On Nov 6, 2019, at 6:50 AM, nztours via Groups.Io wrote:
My HP8500 All In One printer needs replacement.
The gold standard for color inkjet all-in-ones for the Mac was, until just recently, the Canon MX922. But it's been discontinued.
Canon has a logical replacement. Actually two:
Canon PIXMA TR8520
$90
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While the TR8520 is biased towards photo printing, the following printer with very similar specs is biased towards office use, being faster, holding more paper, and being more economical per print (but still decent for printing photos):
Canon MAXIFY MB2720
$100
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The Canon PIXMA TR8520 takes the CLI-281 ink cartridges. They come in three different capacities. Genuine Canon cartridges, of course, will be ridiculously expensive. DO NOT get just any compatible cartridges, they are likely to be garbage. But these are both excellent and reasonably priced:
Full set of *extra-extra* high capacity CLI-281 cartridges for $50:
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The Canon MAXIFY MB2720 takes the PGI-1200 cartridges. You can get a full high capacity set for $25 from:
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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
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