I believe that few people who have experienced the HP 550C and the Epson 740 will dispute the better photo printing of the Epson 740. However, a lot has changed at HP since the 550c, which is from approximately 1989. Try an HP OfficeJet G85. This machine makes photos on Plain Paper that are virtually identical to the photo. I own an HP G85 (which is a recently discontinued model), a 560C, a 550C, a Lexmark z53, an Epson 850, and an Epson 900. The old HP printers (550 & 560) aren't very good at photo printing. But the Epson print heads clog very frequently, and the band of ink along the left margin of the 900 is very annoying. The old HP printers reliably print in color or black and white. My G85 prints color photos with incredible clarity, better than my 900, cuz the G85 print heads have not yet clogged. When, (in the future) they do clog, new cartridges will provide new print heads.
Kevin wrote: > I read this thread backwards and cannot believe my eyes. My first > printer was a HP 550C I bought for $600.00 new (Canadian). It worked but > was horrible for pictures. Was glad to let it go. I have had NOTHING but > Epson ever since. I started with a 740 and it's still going strong over > at my sister's (brother-in-law uses it). I have a 900 now and have a 980 > and a C80 in the basement (new in boxes), just waiting for the call to duty. > > If your problem reoccurs after changing ink cartridges then I would tend > to believe that you have a situation that might require service from an > "authorized" Epson service depot. I won't begin to tell you that which I > don't know, but I have used generic ink in my 740 and 900, and touch > wood, have never had a problem to warrant taking it to their authorized > repair shop (100 miles away is the nearest). > > The ink I used to use in my Epson's was Ko-rec-type, but I found a > supplier through ebay and they are less than half the cost of the retail > brand I used to buy. Here is their web address: http://www.tecwrks.com > You can save a little more if you wait for the intended ink to come up > for auction. :-} > > Kevin > > P.S. check to make sure that your height adjustment is set correctly. > Big oval "0" for paper that is regular thickness, and the big "+" for > thicker paper. > > Ray Fryer wrote: > >>I have an Epson 900 printer and wonder if others have had problems >>with using generic cartridges. I don't even know if it is the >>cartridges but the printer has been leaving various marks and lines >>on the left edge. It looks pretty bad. I took out one cartridge and >>replaced it with another brand of generic cartridges and seems to >>still be doing the same thing. It makes we wonder if something else >>is going on. Any other comments regarding their Epson, or even other >>brand of printer that is or has done something similar. thanks > > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
