Quite a while back a picture fell off my wall and landed on my Canon Pixma MG5320 printer and did damage that I can't find. Even without any paper at all loaded it thinks there is a paper jam in the output. I've been using an HP printer that has its own issues. I have to fiddle with the paper to get the printer to recognize there is any paper loaded. LOL! Go figure... I have one printer that thinks there is paper when there is not and another that thinks there is no paper when there is.
It has been 5 years since I've really looked at printers and have to admit that I don't really know what is now good. From past experience I have to admit to being partial to the Canon Pixma series. I also do not like 'tri-color' ink cartridges. I prefer separate cartridges for each color. My problem with tri-color cartridges is that you end up throwing away ink. Run out of cyan and you throw away a cartridge that still has yellow and magenta. Just seems like a waste to me. Most printers that have separate color cartridges will also have both dye based and pigment based black cartridges; one for text and the other for graphics.
Anyone have any recommendations? I'm looking at a price of not much over $150.00 USD. Yes, I know that I can get a printer that does a good job well under $100.00 USD but have found, in the past, that such printers tend to use ink cartridges that have less ink ending up costing more in the long run than a printer that costs a little more but does better on ink cartridge life. I also know that I could refill my ink cartridges myself for a cheaper printer but have tried that route. I won't go into details on the mess that attempt ended up being. I found a great ink company, Supplies Outlet, where I can got my Canon Pixma cartridges for ~$5.00 each rather than the ~$16.00 in stores.
