Hp Inkjet Printers Compare
Published by ClubPrinter, on Jun 28 2010, in the categories: Ink Jet type
The HP electronic products are numerous and sometimes it is very hard to choose just one item; the comparison between the HP inkjet or laser jet printers can be made less difficult if those device’s main features are presented in a short and simple manner such as the list found right below.
The HP Deskjet D1660 printer has speeds up to 16 pages per minute in color and 20 in black, with a 15-sheet output tray and 80-sheet fold-up input tray, being made of 25% recycled plastic.
The HP Deskjet D2660 printers has speeds up to 21 pages per minute in color and 28 in black, with a easy Web-page printing and 20-sheet output tray, 80-sheet fold-up input tray, made of 50% recycled paper; the HP Deskjet D2680 printer has similar features to the HP Deskjet D2660, including the Budget Express software.
The HP Officejet H470wbt Mobile Printer is lightweight and compact, with a wireless connectivity and Lithium-Ion battery, printing from cameras, phone cameras, memory cards, PDAs and PCs.
The HP Designjet 130 Printer is for professional prints and photos, accommodating media sizes/types from postcard to poster, up to 80 lb., 0.15" thick; the HP Business Inkjet 2800dtn Printer has an automatic two-sided printing feature and a ready network, with an extra tray and easy integration into any environment and four individual cartridges.
The HP Officejet 6000 wireless printer has an automatic two-sided printing feature, cutting the energy use up to 40% compared to lasers, with wireless printing and fast wired; the HP Officejet Pro 8000 Wireless printer has an automatic two-sided printing feature with speeds up to 35 pages per minute in color and 36 black, using 50% less energy than the laser printers; the HP Officejet 7000 Wide Format Printer can be shared with other four users via the wired networking, using less than 40% energy compared with the laser printers and with the lowest cost per page.
The HP Photosmart B8550 Photo Printer has a 2.4" color display for easy photo review and editing, with an HP Smart Web printing and HP Auto Sense technology, using individual inks, having memory card slots and a front USB port but also a photo tray.
The HP Designjet T1200 44inch PostScript Version Printer has to be one of the most expensive HP single-function inkjet printers, compared to the ones listed above, printing pages of D/A1 sizes in less than 30 seconds and using the HP 72 inks; it is ideal fro the medium-size teams that need high-quality technical GIS/CAD and supporting two on-line roll sheets of 44 to 66 inch wide at one time.
HP, alongside other names such as Canon, Epson, Dell, Compaq, Samsung and Sony, dominates the computer industry from all over the world, ever since its establishment in 1939 in Dave Packard’s garage. HP is in fact the abbreviation of its two creator’s names, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard or simply Hewlett-Packard. This company specializes in the developing, manufacturing and designing of computers and computer related devices such as printers, scanners or all-in-ones, computer component and part, electronic devices for data storage, software and hardware. HP is also an efficient marketer because each electronic device invented has a particular feature that makes it distinguishable from all the other products from other series.
On the official HP homepage you may find a wide variety of products, each being categorized depending on certain characteristics. Let’s take the HP printers and all-in-ones; there are printers with a single-function inkjet, single-function laser jet and the all-in-one printers, useful for professionals or for business, for graphic arts or simply for at home and for students; the HP inkjet and laserjet printers can be compared depending on the brand, being photosmart, business jet, officejet and designjet.
It is probably less cost-effective to buy printers that print only in black and white or grayscale or only color, when at discounted prices you may find some efficient all-in-ones. Of course, when choosing a particular electronic product, people tend to focus more on what they find as appropriate for their profession, one of the main reasons why manufactures such as HP develop various printer series.
The HP Designjet T770 44 inch Printer has a fast printing feature of Ai/D size pages in less than 28 seconds, being ideal for in-house printing of high-quality technical GIS/CAD, using HP 72 inks and supporting sheets of 8.3–44" wide and rolls 11–44" wide.
