I don't have much experience with HP printers, but I have a Canon in the same price range. The prints are great, but it goes through ink like nobody's business and at $12 (for each of SIX colors) the price adds up quickly. An alternative could be to register your students with a lab that does prints, Walgreen's Pharmacy has never let me down, and 8x10's are only $2.50. If you add it up, the price may not be much more than having your own printer. Plus, you can submit all the photos online and pick them up at once.
You can also check with chain stores, like Ritz, or if there's any locally owned photoshops where you live, you may be able to work out a discount, escpecially since you're going to guarantee them a good number of prints.
The printer would work, but they are notoriously finnicky, and if you're going to be teaching more than a few classes I'd definitely look for alternative/supplemental options to getting prints.
An alternative would be to have a lab fee, or have the students get their own ink tanks and switch them out whenever they print, though that may be hard on the equipment, or not feasible depending on whether your school is public/private or if it's in an affluent area.
Message edited by author 2007-05-14 09:53:57. |
