affordable inkjet Printer for home proof small prints

<p>Hello there<br>

I am looking for an affordable printer for home printing small proof pictures, some one page pdfs...sometimes documents.<br>

In short I need suggestions for a simple printer that can also produce nice quality color and black and white prints </p>

<p>thanks!<br>

Federico</p>

Canon Pixma MG7720

 

Is $69 "affordable" enough. This one does everything except cure fatal diseases.

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Canon-MG7720-Wireless-Printer-Scanner/dp/B013C0ZY3C/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1480270220&sr=8-

4&keywords=pixma+mg5720

 

If you want somerhing better, give us an idea of your budget.

<p>On the Epson end it look like there are no longer "cheap" 6-color models (the RX 200 was $99 for example). So if you want that route you might as well start with the Artisan 1430 for $300 unless you need it smaller or to have a scanner then maybe a Photo XP-860 or 960 would work better. They've pretty much abandoned the Durabrite ink line so some of their 4-color printers are now much less quirky for photos (now having dye colors and only black being pigment). Starting at the Premium XP-520 ($129) they have a dye black ink as well as the pigment so you get decent glossy photos but also crisp waterproof black text.</p>

<p>Just FYI on that Canon MG7720 watch the video on that Amazon page titled "Customer Review: Very Nice Printer V Scanner". It shows you just how much ink it consumes printing a two sided color newsletter and 4X6 color photo while mentioning the price of the combined six cartridge replacements.</p>

<p>I have an old Epson NX330 "All In One" I bought at Walmart for $50 years back that I thought used too much ink but that video demo set a new high. Unbelievable! </p>

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<p>Thanks for these suggestions...I will make my mind soon. Federico</p>

<p>Look at the total printing cost over time. Cheap printers often take expensive ink.</p>

<p>For snapshots I upload to Amazon Prime Photos and get prints for as little as 9 cents for a 4x6, shipping free.</p>

<p>Generally, the cost of ink is inversely proportional to the cost of the printer. The really low-priced printers get you in the game but then cost a fortune to replace ink. Even higher-end inkjet printers have a high ink cost.<br>

<br />I am a translator working at home. Printing B&W drafts and final docs was costing a fortune on an HP Photosmart, so I got a refurbished Samsung all-in-one laser printer about 2 years ago for $89 and cut my ink costs by about 70%. Now I use the HP only for photos. Also the Samsung is much faster than the HP.</p>

<p><em>I am a translator working at home.</em> <br>

So am I. I don't like wasting money on ink cartridges either - I now have two HP Deskjet printers of rhe 1000 series, I bought the second one a few weeks ago for a staggering £16 new with no cartridges, ink costs with the supersize XL cartridges are really not bad, photo output is OK but not great. Ink costs with my Epson 3880 are also OK, the cartridges are costly but very large, but the 3880 is not so good for text - not a very strong black.</p>