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#271489 - 05/12/2005 23:19 HP Photosmart 3310
Laura pooh-bah Registered: 16/06/2000 Posts: 1682 Loc: Greenhills, Ohio	Does anyone have one of these printers and if so what is your impression of it? My old HP printer is starting to have problems and I really need something to at least print, fax and copy and bought the 3310 but so far I haven't opened it. I got a good price on it but it still is more than I thought to spend on a printer and want to know if it's worth opening or am I better off taking it back. _________________________ Laura MKI #017/90 whatever
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#271490 - 05/12/2005 23:50 Re: HP Photosmart 3310 [Re: Laura]
TigerJimmy old hand Registered: 15/02/2002 Posts: 1049	I have not used this printer, but I have used similar ones. Did you consider a laser printer instead? Laser printer/fax/copiers have really come down in price. The consumables (toner vs. ink) are much, much cheaper. The prints don't smear. They are fast and quiet. Unless you absolutely need color, I would strongly suggest considering an HP all-in-one laser product. FWIW, Jim
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#271491 - 06/12/2005 00:05 Re: HP Photosmart 3310 [Re: TigerJimmy]
Laura pooh-bah Registered: 16/06/2000 Posts: 1682 Loc: Greenhills, Ohio	I need to be able to print in color and also like the idea of printing photos. _________________________ Laura MKI #017/90 whatever
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#271492 - 06/12/2005 03:26 Re: HP Photosmart 3310 [Re: Laura]
gbeer carpal tunnel Registered: 17/12/2000 Posts: 2665 Loc: Manteca, California	Quote: Does anyone have one of these printers and if so what is your impression of it? My old HP printer is starting to have problems and I really need something to at least print, fax and copy and bought the 3310 but so far I haven't opened it. I got a good price on it but it still is more than I thought to spend on a printer and want to know if it's worth opening or am I better off taking it back. IMHO The combo all in one devices work, but generally are not great at any one task. Typically slow at all of them. The part I can't stomach is if one function breaks down, soft or hardware wise, what do you do then. _________________________ Glenn
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#271493 - 06/12/2005 04:34 Re: HP Photosmart 3310 [Re: Laura]
mcomb pooh-bah Registered: 31/08/1999 Posts: 1649 Loc: San Carlos, CA	Quote: also like the idea of printing photos It may not be a big deal if your just printing an occasional photo for the fun of it, but I've yet to see an all in one that prints half as well as a dedicated photo printer. The dedicated units normally use different inks which are needed for good prints. -Mike _________________________ EmpMenuX - ext3 filesystem - Empeg iTunes integration
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#271494 - 07/12/2005 03:20 Re: HP Photosmart 3310 [Re: mcomb]
adavidw addict Registered: 10/11/2000 Posts: 497 Loc: Utah, USA	Better than using an inkjet at all would be to use one of the little dye-sub photo printers. Getting a nice little affordable $150 one kind of limits your options to 4 x 6 prints, but quality is really quite amazing. Then get a laser for the printer/fax part. Without even doing the math, I would guess that the per page savings from getting the laser would pay for the extra photo printer. edit: of course, that doesn't address the idea of what to do when you need to print something in color that's not a photo... Edited by adavidw (07/12/2005 03:23) _________________________ -Aaron
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#271495 - 07/12/2005 11:33 Re: HP Photosmart 3310 [Re: adavidw]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14496 Loc: Canada	Those little dye-sub things are cute, but modern photo inkjets have no problem achieving the same, or possibly better, quality. The dye-subs should be cheaper to run, though, and no more "clogged heads" either. But are they? Cheers
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