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Advice needed - Home printers.
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:15 pm
by rob quilter
I'm needing to upgrade my printer, so I'm having a look around. It must be an all in one, and must be able to print high quality images.
Anyone got any suggestions? Are any manufacturers ink cartridges cheaper than others?
I've been looking at these 2 so far:
http://www.argos.co.uk/m/static/Product ... :m|adp:1o1
http://www.argos.co.uk/m/static/Product ... 016389.htm
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:21 pm
by Donald
I think I have that Epson printer and some sort of Canon IP-XXXXX too. When I get back from the chippy I'll let you know.
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:22 pm
by rob quilter
Sweet.
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:23 pm
by LewisH
Epson are good pritners indeed. Where i work we sell 2-3 a day atm.
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:43 pm
by Donald
Alright, I have something like that Epson above, a Canon iP4500 and an Epson Stylus SX420W. All work fine and are fairly cheap for what you get.
I also have cod and chips with curry sauce.
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:54 pm
by indigolemon
Canon are cheaper to run I believe. Might be worth seeing what Kodak have on offer, lowest ink costs around.
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 8:22 pm
by paul bristol uk
Its all about the cost of cartrages and remember when they say 1000 copies or whatever, they mean 6% coverage of the paper which equates to six lines of print an address and signature box. That is the industry standard (or was until I retired 2+ years ago) Whatever you buy always buy the genuine cart otherwise you will find it will turn to crap in no time. HTH
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:38 pm
by Sailor
I've found Epson's to be reliable workhorses. Cheap as Donald's chips and photoprint quality is acceptable.
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:34 pm
by bennyboy
I have two of the kodak all in ones - ESP3 and ESP5
Can't really fault them, yes, they do cost a LOT less to run than my old HP deskjet 840, but I reckon the HP had the edge in print quality, just.
Had the printhead go once on each, other than that they have been really good, and I like that the cartridges cost the same wherever you go (and they're cheap)
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 8:53 am
by Mattbigwood
I'd go for Canon, simply because the print heads are in the cartridges, so every time you change the cartridge you get a new print head. My first photo printer was an Epson which gave great print quality, but I had problems with the heads clogging. Since then I've had a couple of Canon photo printers which (touch wood) haven't given me any trouble. Mine is a Pixma MP610 all-in-one (about 4 or 5 years old now) and highly recommended.