The HP Deskjet D1660 printer has speeds up to 16 pages per minute in color and 20 in black, with a 15-sheet output tray and 80-sheet fold-up input tray, being made of 25% recycled plastic.
The HP Deskjet D2660 printers has speeds up to 21 pages per minute in color and 28 in black, with a easy Web-page printing and 20-sheet output tray, 80-sheet fold-up input tray, made of 50% recycled paper; the HP Deskjet D2680 printer has similar features to the HP Deskjet D2660, including the Budget Express software.
The HP Officejet H470wbt Mobile Printer is lightweight and compact, with a wireless connectivity and Lithium-Ion battery, printing from cameras, phone cameras, memory cards, PDAs and PCs.
The HP Designjet 130 Printer is for professional prints and photos, accommodating media sizes/types from postcard to poster, up to 80 lb., 0.15" thick; the HP Business Inkjet 2800dtn Printer has an automatic two-sided printing feature and a ready network, with an extra tray and easy integration into any environment and four individual cartridges.
The HP Officejet 6000 wireless printer has an automatic two-sided printing feature, cutting the energy use up to 40% compared to lasers, with wireless printing and fast wired; the HP Officejet Pro 8000 Wireless printer has an automatic two-sided printing feature with speeds up to 35 pages per minute in color and 36 black, using 50% less energy than the laser printers; the HP Officejet 7000 Wide Format Printer can be shared with other four users via the wired networking, using less than 40% energy compared with the laser printers and with the lowest cost per page.
The HP Photosmart B8550 Photo Printer has a 2.4" color display for easy photo review and editing, with an HP Smart Web printing and HP Auto Sense technology, using individual inks, having memory card slots and a front USB port but also a photo tray.
The HP Designjet T1200 44inch PostScript Version Printer has to be one of the most expensive HP single-function inkjet printers, compared to the ones listed above, printing pages of D/A1 sizes in less than 30 seconds and using the HP 72 inks; it is ideal fro the medium-size teams that need high-quality technical GIS/CAD and supporting two on-line roll sheets of 44 to 66 inch wide at one time.
HP, alongside other names such as Canon, Epson, Dell, Compaq, Samsung and Sony, dominates the computer industry from all over the world, ever since its establishment in 1939 in Dave Packard’s garage. HP is in fact the abbreviation of its two creator’s names, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard or simply Hewlett-Packard. This company specializes in the developing, manufacturing and designing of computers and computer related devices such as printers, scanners or all-in-ones, computer component and part, electronic devices for data storage, software and hardware. HP is also an efficient marketer because each electronic device invented has a particular feature that makes it distinguishable from all the other products from other series.
On the official HP homepage you may find a wide variety of products, each being categorized depending on certain characteristics. Let’s take the HP printers and all-in-ones; there are printers with a single-function inkjet, single-function laser jet and the all-in-one printers, useful for professionals or for business, for graphic arts or simply for at home and for students; the HP inkjet and laserjet printers can be compared depending on the brand, being photosmart, business jet, officejet and designjet.
It is probably less cost-effective to buy printers that print only in black and white or grayscale or only color, when at discounted prices you may find some efficient all-in-ones. Of course, when choosing a particular electronic product, people tend to focus more on what they find as appropriate for their profession, one of the main reasons why manufactures such as HP develop various printer series.
The HP Designjet T770 44 inch Printer has a fast printing feature of Ai/D size pages in less than 28 seconds, being ideal for in-house printing of high-quality technical GIS/CAD, using HP 72 inks and supporting sheets of 8.3–44" wide and rolls 11–44" wide.
Hp Ink Jet Printers
Published by ClubPrinter, on Jun 28 2010, in the categories: Ink Jet type
HP, alongside other names such as Canon, Epson, Dell, Compaq, Samsung and Sony, dominates the computer industry from all over the world, ever since its establishment in 1939 in Dave Packard’s garage. HP is in fact the abbreviation of its two creator’s names, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard or simply Hewlett-Packard.
