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Photo Forum / General Photo Topics / Australian Photography / February 2007B & W photo printers
I am looking to buy a printer mainly to print high quality black & White digital photographs. Does any one have any suggestions- up to around $1000. Steve R I am looking to buy a printer mainly to print high quality black & White digital photographs. Does any one have any suggestions- up to around $1000. Steve R -------------------- My HP Photosmart 8450 used to do damn fine B&W's with the 3tone HP100 cartridges, but they're hard to find these days. Seems HP are phasing out HP100 inks. > I am looking to buy a printer mainly to print high quality black & White > digital photographs. Does any one have any suggestions- up to around $1000. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > cartridges, but they're hard to find these days. Seems HP are phasing out > HP100 inks. and once again this seperates the camera companies from the electronic companies! have you noticed a tendancy for electronic companies to force upgrades of hardware... ie no more ink tanks, sony dropping support of memory stick (original) etc. etc. etc. I must admit... this is something only really starting to make itself clear, is the ongoing support received from camera companies.... unlike electrnics companies. kosh p.s. Sony sux.... great cameras, but sony themselves suck eggs! On Feb 15, 6:28 pm, "Thomas Houseman" <thomasSWENVIRUSSTOPPERhouse...@hotmail.com> wrote: > My HP Photosmart 8450 used to do damn fine B&W's with the 3tone HP100 > cartridges, but they're hard to find these days. Seems HP are phasing out > HP100 inks. I doubt very much that will happen. They are legally obliged to supply ink for at least 5 years after the product is dropped. The 8450 is still available for sale. It's odds on that whoever told you they are dropping the 100 series is more intent on selling you on Epson than anything else. Ah yes: if your supplier is not interested in carrying those, which happens as most of them are only comfortable in carrying Epson materials, then just find another supplier. A simple search will show where to find the supplies anywhere. > I doubt very much that will happen. They are legally obliged > to supply ink for at least 5 years after the product is > dropped. The 8450 is still available for sale. actually, I am not so sure on this.... I think the term is 'For a reasonable period of time" who decides..... the judge! I had a customer with a kodak Ls755.... needed parts 12 months after purchase.... no parts, outa luck! that's a CAMERA!!!!! most companies would not think twice nowadays before dropping support for a product.... as mentioned previously... I think this is the tendancy of electronic companies more than actual camera companies.... of course this does not include kodak! kosh > actually, I am not so sure on this.... I think the term is 'For a > reasonable period of time" > > who decides..... the judge! used to be 7 years. Now I do believe it is 5. But, chief: the 8450 is STILL available new and part of the current HP's range. It MUST have supplies of ink. Period. No need for a judge. Ah, and Fair Trading is enough for this sort of thing. Just to be on the fair side: my Epson Stylus Photo 700 had ink available for it for the 6 years I kept it. Regardless of it being out of manufacture after the first 2. You can still get ink for it now. And it is a dedicated container: it only fits that model. There is no way I'll believe HP is "dropping a line of colour": that's just sheer, pure, unadulterated FUD from some dishonest retailer. > I had a customer with a kodak Ls755.... needed parts 12 months after > purchase.... no parts, outa luck! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > think this is the tendancy of electronic companies more than actual > camera companies.... of course this does not include kodak! Of course! After all, they dropped Kodachrome, the bastards!... ;-) But I'd be tempted to take them to FT and court if they tried that on me: the law is very clear and doesn't give a hoot if this is an electronic company or not. >>I had a customer with a kodak Ls755.... needed parts 12 months after >>purchase.... no parts, outa luck! [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > tried that on me: the law is very clear and doesn't give > a hoot if this is an electronic company or not. actually I started researching it on behalf of the customer as it is completely unacceptable. Funnily enough the customer let it slide.... after only 12 months I would have personally pursued it! that's where I got the 'reasonable period' info from the ACCC. kosh > actually I started researching it on behalf of the customer as it is > completely unacceptable. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > that's where I got the 'reasonable period' info from the ACCC. out of curiosity, when was that? >>actually I started researching it on behalf of the customer as it is >>completely unacceptable. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > out of curiosity, when was that? maybe 18-24months ago. > > My HP Photosmart 8450 used to do damn fine B&W's with the 3tone HP100 > > cartridges, but they're hard to find these days. Seems HP are phasing out [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > to supply ink for at least 5 years after the product is > dropped. The 8450 is still available for sale. Sorry, my apologies. That should have read: the 100 cartridge series printers are still available for sale. I know because the 8750 uses them as well and that one is still available from HP. But yes: you won't find them in the local Tandy or Officeworks: they wouldn't have a clue about photo printers, all they sell is volume. You'd need to go to Harris Technology or some other more serious supplier. > I am looking to buy a printer mainly to print high quality black & White > digital photographs. Does any one have any suggestions- up to around $1000. > > Steve R Have a look at how many black cartridges are in printers, i.e. Epson have expanded ink sets. Remembering that its uneconomical to be changing cartridges just to print Black. You can get ink cartridge sets for a few printers that are setup so they print grey scale. http://www.piezography.com/media/shutterbug.pdf Another group to ask in would be. comp.periphs.printers. |
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