issue February 2005
Inkjet cartridges
It doesn't have to be original
Cheap printer, expensive cartridges- this should not happen: for Canon and Epson there are a lot of advantageous cartridges, which print as good as the original. Some made abroad are even better. Saving: up to 70 %- example: Epson Stylus C44 Plus. Two original cartridges for colored and black-and-white inkjet printers cost altogether 45 euro. The alternative from Pearl i Color can be found for 18 euro, you save about 27 euro. Only for the HP printers there is practically no alternative: the best cartridges made abroad are almost the same price but they print with obviously worse quality from the original from Hewlett Packard*. TEST offers you the best cartridges for inkjet printers CANON, EPSON and HEWLETT PACKARD.
In TEST: 19 set cartridges with colored and black ink, original cartridges from CANON, EPSON and HEWLETT PACKARD as well as sets from secondary companies.
* NOTE: We have a solution of this problem! All HP cartriges now can be refilled with our machine 104 with a top quality guarantee!
issue February 2005
Printers
Cheap but when used expensive
The cheap printers can become very expensive as they consume more ink. Example: LEXMARK, the price for a photo here is 5, 50 Euro, which is 4, 80 Euro too much. CANON i560 prints a big photo for only 0, 70 Euro, quick and of high quality. TEST offers you the printers which print very good and save ink.
In TEST: 19 color inkjet printers and 5 black and white laser- printers. Price: 52 to 390 Euro
issue February 2005
Printing colors
Printing colors
Canon presented at Photokina the inkjet printer PIXMA iP8500, which beside the 4 typical colors cyan, magenta, yellow and black uses also the photo colors light cyan, light magenta, red and green. That is why it has colors, which can not be achieved with the usual color mix. The A3 printer should cost 400 Euro and is expected to come this year on the market.