I dont get jams might need a head clean now and again but I've always uses Inkjet printers by Epson. Comparing Inkjet and Laser Printers Laser and inkjet printers allow you to print professional-looking documents, such as flyers, spreadsheets and brochures, from home. When selecting a printer, you'll want to weigh your budget against your desired speed and colour accuracy. Find out more here about the basic types of printers and their pros and cons. That way, you can shop with the right type of printer in mind. Laser Printer Advantages Today's monochrome (black and white) laser printers start at £100-£300. This is pretty amazing, considering that at one time, you had to spend at least £1,500 for a laser printer. Advantages of the laser printer include the following: Speed: A laser printer can turn out pages more quickly than an inkjet printer. Low cost: Over time, toner costs for a laser printer will total far less per page than refilling/replacing inkjet printer cartridges. Quiet operation: A laser printer is generally quieter than low-cost inkjet printers - which is a big deal in a quiet office, where the printer usually occupies a central location. Best-quality text: No inkjet printer - no matter how much you pay for it - will ever turn out black text and line graphics as crisp as a laser printer. Until recently colour laser printers were too expensive for individuals or small businesses, but there are now many models for less than £500 and these are viable alternatives to colour inkjets for printing flyers, spreadsheets, and brochures. With these advantages in mind, pick a monochrome laser printer if most of the pages that you'll print will be text and if colour isn't a requirement. You'll be glad that you chose that laser model after you've gone three months without changing a single toner cartridge! Inkjet Printer Advantages Inkjet printers are still cheaper than laser printers. You can find an acceptable colour inkjet printer for under £100 anywhere in the UK, and they're still the colour printing solution for the home PC owner. Other advantages are as follows: Versatility: A colour inkjet can print on many types of media, including craft paper, T-shirt transfers, and even printable CD/DVD discs. Smaller size: This saves you space on your desktop. Larger paper sizes: If you spend more, you can add a large-format inkjet printer to your system that can print 11-x-17-inch or larger items. Inkjet printers have come a long way in the last 10 years. Unfortunately, the process is relatively slow compared to that of laser printing and the ink cartridges and the special papers can be costly - so inkjets are best suited for home users and small businesses with light printing needs. Inkjet printers range in price from less than £100 to as much as £800, depending on features, image quality and paper-handling capabilities. Photo Printer Advantages Some inkjet printers use more than the four basic CMYK inks to produce high-quality photos, so if you own a digital camera and spend a lot of time printing photos, you may want to pay a little more than a plain old inkjet will cost or opt for a second printer specifically for that purpose. Photo quality: The print quality is comparable to that of professional photofinishing. Memory cards: A photo printer can print directly from compatible digital cameras and most models also accept storage cards such as CompactFlash, SmartMedia, Secure Digital/MultiMediaCard or Memory Stick. Although a number of different sizes of photo printers are on the market, most are smaller than typical inkjet printers. A subclass of photo printers or snapshot printers, is limited to 4x6 or smaller prints; they can't handle standard A4 sheets, which is why they are suitable as second printers only. If you're a serious amateur or professional digital photographer, a photo printer is worth the expense. They typically cost at least £200. For a home PC owner, however, a standard colour inkjet printer is the better path to take. Regards
That's exactly what my husband and I do - He just got a Epson for $100 - the pictures that come out are beautiful - I just printed some for my sons history project and they were awesome (of course we go through a couple of these printers a year because we use them so much)
I prefer you to use EPSON Stylus C90. The price not expensive and furthermore the cartridge also not expensive. You can save a lot of your budget. The performance was not bad, it can exceed until 25 pages per min and also the images are portrayed superbly up to 5760 x 1440 dpi. Epson Stylus C90 was great.
@zadjrgt, the post above says that he has already bought thr printer. Canon cartidges are as cheap as Epson.
Check out eBay and buy a Canon Pixma. I have an IP600 - got it for like $20 on eBay brand new. Best printer I've ever had, and VERY fast as well!