experience with HP 1200DN inkjet

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Anyone has any actual experience with the above
HP business inkjet, or any other inkjet in the
1200 family?

I interested in both pros and cons since I try to
decide what to get to replace my aging 820.
I'll be using it mainly to print text and webpages,
but won't be using it for photos, so photo quality
is not needed.

Specifically, I'd like to know how good is paper
handling, the reliability of the ink delivery system
( I may print continuously for hours, then nothing
for a week or two) and how good are the drivers.

Also, how does it compare to inexpensive color
lasers?

TIA

 

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I have both a Canon IP4000 use mostly for photos and an HP990Cse used
for text, web pages and programming. The draft mode is fantastic.
Check on the HP and review the ratings. Some of the newer HP deskjets
are not as good as they used to be and others are. For your purposes I
think the HP might be better.

However the IP4000 can print duplex and is much faster than the HP. The
draft mode, while lightning fast is poorer quality than the HP. But it
is a real draft and very fast.

John Doe wrote:

>Anyone has any actual experience with the above
>HP business inkjet, or any other inkjet in the
>1200 family?
>
>I interested in both pros and cons since I try to
>decide what to get to replace my aging 820.
>I'll be using it mainly to print text and webpages,
>but won't be using it for photos, so photo quality
>is not needed.
>
>Specifically, I'd like to know how good is paper
>handling, the reliability of the ink delivery system
>( I may print continuously for hours, then nothing
>for a week or two) and how good are the drivers.
>
>Also, how does it compare to inexpensive color
>lasers?
>
>TIA
>
>
>
>

 

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Thanks for your input, but the 1200 series is substantially
different from the 990. For one thing, they use fixed, but
user replacable printheads with separate tanks for each ink.

Another difference is that they don't get discounted much.
Some places are selling them for more than the MSRP!!!

"measekite" <measekite@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have both a Canon IP4000 use mostly for photos and an HP990Cse used
> for text, web pages and programming. The draft mode is fantastic.
> Check on the HP and review the ratings. Some of the newer HP deskjets
> are not as good as they used to be and others are. For your purposes I
> think the HP might be better.
>
> However the IP4000 can print duplex and is much faster than the HP. The
> draft mode, while lightning fast is poorer quality than the HP. But it
> is a real draft and very fast.
>

 

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How does the print quality compares to other printers
like the 820?

One of the reason I want to go with a business class
inkjet is obviously the cost/page. This printer may cost
more than many others initially, ($250) but after they
buy a set or two cartridges they are more expensive.
And a built in ethernet should make printer sharing trivial.


<a@a.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have an HP Business Inkjet 1100D Series. I like this model in fact
> that started the 1xxxx Business Inkjet line. [...]

 

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> Yes I agree the catridges are very expensive $30.00 a pop

But if you compute the "per ml" price for the inks,
tthey should be cheaper than other ones containing maybe
not even 10 ml of inks.

> Last Friday I went to JR and I meet on HP representative and this is
> what happened I was shocked this is what he said. "It doesn't ring a
> bell too me". I was SHOCKED that he said that too me. He should have
> prior knowledge for HP products even though you do not carry it.

That rep was probably from the consumer division -- the business
class inkjets are made by another division.

>. They said to me The Business Inkjet
> 1200 line is BRAND NEW, not old. And HP said their not going to
> discontinue anytime soon with their separate ink cartridges and
> printheads.

That's good to know.

Thanks for your reply