Hi UB,
'Just thought I'd chip in with a couple of vague comments that might add inspiration...
If you're short of space and/or cables, bear in mind...
1) That the desk 'footprint' occupied by a printer varies quite a lot between products.
2) Some printers have build in wireless networking which, if you already have a wireless router, can resolve space as well cabling issues as you can put the printer in some other room. You can also get wireless print servers that are supposed to make any printer 'wireless', though I've never tried one.
I had a great little Brother printer for several years that scored on both above counts, but I can't make a specific recomendation as that one's (DCP 340 CW) out of production, and I can't find any modern equivalents being discounted right now. The Brothers of that generation (3-4 years ago) also had cartridges that weren't chipped so you could buy them dirt-cheap, or even refill them yourself if you didn't mind having ink stains all over your hands for the rest of the weekend. I can't say whether current Borther cartridges are chipped. My only criticism was that it took forever to print photos.
In terms of canon recomendations, I recently bought a different Canon (MX700) and am very pleased with it indeed. It's well built, prints photos in no time, and the ink seems to last quite well too, though the cartridges are chipped. I can't say if mine's representative of other Canon products but, equally, I've no particular reason to doubt it.
- 7LM
