ink jet recommendation for Leopard

[Rik Ahlberg]

I have a HP Photosmart C6180 all-in-one that was rather unreliable  
under Tiger and works much better under Leopard; the new HP software  
doesn't hang up like it used to. I use it primarily to scan and print  
over wifi. This model has been on sale recently at Staples for $149.

Cheers,
Rik

On Nov 28, 2007, at 2:21 PM, Gregg Dinse wrote:

> On 28 Nov 2007, at 1:49 PM, Scott Anguish wrote:
>
>> On Nov 28, 2007, at 9:32 AM, David Herren wrote:
>>
>>> My old and trusty EpsonStylus C80 exploded yesterday--litterally.  
>>> I have no idea why, but the black ink cartridge exploded and  
>>> sprayed ink all over the interior, and it's failing to do anything  
>>> even after a bit of cleaning and a new cartridge. I have an HP  
>>> color laserjet at home that I lilke, but I'd like to have an  
>>> inexpensive ink jet here at school for the occasional print.
>>>
>>> Any recommendations for Leopard? Known issues problems? In just  
>>> looking at Amazon, I'm leaning to the Epson Stylus C88 at $63 (US)  
>>> and there appears to be a driver for it installed by Leopard.
>>
>> I'll second the Canon suggestion.  The iP4xxx series have been very  
>> good to me. We've got an ip4300 and an iP4200, along with an MP510.  
>> And in this case it is nice that they all take the same ink  
>> cartridges so we can steal from one another when the ink runs low.
>>
>> The ip series will print double-sided without any additional  
>> hardware. The MP is a multi-function machine. They've all worked  
>> well for more than 2 years now. The ip (which are not IP enabled  
>> BTW) are in the $50-$60 range.
>
> I have an HP C5180 all-in-one machine.  I like it fairly well,  
> though I am still running Tiger, so I don't know how well it will  
> work with Leopard.  I did get an email from HP, however, with a link  
> to download the Leopard version of their software.
>
> One thing I like about this unit is that it has built-in ethernet.   
> The next model up (C6180) has both ethernet and wireless built-in.
>
> This is a photosmart printer, and it prints photos very well (and  
> fairly quickly).  It also seems to print text well, though I usually  
> use our laser printer for that.  It seems to work great as a  
> copier.  This model does not function as a stand-alone fax machine,  
> but the next model up (C6180) does.  The only thing that does not  
> work so great is the scanning.  When the software works, the scans  
> are fine, but the software seems a bit buggy and quits half of the  
> time when scanning.
>
> I also like that it has a built-in memory card reader that supports  
> several types of digital camera memory cards.  Finally, I like that  
> it has 6 different ink cartridges, so I do not need to replace all  
> colors at once.
>
> I believe that these models (Cx180) have now been replaced.  HP has  
> an odd way of numbering their updated models!  I believe the Cx180  
> series has been replaced with the Cy280, where y=x+1.  For example,  
> the C5180 was replaced with the C6280.  The original list price for  
> the C5180 was $200, but I saw it for sale at Staples for $100 this  
> past week, if you can find any still in the channel.  The new line  
> (Cy280) seems to be a bit cheaper than the previous line (Cx180) and  
> some of them now include a built-in duplexing unit.
>
> Gregg
>
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