend a color inkjet printer that works well with a mac? Currently all of my macs are running Sierra (10.12.6), though I plan to upgrade to High Sierra soon.
>>>  
>>> I think my first priority is that it is reliable and works well with a mac. Mainly I print on good quality 8.5x11 sheets of paper, though 4x6 photo printing (from a separate tray) would be good. An ethernet connection in addition to USB and WiFi would be nice, though not mandatory. Inexpensive OEM ink refills would be great, or else one that works well with inexpensive third-party ink cartridges. All I really need is a printer, since I already have a laser printer that also scans, though if the inkjet you recommend is an all-in-one unit, that's fine (just not necessary). If it is an all-in-one, I don't care about a document feeder, though having one is OK, and a flat top would be good, so that it can easily scan portions of a long or over-sized document.
>>>  
>>> In the past, I liked HP, but lately they do not seem as good as some others (at least in my limited experience). I have a really old HP C7280 all-in-one that has worked well, but now all forms of communication have failed (first ethernet, then WiFi, and now USB). I have a newer HP C410, but it has never worked well (the color printing is terrible, and I've had two of these). I have a Brother HL-2280DW laser printer that works very well and uses cheap third-party toner cartridges, but I do not know if Brother makes a good color inkjet. I have never had a Canon or Epson (or any other brand).
>>>  
>>> So, if you can recommend a good color inkjet printer that works well with a mac, I'd really appreciate hearing about it. Thanks!
>>>  
>>> Gregg
>>>  
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