new printer

[yellowfrog]

want to get a new printer. totally fed up of the so called cheap ones where the ink cartridge is 3/4 the price of price paid for printer. I don't use it that often and after a while the ink seems to dry up then its time for yet another overpriced cartridge. what is best , inkjet, or others? what ones do you use and find fairly cheep to run

 

[Michael3112]

want to get a new printer. totally fed up of the so called cheap ones where the ink cartridge is 3/4 the price of price paid for printer. I don't use it that often and after a while the ink seems to dry up then its time for yet another overpriced cartridge. what is best , inkjet, or others? what ones do you use and find fairly cheep to run

i started go think uts cheaper to buy a new printer on special offer than ink

 

[Chae1]

I just bought a epson 4100.

Its probably one of models you've tried.

Wil reserve judgement on ink. I ordered a large black cartridge with it when i bought it and still haven't needed it.

I try to only print in black, have printer on lowest resolution to save ink.

Good for scanning, photocopying etc so far.

I try and avoid printing as i see it as a waste. Why can't i just email it to them and open file on phone.

 

[JeepJeep]

I was just going to start the same thread. I've had Epson last few years. Currently a WF2750 Epson and it's showing it needs the head nozzles cleaning again... It's a regular thing. I just run rubbing alcohol through them and all's fine. Not having it today and wasted too much time on it still printing in blurry strips or blank. I've read if they stand this can happen but it's busy Mon-Fri.

Most of it is Invoices and receipts I print in b&w , photos come from photobox so I'm thinking a Mono laser is the way forward if the Epson doesnt play ball tomorrow.

Looking at this Brother then the big toners from Cartridge save.

 

[___\0/___]

We have a laser and inkjet. In you situation I would go for a laser.

 

[foxbox]

We've got a cheap Canon inkjet printer/scanner/copier and then use generic cartridges from Amazon. The printer recognises them as genuine (not that we're using any of the Canon premium services) and the quality seems fine. It's rare we need to clean print heads etc but how long the colours will last before fading etc I don't know. We used a CISS (external ink tanks piped into the print heads) on our last printer and although it worked really well and was very cheap to run it was a bit of a faff to install.

 

[yellowfrog]

only thing I really use it for is printing off invoices for my books. increasingly more firms now sending inv by e mail. to save paper and planet. to me its just a con to make you do the work and not them

 

[yellowfrog]

We have a laser and inkjet. In you situation I would go for a laser.

totally lost with this technology. ones ive had are I think inkjet. . only want black printing as I think colour is a waste of time for my situation

 

[yellowfrog]

I was just going to start the same thread. I've had Epson last few years. Currently a WF2750 Epson and it's showing it needs the head nozzles cleaning again... It's a regular thing. I just run rubbing alcohol through them and all's fine. Not having it today and wasted too much time on it still printing in blurry strips or blank. I've read if they stand this can happen but it's busy Mon-Fri.

Most of it is Invoices and receipts I print in b&w , photos come from photobox so I'm thinking a Mono laser is the way forward if the Epson doesnt play ball tomorrow.

Looking at this Brother then the big toners from Cartridge save.

brother looks good. and cartriges look cheap enough . I would definatly pay more for something that works well.

 

[yellowfrog]

We've got a cheap Canon inkjet printer/scanner/copier and then use generic cartridges from Amazon. The printer recognises them as genuine (not that we're using any of the Canon premium services) and the quality seems fine. It's rare we need to clean print heads etc but how long the colours will last before fading etc I don't know. We used a CISS (external ink tanks piped into the print heads) on our last printer and although it worked really well and was very cheap to run it was a bit of a faff to install.

when you say faff to install, do you mean the ink or link to computer?

 

[Av Gorritt]

I don't think you can go too far wrong with a Brother printer , laser or inkjet, and if you look , there's very often offers on with cashback . I have no connection with them , but try "printerbase .co.uk " or ring 0800 170 7234

 

[foxbox]

when you say faff to install, do you mean the ink or link to computer?

It was a system a bit like this, the ink tank sits next to the printer and then you have pipes running to adapted cartridges inside. The ink is drawn through the pipes but we eventually started suffering air leaks; thankfully it coincided with the death of the printer anyway so it didn't really matter. The faff is routing the pipework; for ours we needed to modify the case so that as the tanks shuttle backwards and forwards the pipes are long enough to travel too. They're good systems and I'd use it again if our printing requirements went back up.

 

[Steevo]

I rate Brother printers very highly.

Epson on the other hand go to the bottom of the pile.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Not long bought an Epson ET-2720 Eco tank printer ,,big improvement as it uses refillable inks instead of cartridges,,the ink is cheaper and lasts twice as long

 

[deleted user 837354]

If you only want mono then a laser is where it is at.

 

[Av Gorritt]

Whilst it might be a legal requirement for printer manufacturers to make their machines suitable for other makers inks , Epson seem to have forgotten this . i once bought a mid range Epson ink jet printer , and it absolutely refused to accept spurious cartridges . to the stage where it refused even to accept genuine ones in the end . I scrapped it - no more Epson for me , even though they are a good printer. Brother, OTOH, seem able to cope with whatever you use . Just my 2 pennorth .

 

[yellowfrog]

will have a serious look at the ones suggested

 

[JeepJeep]

Bought a cleaning kit for the Epson.. 2 Nozzles were solid. Now wont recognise the ink.. Says to clean nozzles then says unidentified ink then chucks a fault code and to power off... in circles, so it's outside waiting for the tip. Brother I linked to will be here weekend.

 

[SilliamWhale]

Mono Brother Laser with scanner can be got for sub £100 and theyre very good

 

[Chae1]

My Brother printer didn't work with non genuine cartridges. Put genuine in and fine now.