speedyxjs
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| posted on 25/11/09 at 06:19 PM |
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Reccomend me a printer
I currently have a cheapo lexmark i brought in january sale a couple of years ago for £30 and it has served me well but i am fed up with paying £20
odd quid for each ink cartridge.
Can anyone reccomend another cheap printer with cheaper cartridges?
ps all i use it for is printing sheet music and the occasional hw for my sister
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 25/11/09 at 06:24 PM |
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Those new Kodak printers they've been advertising on the TV look interesting - the ink cartridges are really cheap, even at the rrp.
Don't know how well they work though!
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 25/11/09 at 06:25 PM |
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Until I read the thread properly, I was going to say DON'T buy a Lexmark  for the reasons you've said.
I've found HP as good as anything, and the cartridges are cheap for pattern ones from places like ink4u etc.
JB
[Edited on 25/11/09 by Daddylonglegs]
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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blakep82
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| posted on 25/11/09 at 06:32 PM |
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i always try to go for ones with seperate ink tanks for each colour.
canon's do that. means you only replace each individual colour when it runs out instead of having to replace them all when you've only
used black
had a couple of canons and well pleased with all of them. the current one we've had since 2003
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britishtrident
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| posted on 25/11/09 at 06:43 PM |
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Really is point less buying anything but HP and live with the ink cost which isn't too bad anyway on the Officejet and PSC models that have the
option take XL ink catridges
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UncleFista
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| posted on 25/11/09 at 06:52 PM |
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Cheapo laser, assuming you only do B&W
Mine was £40-ish over a year ago, I've not needed to replace any toner as of yet, but when I do it's cheap enough.
Tony Bond / UncleFista
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ReMan
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| posted on 25/11/09 at 06:56 PM |
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Any of the Canon range with seperate ink cartridges
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James
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| posted on 25/11/09 at 07:05 PM |
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I should declare an interest- I've been doing some marketing work for Kodak recently.
As David says, you won't get anything cheaper to run than a Kodak.
Try http://www.printandprosper.com for some independent price comparisons.
The cheapest Kodak printer does cost £89.99 retail though (although may be cheaper online).
The photo print quality is pretty good but I'd say HP is better.
Long term, the overall cost of a Kodak is cheaper than the competition. Just depends whether you can take the initial £89.99 hit!
The cartridges really are good value though: £6.99 black, £9.99 all 5 colours especially as they print twice as many sheets as the average
'other brand' cartridge.
Hope that helps,
James
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iank
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| posted on 25/11/09 at 07:19 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by UncleFista
Cheapo laser, assuming you only do B&W
Mine was £40-ish over a year ago, I've not needed to replace any toner as of yet, but when I do it's cheap enough.
What he said, if you only need black and white lasers are far superior both in speed and print quality.
I have a cheap Samsung ML1210 and it's been solid as a rock, toner costs a lot but even having reams of paper put through it I've only
bought 2 in 3 years. Never have to waste ink/fiddle with cotton buds to clean it so it can be left for a week or two and still just fires up and
prints perfectly on the button.
Cheap inkjets are only cheap as they sell them for cost (or a small loss) and make a mint on the ink.
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Hammerhead
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| posted on 25/11/09 at 07:42 PM |
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I like HP, but I do colour work, so there might be something better for b&w
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splitrivet
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| posted on 25/11/09 at 07:45 PM |
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Refill your cartridges, buy the ink from Asda. I used to use a Lexmark on average I could refill a cartridge 13-15 times before the jets got
tatered
Cheers,
Bob
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 25/11/09 at 09:42 PM |
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CONTINUOUS_INK_SYSTEM
get one that takes these kits and carts are a thing of the past
What does it do?
This continous ink supply system replaces the need for changing inks for the printer, this is ideal for high volume use and also works out a lot
cheaper to run than compatible inks which are cheap enough as it is! Basically you have 6 tanks of ink which sit at the side of the printer and tubes
run from this into a dummy ink cardidge which plugs into the printer as normal. There is a line running from the cartidge to the tanks and it
continually supplies the printer with ink from the tanks. When the tanks are running low you basically top it up with ink which we also sell for very
cheap.
http://www.3000rpm.com/acatalog/CONTINUOUS_INK_SYSTEM.html
[Edited on 25-11-09 by mangogrooveworkshop]
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bj928
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| posted on 25/11/09 at 10:48 PM |
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i bought a BROTHER all in one network printer off ebay, its a referb by BROTHER, was £58 delivered, its brilliant, quiet, fast and cheap to run,
bought a 10 ink pack ( 2 packs or 3 colours + 4 black) £18 delivered to door (again off ebay), been using the inks and they work fine, so on running
costs and cost of machine i can highly recommend BROTHER, the referb place on ebay is listed as staplehurst, kent, ordered in the afternoon, was
delivered next day, can't rate them high enough, 10/10
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dhutch
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| posted on 26/11/09 at 12:21 AM |
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Im also very happy with my Canon (ip4000) with the induvidual tanks and the pigment black for text.
- However as said, if you want volume and dont need the colour, a cheap referbished brother laser would be my route too.
I bought my canon of ebay from there referbished stock listings. Loads of them on there, very cheap, shiped with a blocked head and they sent me a
brand new one in shrink wrap no questions asked.
In the mean time i got the head under the tap and flushed it and it worked fine, so i have a spare.
Runs find on jettec replicas although i typically actuallu buy the canons as there nearly as cheap if you know where to look and the colours in the
replicas are a bit off.
Sisters just bought a multi function canon from the same source, hopfully that works well too.
Daniel
[Edited on 26/11/2009 by dhutch]
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Dan.
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| posted on 26/11/09 at 12:57 AM |
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As said if you dont need colour a laserr is the way to go, If you do need colour canon would be my preference.
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jabs
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| posted on 26/11/09 at 08:44 AM |
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I always buy Epson as the ink cartridges can be had off ebay very cheaply
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britishtrident
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| posted on 26/11/09 at 08:57 AM |
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I have clients with many bad experiences with Cannon Bubblejets, same goes for Epson Inkjets.
HP inkjets just don't go wrong, I replaced a HP PSC the other day that according to the printer information page had printed 150,000+ sheets
with no major jams.
The golden rule to avoid trouble is buy HP inkjets, Cannon, Brother or HP lasers, Epson dot matrix.
My local morrisions had the HP F2480 printer/scanner/copier for £28 last week with XL catridges that will print 600 normal quality black & white
or 400 color before needing more ink. Set it to economy which still very acceptable quality and it will print more like 900 sheets.
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GeorgeM
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| posted on 26/11/09 at 09:50 PM |
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As said get a laser. Brother NEW from £60 with toner for about 2000 prints
'A' gades are cheaper still.
Samsung are dearer cartridges
If you need colour; HP, Brother, Canon in that order. Seperate inks do not always work out cheaper. Don't get a 6, 8 or 10 ink machine if you
are not printing 'professional' photos, it just costs more. Epson heads block up if not used regularly- you can clean them, but why bother
when the others just work.
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