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Printing? Testament
So I'm not going to be in my dorm for much longer, and the people with color printers moved out already anyway. I was wondering if it would be more cost effective for me to get myself some cheap color printer and use that for cardstock stuff (I can get normal paper printed in color easily, its the cardstock thats the problem) or should I send it to Kinkos or Staples or something?
>> GoblinGuy
You can get a nice color printer for about 100 dollars. I've got one from HP and it prints at a much higher quality than my old Dell printer did. Also it's more ink-efficient.

Cardstock can run from 7-15 dollars for 250 sheets depending on where you get it.

It all just depends on figuring out how much you'll be spending should you continue doing your current method, compared to how much you'll be spending on another method.
>> Testament
I just picked up a nice check from some work I did so that might just work out. I found cardstock at Staples for $10 for 250 sheets. On the subject of printers, do I want a photo printer or something along those lines, or just some regular color printer? Should I just save up for a really nice photo printer like the PixmaPro series that I could use for my photography as well?
>> GoblinGuy
>>143933
If you really need something like that, yes. You don't want to dish out 50-100 bux just so you can say "this one sucks, wish I had bought the other".

Take mine for example.

http://reviews.cnet.com/multifunction-devices/hp-photosmart-c4280/4505-3181_7-32434436.html

There is a review for it. The jump from the Dell printer to this one was amazing. The quality is way, way better and my models come out looking more sharp and clean than ever before.

But look at the review, apparently, it's not the best, and even though I find myself rarely buying ink, there are more out there that can print using less ink and still come out looking better than mine does. However, like the review says, it's inexpensive, so I'm satisfied with what I purchased. It does everything I personally need it to do, and it does it well, so that's just super for me.

I'm not regretful that I purchased it, because it has every feature that I could want, and that I need. So if you need a printer that compliments your photography, go for it. Find one that's in your pricing range and does everything you want it to do.

(also you don't want to print your models on photo paper, so keep that in mind)
>> Testament
I was thinking more along the lines of this one
http://reviews.cnet.com/inkjet-printers/canon-pixma-ip4500/4505-3156_7-32592020.html
since it seems to get excellent reviews and I don't need the multifunction ability since I have no use for a copier and I own a scanner. Also, this Canon is on Newegg for $90, which seams like a reasonable price.
>> GoblinGuy
>>144033
Oh yeah, that seems perfect. I wasn't suggesting mine though, I was just using it as an example.
>> Anonymous
>>144033
My familty owns two canon printers and I use two more at work, all similar Pixma ones. Best value for the ink out of all the inkjet printers I've encountered, which is what you will be paying for in the long run.