This company specializes in the developing, manufacturing and designing of computers and computer related devices such as printers, scanners or all-in-ones, computer component and part, electronic devices for data storage, software and hardware. HP is also an efficient marketer because each electronic device invented has a particular feature that makes it distinguishable from all the other products from other series.
On the official HP homepage you may find a wide variety of products, each being categorized depending on certain characteristics. Let’s take the HP printers and all-in-ones; there are printers with a single-function inkjet, single-function laser jet and the all-in-one printers, useful for professionals or for business, for graphic arts or simply for at home and for students; depending on the brand, the HP inkjet and laserjet printers are photosmart, business jet, officejet and designjet.
It is probably less cost-effective to buy printers that print only in black and white or grayscale or only color, when at discounted prices you may find some efficient all-in-ones. Of course, when choosing a particular electronic product, people tend to focus more on what they find as appropriate for their profession, one of the main reasons why manufactures such as HP develop various printer series.
Since this article’s main interest are the HP inkjet printers, below you can find a list of some of the most popular examples available for sale, in no particular order.
The HP Deskjet D1660 printer has speeds up to 16 pages per minute in color and 20 in black, with a 15-sheet output tray and 80-sheet fold-up input tray, being made of 25% recycled plastic.
The HP Deskjet D2660 printers has speeds up to 21 pages per minute in color and 28 in black, with a easy Web-page printing and 20-sheet output tray, 80-sheet fold-up input tray, made of 50% recycled paper.
The HP Deskjet D2680 printer has similar features to the HP Deskjet D2660, including the Budget Express software.
The HP Officejet 6000 wireless printer has an automatic two-sided printing feature, cutting the energy use up to 40% compared to lasers, with wireless printing and fast wired.
The HP Officejet Pro 8000 Wireless printer has an automatic two-sided printing feature with speeds up to 35 pages per minute in color and 36 black, using 50% less energy than the laser printers.
The HP Officejet 7000 Wide Format Printer can be shared with other four users via the wired networking, using less than 40% energy compared with the laser printers and with the lowest cost per page.
The HP Photosmart B8550 Photo Printer has a 2.4" color display for easy photo review and editing, with an HP Smart Web printing and HP Auto Sense technology, using individual inks, having memory card slots and a front USB port but also a photo tray.
The HP Officejet H470wbt Mobile Printer is lightweight and compact, with a wireless connectivity and Lithium-Ion battery, printing from cameras, phone cameras, memory cards, PDAs and PCs.
The HP Designjet T770 44 inch Printer has a fast printing feature of Ai/D size pages in less than 28 seconds, being ideal for in-house printing of high-quality technical GIS/CAD, using HP 72 inks and supporting sheets of 8.3–44" wide and rolls 11–44" wide.
The HP Designjet 130 Printer is for professional prints and photos, accommodating media sizes/types from postcard to poster, up to 80 lb., 0.15" thick.
The HP Business Inkjet 2800dtn Printer has an automatic two-sided printing feature and a ready network, with an extra tray and easy integration into any environment and four individual cartridges.
The HP Designjet T1200 44inch PostScript Version Printer has to be one of the most expensive HP single-function inkjet printers, printing pages of D/A1 sizes in less than 30 seconds and using the HP 72 inks; it is ideal fro the medium-size teams that need high-quality technical GIS/CAD and supporting two on-line roll sheets of 44 to 66 inch wide at one time.
This company specializes in the developing, manufacturing and designing of computers and computer related devices such as printers, scanners or all-in-ones, computer component and part, electronic devices for data storage, software and hardware. HP is also an efficient marketer because each electronic device invented has a particular feature that makes it distinguishable from all the other products from other series.
