Re: budgeting for a printer
If you veer away from printer manufacturer paper and ink, you are just asking for a mind numbing excursion down unfamiliar roads.
The paper and ink is a key piece to the whole printing puzzle. Change one by using a different paper and Whammo. Change to 3rd party inks and whammo. The 3rd party ink can actually toast your print head prematurely and/or void a warranty on the print head.
If you are into doing test print after test print after test print and wasting ink and paper, then try it. You'll like it. And sometimes you won't know it isn't as good until a year after when the ink fades or bleeds or whatever.
Once you got it working the way you want it working, don't touch it.
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