New ink jet cartridges - or new cheap printer?

I have an HP Deskjet 895CXI printer. To replace the b/w and colour
inks will cost only about £10 less than a brand new budget printer.

I'm unhappy that there are no drivers to support double sided
printing in Windows XP for it but otherwise it works fine and I'm
happy with it.

Does it make sense to pay £10 - £20 more and get a new printer
(presumably with new ink cartridges) or buy new ink?

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I have an HP Deskjet 895CXI printer. To replace the b/w and colour
inks will cost only about £10 less than a brand new budget printer.

I'm unhappy that there are no drivers to support double sided
printing in Windows XP for it but otherwise it works fine and I'm
happy with it.

Does it make sense to pay £10 - £20 more and get a new printer
(presumably with new ink cartridges) or buy new ink?


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> Does it make sense to pay £10 - £20 more and get a new printer
> (presumably with new ink cartridges) or buy new ink?

You may wish to find out first whether cartridges supplied
with new printers are standard-size or half-capacity (like
the toner supplied with new Brother printers.)

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> I have an HP Deskjet 895CXI printer. To replace the b/w and colour
> inks will cost only about £10 less than a brand new budget printer.
>
> I'm unhappy that there are no drivers to support double sided
> printing in Windows XP for it but otherwise it works fine and I'm
> happy with it.
Try Fineprint Software driver
it can do 2 sided printing www.fineprint.com


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> Does it make sense to pay £10 - £20 more and get a new printer
> (presumably with new ink cartridges) or buy new ink?
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> > I just rephrased the subject when I realised it could be mistaken for
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> > I have an HP Deskjet 895CXI printer. To replace the b/w and colour
> > inks will cost only about £10 less than a brand new budget printer.
> >
> > I'm unhappy that there are no drivers to support double sided
> > printing in Windows XP for it but otherwise it works fine and I'm
> > happy with it.
> Try Fineprint Software driver
> it can do 2 sided printing www.fineprint.com
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> >
> > Does it make sense to pay £10 - £20 more and get a new printer
> > (presumably with new ink cartridges) or buy new ink?
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My view for what it's worth is that you have had lots of use out of the 895.
Better at this point to spring for a new inkjet. I replaced an 895 with
Epson C84 about a year ago for very little money and I am very happy with
it.

There is now a C86 which appears to be the same printer.

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:32:00 GMT, xyZed <xyzed@mymask_xyzed.co.uk>
wrote:

>I have an HP Deskjet 895CXI printer. To replace the b/w and colour
>inks will cost only about £10 less than a brand new budget printer.
>
> I'm unhappy that there are no drivers to support double sided
>printing in Windows XP for it but otherwise it works fine and I'm
>happy with it.
>
>Does it make sense to pay £10 - £20 more and get a new printer
>(presumably with new ink cartridges) or buy new ink?


Try downloading and installing the driver for the 990Cxi.

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"xyZed" <xyzed@mymask_xyzed.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I have an HP Deskjet 895CXI printer. To replace the b/w and colour
> inks will cost only about £10 less than a brand new budget printer.
>
> I'm unhappy that there are no drivers to support double sided
> printing in Windows XP for it but otherwise it works fine and I'm
> happy with it.
>
> Does it make sense to pay £10 - £20 more and get a new printer
> (presumably with new ink cartridges) or buy new ink?

The DeskJet 895 was a reliable workhorse printer that used the high capacity
#45 cartridges. Compared to one of the current budget printers:

The new printer will likely have better photo printing capability.
The new printer will probably have better lightfastness.
The DJ 895 would likely have lower operating costs.
The DJ 895 would likely be more reliable (but a new printer would have some
remaining warranty).
The DJ 895 has both parallel and USB connectivity; the new printer would likely
be USB only.

Personally I would probably stick with the 895 but you need to decide what is
most important.

Regards,
Bob Headrick, not speaking for my employer HP

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> I have an HP Deskjet 895CXI printer. To replace the b/w and colour
> inks will cost only about £10 less than a brand new budget printer.

Refill those carts. I have an 895cxi and the carts are easy to refill and
there is no need for a chip resetter.

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>› Refill those carts. I have an 895cxi and the carts are easy to refill and
>› there is no need for a chip resetter.

I keep meaning to look into refills but each time I run out of ink I
just end up buying a new HP cartridge. I saw refill or non HP
cartridges for epsom and other printers but not HP.



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There is circumstantial evidence that on Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:25:31
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>› You may wish to find out first whether cartridges supplied
>› with new printers are standard-size or half-capacity (like
>› the toner supplied with new Brother printers.)

I looked into the budget printers, and the cartridges are indeed much
smaller. I noticed that although new cartridges are several £'s
cheaper than the 895cxi ones - they only hold 8 ml whereas the 895cxi
hods 30ml !

I decided to stick with the 895cxi.



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