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Printer options; Renting possibilities

January 7th, 2010 at 02:04 am

Today didn't start out great. I got a phone call from E asking me to come in and work a shift. As I half-heartedly got ready to go in, I got a text saying it was a joke, and thanks for my flexibility. I was ticked off. Thankfully I was very careful in my text response, and found out that he'd truly needed me to come in - but had found another way to take care of it. E needs to learn the right time to say "just joking" and the wrong time. (today was my day off)

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Won't go into it, but the situation with my landlady still isn't getting better. I went out to Target this afternoon to look at printers, and then saw "Love Happens" at the dollar theater.

When I got home, I was just overwhelmed with the desire to get out of here asap! So I checked out Craigslist (again - been doing a lot of that lately). Miracles! There were at least 4 really good possibilities which had just been listed today!! One is for $300/mo with the additional responsibility of pet sitting their dog! Smile Another one is just a few blocks from where I am now ($255/month). I'm kind of wondering if this isn't God providing a way out for me ...

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Here are the printers I'm considering. I'd love to hear what you all think about the options - or know about ink costs for them. (i.e. can I use the Walgreen's refills, etc.?)

1. $39 HP Deskjet F2430 All-in-One Printer

2. $40 Canon Pixma MP250 Photo All-In-One Inkjet Printer/Copier/Scanner

3. $45 HP Deskjet F4235 Multi-function Inkjet Printer, Copier & Scanner

4. $49 HP F2480 All-in-One Printer/Copier/Scanner

5. $49 Canon Pixma MP490 Photo All-In-One Inkjet Printer, Copier, Scanner - Energy Star Compliant

There are three things I mainly want to be able to do: 1) print stuff for school (research papers, etc) 2) print coupons and 3) scan photos

*all prices are off of walmart.com

Thanks!


10 Responses to “Printer options; Renting possibilities”

  1. debtfreeme Says:
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    I have a canon pixma printer and I LOVE it. So easy and much cheaper than when I bought it! Mine is an pixma 610.

  2. frugaltexan75 Says:
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    Thanks!

  3. creditcardfree Says:
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    I have an HP F4435, and it works great. Scans, copies and prints! Ours was from Target and at this moment I can't remember the price.

    Fingers crossed that you can find a better living situation...SOON!

  4. Joanne Says:
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    Sorry to hear that your living situation is stressful..That is hard ..who wants to live feeling uncomfortable, or stressed? Did things become hostile, or tense after you had been there for a bit? Hope that you can find a more suitable, less stressful place to live.

  5. frugaltexan75 Says:
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    Thanks CCF!

    Thanks Joanne. For the most part it has been a good situation. However, there have been many instances of passive aggressive behavior on her part. Taken individually, none of them are huge deals. It's more the build up of them, and then the way I've been treated as person non grata since returning from my CA trip which has taken me to the point of being willing to move even if it means doing so during the actual semester.

  6. Lisa Says:
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    Be sure to compare prices on the replacement toner/ink cartridges. We have a great HP printer, but the cartridges are $70 each. Ouch. We also have a Samsung printer that takes cheaper cartridges. That's the one we use for every day stuff. The HP is saved for important documents like resumes and such!

    Good luck with the rentals!

  7. boomeyers Says:
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    Well, I told you about my daughters Canon deal, which you probably won't find again till next August Smile
    I have an HP that is really, really old (probably 10 years at least?) and it is a WORKHORSE!! I love it!

  8. tightwad kitty Says:
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    Do a price check on replacing the inks in all the printers then work out which is the better option for your pocket book.

  9. Broken Arrow Says:
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    I'm partial to Canon, if nothing else because they use individual ink tanks for all of their inkjets and they're just tanks rather than tanks and head like HP, where 3rd party refills and solutions are much trickier.

    And yes, Canon prints as well as anybody. In fact, they had one of the best archival inkjets on the market ten years ago. ($1000 at the time, but the ink was rated to not fade for literally 20 to 30 years! Scary thing is the ink was super cheap, which just goes to show how much they scalp with today's ink.)

    If I didn't need one myself, I'd give you my Canon printer for free. Big Grin Most of your cost is going to come from ink anyways.

  10. frugaltexan Says:
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    Thanks everyone! It's sounding like Canon might be the way to go. Smile I'll have to check with Walgreens about which cartridges they can refill.

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