Your Desk Guide to Find FUN Online Email this info or hint to someone you know who could use it. Idea Cafe's Use and Abuse Test Buying a cheap printer used to mean getting substandard quality printing, unbearably slow speeds and a huge bill when buying replacement ink. While that hasn't changed entirely, today's budget models offer quality well above acceptable levels.
Black text comes out sharp.
Color prints are respectable, although not extraordinary. Simple graphics turn out well but photo prints aren't as sharp. Using glossy photo paper along with the printer's highest quality settings helps produce much better results. You can also buy special ink for better output when printing photos. Perhaps the biggest annoyance with printers is the inevitable moment when you desperately need to print but find you are out of ink.