which printer is faster in color?

[anonymous7]

this cnanon Canon PIXMA All-in-One Printer MP 495 with Full HD Movie, Print and Mobile Printing - Walmart.com

or this hp Find this HP all-in-one inkjet printer at Walmart.com. Save money. Live better.

i cant really tell as they use different term in speed spec. one use ppm and other use imp which i have no clue.

i only want to know for the color printing btw.

[Steve R Jones]

The eprint feature on the HP is cool. You get to assign it an email address like: anonymous7@hpeprint.com ....This allows you to send it emails from your smart phone etc...

[ShyguyXPC]

I have the Canon, and it does print pretty fast, though it can take upwards of a minute or so before it actually starts printing, using Wireless to connect to it.

Can't comment on the HP though, but that ePrint feature does sound pretty cool. Not sure how fast the HP starts printing via Wireless.

All I could find on PPM vs IPM (Latter is Images Per Minute)

IPM vs PPM - canon printer - Photo.net Digital Darkroom Forum

Basically a new way of measuring Printing Speed.

At the price ranges your looking at, I'd be looking at overall features of the Printers rather than their Print Speeds, as those will vary based on actual images printed, colors, complexity, size, etc, etc.

Most printers in this price range should be similar in speed anyways.

[RicheemxX]

Neither one will be very fasy and IMO I'd stay away from that HP. Its the bottom of the barrel in terms of quality for them. If you can find it on-sale get the HP 5510 or even the 6510, it'll be a bit faster, have higher photo quality.

Eprint is a really cool feature. It allows you to send images, documents ect directly to your printer from anywhere.

[ShyguyXPC]

another thing to factor in, the cost of the Printer cartridges... I can attest on the Canon, they ain't cheap, your looking at $45-50 for a combo pack (Black and Color).

Walmart.com: Canon XL Inks Buy Together and Save: Computers

[nemowolf]

ewww. inkjet?! really? WHY!?

stay away from inkjets. PERIOD. There is no argument possible in this day and age of cheaply made and available printers that anyone NEEDS?! an inkjet. If you cant afford a 150 black and white laser, continue saving until you can. If you absolutely need color, walk to kinkos or any other print shop, and hell if your a student then print it on a school color laser and spend the 15 cents or what ever to get it printed there.


Seriously ... inkjet is a dead technology and is there only to sucker people looking for a cheap printing solution into thinking they are getting a bargain. While you spend 100 or less on the printer, your ink is retarded expensive and doesnt come anywhere near the cost per page of a laser solution. as shy mentioned they are between 45-50 bucks for around 1k.1.2k page yield if your lucky. Even at 45 bucks and at a 1.5k page yield your looking at roughly 3 cents per page when a cheap laser printer averages around 1 cent or less. Your paying color laser prices for something you can't get near water without ruining. Not to mention that HP often requires that you have all toners with SOME ink in them to even print and i know some other manufacturers like to do this now too.

the toner that came with my printer is a 5k yield toner(i think) that has lasted about 9 years now without being replaced and its had plenty of use. I went through two years of english and creative writing classes averaging a 5 page print out x 20 copies to hand out weekly in one class alone. I am just now getting a low toner notice! NINE YEARS LATER!

[RicheemxX]

1k page yields...holy shit batman you have no idea, those carts are not even 1/2 that. You are talking 500-600 max in most cases and I think those are rated even less than that more like 200-300 pages.

It really depends on what he's printing and how much. I used the old version of the Brother HL-2240 laserjet, bought it for $50 and loved it. But I upgraded to an AIO inkjet machine just for the multipurpose. I only print a few pages here and there use it more for scanning and fax than anything.

[ShyguyXPC]

same here, I only use our printer for some things here and there, only times I ever print in color is if I print off something that I rendered in 3D or similar to that.

otherwise we end up running through the black ink cart more often than anything, and my Mom is the one that tends to print out a lot of stuff.

If I were the only one printing stuff, I'm sure the Ink Carts we have would last me a good year or so.

[ShyguyXPC]

"You can print a job in B&W instead of color that will also lower the print speed but I kinda call that a change in resolution because color and b&W are kinda like a resolution change. It will also be cheaper too."


Ah... No. changing color is NOT the same thing as resolution, no where even near the same thing.

In fact in some cases its even worse.

If the Printer has a single Color Cartridge and no B&W one, or the B&W cart is empty, you end up using MORE ink with printing B&W on a color cart, as you need to mix all the colors to achieve Black for printing.

Also Printing a document at 1024x768 in Color, will be the same resolution in B&W, no change what so ever.

now you can change the DPI resolution settings for B&W vs color, but not much else.

[nemowolf]

Dear god!? 200-300 page yields!? Id rather spend 600-700 on a color laser. So much cheaper in the long run.