On the official HP homepage you may find a wide variety of products, each being categorized depending on certain characteristics. Let’s take the HP printers and all-in-ones; there are printers with a single-function inkjet, single-function laser jet and the all-in-one printers, useful for professionals or for business, for graphic arts or simply for at home and for students; depending on the brand, the HP inkjet and laserjet printers are photosmart, business jet, officejet and designjet.
It is probably less cost-effective to buy printers that print only in black and white or grayscale or only color, when at discounted prices you may find some efficient all-in-ones. Of course, when choosing a particular electronic product, people tend to focus more on what they find as appropriate for their profession, one of the main reasons why manufactures such as HP develop various printer series.
Since this article’s main interest are the HP inkjet printers, below you can find a list of some of the most popular examples available for sale, in no particular order.
The HP Deskjet D1660 printer has speeds up to 16 pages per minute in color and 20 in black, with a 15-sheet output tray and 80-sheet fold-up input tray, being made of 25% recycled plastic.
The HP Deskjet D2660 printers has speeds up to 21 pages per minute in color and 28 in black, with a easy Web-page printing and 20-sheet output tray, 80-sheet fold-up input tray, made of 50% recycled paper.
The HP Deskjet D2680 printer has similar features to the HP Deskjet D2660, including the Budget Express software.
The HP Officejet 6000 wireless printer has an automatic two-sided printing feature, cutting the energy use up to 40% compared to lasers, with wireless printing and fast wired.
The HP Officejet Pro 8000 Wireless printer has an automatic two-sided printing feature with speeds up to 35 pages per minute in color and 36 black, using 50% less energy than the laser printers.
The HP Officejet 7000 Wide Format Printer can be shared with other four users via the wired networking, using less than 40% energy compared with the laser printers and with the lowest cost per page.
The HP Photosmart B8550 Photo Printer has a 2.4" color display for easy photo review and editing, with an HP Smart Web printing and HP Auto Sense technology, using individual inks, having memory card slots and a front USB port but also a photo tray.
The HP Officejet H470wbt Mobile Printer is lightweight and compact, with a wireless connectivity and Lithium-Ion battery, printing from cameras, phone cameras, memory cards, PDAs and PCs.
The HP Designjet T770 44 inch Printer has a fast printing feature of Ai/D size pages in less than 28 seconds, being ideal for in-house printing of high-quality technical GIS/CAD, using HP 72 inks and supporting sheets of 8.3–44" wide and rolls 11–44" wide.
The HP Designjet 130 Printer is for professional prints and photos, accommodating media sizes/types from postcard to poster, up to 80 lb., 0.15" thick.
The HP Business Inkjet 2800dtn Printer has an automatic two-sided printing feature and a ready network, with an extra tray and easy integration into any environment and four individual cartridges.
The HP Designjet T1200 44inch PostScript Version Printer has to be one of the most expensive HP single-function inkjet printers, printing pages of D/A1 sizes in less than 30 seconds and using the HP 72 inks; it is ideal fro the medium-size teams that need high-quality technical GIS/CAD and supporting two on-line roll sheets of 44 to 66 inch wide at one time.
Inkjet Color Printer
Published by ClubPrinter, on May 05 2010, in the categories: Ink Jet type
The Platinum Pro 905 multifunction printer could be considered the most advanced inkjet all-in-one Lexmark is currently offering. Since it has just about anything you may ever want from a home office or small office printer, the Platinum Pro 905 is very easy to like and choose from a whole bunch of competitors.
As design it doesn’t really shock you. It is average sized for an small office multifunction printer and measures 12 x 18 x 15.5 inches. The functions it offers are print, copy, scan and faxing. On the front of the printer you’ll only discover the control panel with a single button that works for powering the Platinum Pro 905 on. The rest of the input is done with the help of the color touchscreen. Also on the front you get to see a PictBridge USB port that allows direct printing from compatible digital cameras.
