Hey, all -- - -- -- - - -- - -- -----

Maybe a simple question, but: I am looking for a new color printer.

Our requirements are simple:

-- Occasional use for color documents, like the kids' school projects.

-- More seldom, print a photograph or a document containing one.

-- Ink costs that are not a cause for personal bankruptcy.

-- Mac drivers.

The one we have currently "inhales vigorously." It is a HP DeskJet

D1500. Any time we ask it to print a photo, it ends up all "stripey"

and the colors distort. There are no utilities to realign the print

heads, no status check utility for ink levels (except "replace now").

It has 2 cartridges, black and color. I used to have a Canon (I think)

which had separate cartridges for black, cyan, magenta, yellow and a

couple of "photo" cartridges for Cyan and Magenta. (I never understood

why.) This seemed better to me, since if you print documents with a

lot of red on them, you ended up replacing the magenta cartridge but

had plenty of (for example) yellow left.

Recommendations, experiences (positive and negative)? I checked the

archives, but only found stuff a few years old...

Thanks,

Ken

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