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I’m back, finally. Still trying to get my bearings after the whirlwind of the wedding of our oldest son. It’s the second of our children to marry, Rachael being the first to marry in 2000, and it was definitely different to watch a son get married than a daughter….at least for me! It was all so very wonderful, and it’s always easier when they aren’t moving far away and will still be living close by.

Anyway! I wanted to share a terrific deal on a printer that our family is about to buy for the third time because we all love this printer so much. Initially, I did the research for a good photo printer for my future (at the time) daughter-in-law, and found this HP D7460 Photosmart Printer and she absolutely loved it. I needed a color printer too, since my Canon finally wore out after 6 years (!). I was positive I would purchase another Canon after the great experience I’ve had with them, but this HP was stacking up as the better deal.

When I look for a printer, or anything else for that matter, I research things to death. I guess it’s just my nature. One of the most important factors in choosing a printer, however, is the cost of the ink that it requires. Once we bought a Lexmark for $40 thinking we had a great buy, only to discover that the ink cartridges cost more than the printer itself…every other month! Learning fast, now I look for a printer in reverse-finding the cheapest cartridges and then matching it with the printer.

Cnet is a great source of reviews, as is Amazon, so reading reviews is my favorite source of product knowledge. Consumer Reports and Consumer Search all had good things to say about this printer, so when I found an incredible deal on the ink for it (averaged $4/cartridge)……… I was sold.

Office Max initially had the best price on the HP D7460, but they discontinued it online. They did mention you might be able to find it in store for the $99 price, but I like things delivered (we live in a somewhat remote area). Amazon still has the best price online, even though it’s gone up from $115 to $129 since I purchased mine.

Now, my daughter is going to buy one, too. She does a lot of pictures and since she doesn’t have a computer (on purpose) she likes the fact she can put her digital camera’s card into the printer and print pictures directly from the touch screen. The pictures are amazing quality, and with the price of this ink, she’ll save over her usual cost of having them printed at Walmart.

We even printed 200 COLOR program for the wedding, AND printed several pictures, and a myriad of other items in the last month or more, and we have seen no indication of any of the ink cartridges running low. I really LOVE this printer!

I’ll tell you, I do get a small (very small) commission from my affiliate links on these, but I have to support my blogging hobby somehow! Let me know if you have another photo printer in this price range that you like better, share the deals!

I’ll post the ink deal in the next post….it’s getting late. Good night!