HP printers better or Cannon? thanks

Don’t know much about Cannon. My HP 970Cse makes photo quality prints that I’ve framed and sold. All the 900 series HP Inkjets have the same resolution but vary in speed and other features.

Both Manufacturers enjoy very solid reputations. Both have a huge range of printers to suit specific needs and budgets. Putting physical appearance aside, where Canon wins big points is that for many of their printers, it is now possible to buy the four different ink colours individually: as opposed to HP who has bllack and a tricolour cartridge. This saves the Canon user a lot of money in consumables over time.

Go with HP. (based on comparison of HP deskjet 540C and Cano BJC 4100) Hp printers are easy on Ink and require little maintenance. Cheap to keep and the quality of the prints is slightly above average. While expensive to purchase ink for, a standard cartridge will last up to a year before drying out. Paper jams are rare and the printers construction allows easy removal of jammed paper. Canon printers on the other hand suck back ink like there's no tomorrow (a $20 black cartridge will last about a month at max, even if you only print one page a week). The Ink dries out quickly and the printer requires frequent cleaning cycles. The printer also tends to pull 3-10 pages through at a time instead of one. Paper jams occur daily. The quality of the final print was higher than HP's but not worth the pains. Even better than both of these printers is is the Epson 600+/800+ series. These printers use ink like a HP but have higher quality than Canon. The only problem I had with the Epson 600 was that I had to print at least one color page a week, other wise the heads clogged up. But one page a week is no problem.

HP scanners are dodgy. They have a generic FAULT, check hp.com and read through the forums with all of the customer comments about the USB failure. HP know about it, cannot resolve it as it is a hardware problem, and basically admit the problem and say it is tough. Oh, and HP's customer support number costs $24 per phone call, regardless of length of time. Even if you are IN warranty. HP-----> Plug and play? Plug and PRAY more like. As for their printers, who can say. If their scanners are dodgy.....

Canon is poop. everyone knows that. their old systems...like BC-21E cartridge setup I think it is...sucked...ink tanks held like no ink and always dried up. also the spliting up of colors does not necessarily save u money...once u take a good look at how little ink u get out of canons and hwo often u replace the ink...its an irritating chore replacing cartridges all the time like that...I would pick a HP or Epson over canon any day of the week. not like photoRET3 is some amazing thing and ink cartridges do cost more, but u get more life out of them. HP is definately better...

Canon make top end cameras (like the EOS) and also manufacture digital printing equipment for professional photo printing stores. HP make computers (gotta laugh at that as I would at Compaq and Dell) Canon are a dedicated photographics manufacturer. So maybe the logic is to go with them?