Inkjet Printer Recommendations

Posted by Khris in Crafting Advice

Hey Everyone!

My beloved 10 month old son, a curious soul, decided to rip the LCD display from my printer a couple of days ago. I’m in the market for a new printer and, from the emails I get from you guys, many of you are looking for good home printers, too.

I had a Canon Pixma MP500. It was one of the best all-in-one (printer, fax, scanner) I’ve had though it had a tendency to get streaky on hi-res images. I had been using an Epson Artisan 800 but it died after a year and it never really handled heavier cardstock well.

I’ve been asking around for recommendations for a new home inkjet that can handle most crafter-oriented cardstocks. Here’s what’s been recommended to me thus far:

• Canon Pixma MP620
• Canon Pixma ip3500
• Canon Pixma Pro9500
• Canon Pixma iP4500
• Canon iP90
• HP Photosmart 8000 (mixed reviews)
• HP psc 750
• HP 1200
• Epson R340
• Epson RX620
• epson R1900
• Kodak ESP 9 (mixed reviews)

The consensus is that a printer with a top-loading tray, rather than one that loads from the bottom and has to bend and spool through the printer, is best for heavy cardstocks.

What are you using? Do you like or dislike it?