# Ink-jet printers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ink-jet-printers/776844>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 10, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ink-jet-printers/776844 "2017-01-10T23:50:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ink-jet-printers/776844/21 "2017-01-12T16:03:24Z")

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Since this is looking for advice, opinions and personal experience, let’s move it over to IMHO (from GQ).

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**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ink-jet-printers/776844/22 "2017-01-12T16:17:52Z")

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> [@Quartz](#):
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> Laser printers typically have a higher up-front cost but a much lower cost per page. And that’s before considering all the ink wasted in nozzle cleaning. That said, inkjet printers do give you a vastly better picture if you’re printing photos on photo paper.

If nozzle cleaning is a problem, I suggest HP or Lexmark, where the nozzles are in the ink cartridges rather than the printers. Of course, the ink cartridges are more expensive (and you run the risk of clogging them with refills rather than replacements) as a result. There is one other problem with HP that I have noticed; anything blue tends to come out much darker than it appears on the screen.

Personally, I only use laser printers. The only reason I don’t recommend one for you is, I have not had much experience with “all-in-one” laser printers; in fact, I kept one of my old inkjet printers for its scanner and fax.

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**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ink-jet-printers/776844/23 "2017-01-13T00:43:46Z")

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I’ve owned several HP printers over the years (both home and office) and have yet to be disappointed.

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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ink-jet-printers/776844/24 "2017-01-13T03:28:15Z")

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> [@seal\_cleaner](#):
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> I’ve owned several HP printers over the years (both home and office) and have yet to be disappointed.

HP lasers I would agree with you. I have 3 of them 8, 13, and 17 years old respectively. The 8 year old one survived a 4 foot fall. I see dead cheapo HP inkjets on a weekly basis.

The newer low end lasers are not as tough as they once were, but some of those old ones you could feed them rocks, sticks, and old AOL cds and they just kept going.

I very much agree with the above comments of “what kind of inkjet do you reccomend? A laser”

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