The paper tray is situated at the bottom and has a capacity of 150 sheets. On top of that the printer also has a secondary 150 sheet tray that boosts the total paper capacity to 300 sheets. While the top one can work with photo paper as well, the bottom drawer can only contain legal and letter sized media. One very interesting thing about the Platinum Pro 905 inkjet color printer is its use of Lexmark innovative SmartSolutions Web site which was created to offer a lot of content and extra functionality. To explain this better, users can access web-based applications straight from the printer’s large 4.3 inch display.
A button on the LCD can be programmed to launch a series of actions. A few presets come with the printer but users can easily program their own (which is the main idea of SmartSolutions). The presets that you get allow you to view any RSS feed, view or print an agenda from Google calendar. One important thing you need to remember is that for web access to work the printer needs to be hooked up to an Ethernet or wireless network.
Under the bonnet the user can find a four-ink printing system consisting of cyan, magenta, yellow and black cartridges. While the inks are made more for office use than photographic printing and don’t offer very high capacity, the low price of consumables makes this printer be affordable in the long run. So for the most part, the rule ‘buy it cheap but spend more later’ does in fact apply for most printers, especially when they come from Lexmark. In this case, you spend a bit more money initially but get to save throughout use.
Printing speed is satisfactory and the Platinum Pro 905 will produce about 6 pages per minute for black text. Printing, both color and black looks adequate and there’s little to complain about. However photo printing is not great and skin tones are a bit far from what they should be. As a conclusion, the Lexmark Platinum Pro 905 inkjet color printer is a reliable small office printer with satisfactory paper capacity and most of all affordable printing costs.
As design it doesn’t really shock you. It is average sized for an small office multifunction printer and measures 12 x 18 x 15.5 inches. The functions it offers are print, copy, scan and faxing. On the front of the printer you’ll only discover the control panel with a single button that works for powering the Platinum Pro 905 on. The rest of the input is done with the help of the color touchscreen. Also on the front you get to see a PictBridge USB port that allows direct printing from compatible digital cameras.
The paper tray is situated at the bottom and has a capacity of 150 sheets. On top of that the printer also has a secondary 150 sheet tray that boosts the total paper capacity to 300 sheets. While the top one can work with photo paper as well, the bottom drawer can only contain legal and letter sized media. One very interesting thing about the Platinum Pro 905 inkjet color printer is its use of Lexmark innovative SmartSolutions Web site which was created to offer a lot of content and extra functionality. To explain this better, users can access web-based applications straight from the printer’s large 4.3 inch display.
A button on the LCD can be programmed to launch a series of actions. A few presets come with the printer but users can easily program their own (which is the main idea of SmartSolutions). The presets that you get allow you to view any RSS feed, view or print an agenda from Google calendar. One important thing you need to remember is that for web access to work the printer needs to be hooked up to an Ethernet or wireless network.
Under the bonnet the user can find a four-ink printing system consisting of cyan, magenta, yellow and black cartridges. While the inks are made more for office use than photographic printing and don’t offer very high capacity, the low price of consumables makes this printer be affordable in the long run. So for the most part, the rule ‘buy it cheap but spend more later’ does in fact apply for most printers, especially when they come from Lexmark. In this case, you spend a bit more money initially but get to save throughout use.
Printing speed is satisfactory and the Platinum Pro 905 will produce about 6 pages per minute for black text. Printing, both color and black looks adequate and there’s little to complain about. However photo printing is not great and skin tones are a bit far from what they should be. As a conclusion, the Lexmark Platinum Pro 905 inkjet color printer is a reliable small office printer with satisfactory paper capacity and most of all affordable printing costs.
Inkless Photo Printers
Published by ClubPrinter, on Apr 29 2010, in the categories: Ink Jet type
Photo printers can be generally found in two varieties and using two technologies. You have your standalone and multifunction printers which make use of the inkjet technology (the vast majority) or dye-sublimation. Aside from that a new technology has hit the market in the last past years and is still being perfected before more than a handful of printers using it will hit the shelves.
