Originally Posted by
BellaBoo
The cost of the printer doesn't matter as much as the cost of the ink cartridges. I bought a Kodak printer because the ink is cheaper, but it keeps going up in price. It prints okay, scans and copies fast. I won't buy it again though because if the color ink is low and the black ink is full it won't print until I change the color ink. And I noticed the ink cartridges don't print as many pages as it claims, a lot less. If you are using it just for fabric then it would be fine. I'm keeping it just for that.
Have you tried setting the printer on black and white to print when color cartridge is low? I haven't noticed this problem - I love my Kodak and the price of the inks and have used it to print on fabric, card stock, photos, etc. with very acceptable quality. HP is top of the line but so is cost of the ink. The Kodak is a good trade off in my opinion.