Bought a new Printer

well, i broke down and bought a new printer for my home. it's an HP Photosmart D7260. and so far, i'm impressed. the colors are amazing and the duplication of color from monitor to print is excellent. that's printing on glossy paper. but even printing on plain, white typing paper is pretty good. the box promised 'lab quality', which i always take with a BIG grain of salt. and the salesman told me this was the one he'd bought and that it beat their own $500 printers, or at least did as well. so far, i'm believing the salesman. the prints are stellar!

to make it even better, the printer uses a new ink. you know how those home printer cartridges cost like $24 to $35 or so? this one uses six cartridges and the total cost for all six is $35! combine that with the print quality and well, i'm willing to write up a glowing report here in the forums.

i havent tested this yet, but the salesman also said that one set of cartridges shld do 100 to 150 prints. i'm not sure if he meant 4 x 6 or 8 1/2 x 11.

there are a couple of drawbacks. it's not compatible with win98 and prior and the max print size is 8 1/2 x 11.

but, it has all the standard features of a new printer, card readers, usb thumbdrive reader, a decent sized lcd touch screen with a fairly extensive menu system. it will accept 8 1/2 by 11 papers down to 4 x 6. the installation was simple and bug free so far as i can tell and it came with a few extras HP tends to always throw in.

for $150 retail this is looking pretty damn good!

well, it beats my old printer by a step or two i had trouble with my old one with some tones and hues. this one i've been testing with a multitude of combinations and so far i'm quite pleased.

with the light of a new day, i've been looking over what i printed yesterday... i'm still smiling

well, i had almost quit printing at home. i ran into a set of color combinations that my old one wouldnt do right. and that's pretty much when i quit printing at home. so far, this new one isnt showing any of those problems. so, yes, i'm quite

well, to me, just being able to print at home again has justified the expense. the stuff i'm printing out now puts all my earlier work to shame. and i'm not even printing from photoshop and not even watching gamuts and that sort of thing. the color match is pretty incredible. even printing on plain white paper is pretty impressive, but put it on glossy photo paper and wow! if i could find an oversized printer that would print at least a 24 x 36 and give this kind of quality, i'd hock the house instantly!