This technology is called zink. Zink printers are inkless photo printers and zink is short for zero ink. This technology completely eliminates the need for ink cartridges or ribbons. The technology was developed over several years and works with the help of some very 'smart' photo paper. The patented zink paper is made out of a material that includes cyan, magenta and yellow dye crystals as well as a po
lymer overcoat. Before printing the sheet of paper looks like any other. After heat from a compatible printer is targeted towards the paper, the crystals in the paper are activated and form the colors needed to transform the paper into a photograph. On top of that the result is also said to be smudge proof and water resistant.
Polaroid's Pogo is probably the first photo printer to make use of the Zink technology. The Polaroid camera implied instant printing and PoGo works in the same way. Compared to older cameras that could only snap the picture and print it out, the Pogo comes with a wide variety of photo adjusting features like view, crop or borders.
The only thing a user can complain about is the relatively small size of the photographs, at 2 by 3 inches. The Pogo is basically a 5.0 megapixel digital camera as well as a printer. It has a 3 inch color LCD that works well for previewing pictures and more. For storing picture the user gets 16MB of internal memory on top of a SD card slot that allows an even higher storage capacity.
When you receive the printer you'll discover that the rechargeable battery is already in the box so there will be no need to purchase it separately. Also included are 10 sheets of paper to get you started and see how the printer works. On top of the advantage list we can also mention the fact that the Polaroid Pogo is probably the smallest and most portable printer to be found on the market. You can actually stick the printer in a pocket and carry it around as it only measures 3 x 4.7 x 2 inches and weighs 10 ounces without battery. For extra convenience the printer also ships with a wrist strap.
Before you jump to buy these inkless photo printers though, please do consider the bad points as well. One of them would be that zink technology is still fresh on the market hence it hasn't been fully perfected. The quality of the prints isn't out of this world and the cost of the paper you constantly need to buy may make you prefer an inkjet.
This technology is called zink. Zink printers are inkless photo printers and zink is short for zero ink. This technology completely eliminates the need for ink cartridges or ribbons. The technology was developed over several years and works with the help of some very 'smart' photo paper. The patented zink paper is made out of a material that includes cyan, magenta and yellow dye crystals as well as a po
lymer overcoat. Before printing the sheet of paper looks like any other. After heat from a compatible printer is targeted towards the paper, the crystals in the paper are activated and form the colors needed to transform the paper into a photograph. On top of that the result is also said to be smudge proof and water resistant.
Polaroid's Pogo is probably the first photo printer to make use of the Zink technology. The Polaroid camera implied instant printing and PoGo works in the same way. Compared to older cameras that could only snap the picture and print it out, the Pogo comes with a wide variety of photo adjusting features like view, crop or borders.
The only thing a user can complain about is the relatively small size of the photographs, at 2 by 3 inches. The Pogo is basically a 5.0 megapixel digital camera as well as a printer. It has a 3 inch color LCD that works well for previewing pictures and more. For storing picture the user gets 16MB of internal memory on top of a SD card slot that allows an even higher storage capacity.
When you receive the printer you'll discover that the rechargeable battery is already in the box so there will be no need to purchase it separately. Also included are 10 sheets of paper to get you started and see how the printer works. On top of the advantage list we can also mention the fact that the Polaroid Pogo is probably the smallest and most portable printer to be found on the market. You can actually stick the printer in a pocket and carry it around as it only measures 3 x 4.7 x 2 inches and weighs 10 ounces without battery. For extra convenience the printer also ships with a wrist strap.
Before you jump to buy these inkless photo printers though, please do consider the bad points as well. One of them would be that zink technology is still fresh on the market hence it hasn't been fully perfected. The quality of the prints isn't out of this world and the cost of the paper you constantly need to buy may make you prefer an inkjet.
Inexpensive Color Printers
Published by ClubPrinter, on Apr 09 2010, in the categories: Ink Jet type
You may say that most customers fall into at least two types of people, people who come and want to buy a device that works for as little money as possible and people who want to buy the best device for their needs for however much money it takes
Truth be told, for most basic users there's really no need to pay considerably more on an inkjet printer, for example, because most of them offer the exact same thing. Several features like copying, scanning or wireless may not be useful for the most users who might prefer to get a standalone device for a much lower price tag. When looking for a printer it's good to know that inkjet is the standard and the most affordable technology. There are quite a few inexpensive color printers you can buy.
For a mere $45 you can, for example, find a HP Deskjet F4235 all-in-one printer. Aside from standard printing this device also offers copying and scanning. Up to 22 pages per minute for black and 16 pages for color printing is more than reasonable for such a price. Since it uses HP Vivera inks this automatically means the print quality is good. The printer is also easy to setup and has a pleasant design. Lastly, HP is known for high quality and reliable printers.
For about $59 another possible choice would be the Lexmark X2500 inkjet all-in-one printer. It offers the same speeds as the HP presented a bit earlier, can do borderless printing, copy and scan but doesn't do so well with photos and does not include PictBridge compatibility. What you don't pay at first on this printer, you do however make up for when buying consumables. The ink is pretty expensive compared to most of its competition.
Another option is a standalone Canon Pixma iP 3500 that can be found for roughly $70. While it's slighly more expensive initially than the Lexmark and the HP, it doesn't cost as much for ink replacement and offers both USB and PictBrige ports for printing from both PC and digital camera. While print speeds are average, the Pixma IP 3500 as many other printers from its line, offers very good print quality.
The three printers above are meant to serve as examples for what inexpensive color printers you can currently find on the market. The list of affordable printers is much longer and most manufacturers have at least two-three offerings of regular printers at any given time. It's important to establish what exactly you want to use the printer for before you consider buying one then scout for printers with those features at affordable prices. Also check out how much the ink cartridges for the certain printer cost. While it's not a rule, generally a low initial buying price implies a considerably higher maintenance cost, so do consider this too when you're planning to make a purchase.
Truth be told, for most basic users there's really no need to pay considerably more on an inkjet printer, for example, because most of them offer the exact same thing. Several features like copying, scanning or wireless may not be useful for the most users who might prefer to get a standalone device for a much lower price tag. When looking for a printer it's good to know that inkjet is the standard and the most affordable technology. There are quite a few inexpensive color printers you can buy.
For a mere $45 you can, for example, find a HP Deskjet F4235 all-in-one printer. Aside from standard printing this device also offers copying and scanning. Up to 22 pages per minute for black and 16 pages for color printing is more than reasonable for such a price. Since it uses HP Vivera inks this automatically means the print quality is good. The printer is also easy to setup and has a pleasant design. Lastly, HP is known for high quality and reliable printers.
For about $59 another possible choice would be the Lexmark X2500 inkjet all-in-one printer. It offers the same speeds as the HP presented a bit earlier, can do borderless printing, copy and scan but doesn't do so well with photos and does not include PictBridge compatibility. What you don't pay at first on this printer, you do however make up for when buying consumables. The ink is pretty expensive compared to most of its competition.
Another option is a standalone Canon Pixma iP 3500 that can be found for roughly $70. While it's slighly more expensive initially than the Lexmark and the HP, it doesn't cost as much for ink replacement and offers both USB and PictBrige ports for printing from both PC and digital camera. While print speeds are average, the Pixma IP 3500 as many other printers from its line, offers very good print quality.
The three printers above are meant to serve as examples for what inexpensive color printers you can currently find on the market. The list of affordable printers is much longer and most manufacturers have at least two-three offerings of regular printers at any given time. It's important to establish what exactly you want to use the printer for before you consider buying one then scout for printers with those features at affordable prices. Also check out how much the ink cartridges for the certain printer cost. While it's not a rule, generally a low initial buying price implies a considerably higher maintenance cost, so do consider this too when you're planning to make a purchase.