I am looking for a printer for home that can work with windows 10 but also iPads and iPhones. I would also like to be able to print remotely so I could be 20 miles away and receive a document on my phone via email I can then print so the other half can pick it up off the printer. Budget £50-£100 and it will be doing about 20 pages per week so not massively used.
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Storeman
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My brother has just got one of these for light use.............
http://www.ebuyer.com/719874-hp-envy-5540-wireless-all-in-one-inkjet-printer-j6u66a-abu
Seems very happy with it so far.
http://www.ebuyer.com/719874-hp-envy-5540-wireless-all-in-one-inkjet-printer-j6u66a-abu
Seems very happy with it so far.
Looks good but does it only print from a phone if its on the same wifi network?
Storeman
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Thats what I was trying to avoid. What is AirPrint then?
Storeman
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- South East Englandshire
AirPrint is an Apple thing...................
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201311
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201311
Philip Watkins
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- Back in Shropshire
keep away from ink jet printers the ink dries up if it is not used enough, the only exception is HP where you get a new print head with a cartridge.
if poss go for a colour laser printer, you get them s/h on ebay for reasonable money.
I got a brother wireless lazer network printer for £50 with cartridges half full,
if poss go for a colour laser printer, you get them s/h on ebay for reasonable money.
I got a brother wireless lazer network printer for £50 with cartridges half full,
Agri-Hire
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just got a new Epson printer for home last week to do nearly the same thing as you describe. mines a wifi printer so once its joined onto a wireless network it only needs a power socket for it to work. it uses "Epson Connect" which basically allocates an email address to your printer. Save the address as a contact in your phone / ipad etc and then send whatever documents you like to it and it prints them off. Not used it too much yet- but so far have been really happy with it..
https://www.epsonconnect.com/
https://www.epsonconnect.com/
Pheasant Surprise
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- Woodbridge, Suffolk
Why not just forward the email with or without attachment to your other half to print? By far the most foolproof method.
You can on certain printers (usually the more office oriented ones) to have the ability to print remotely either using what's called IPP (internet print protocol) or as said set the printer up with an email address and directly email it the document/attachment. However real world results/experience is that results vary, I found usually something suffers either the layout is not quite right or the printer does some wacky stuff on certain attachments, like printing 500 pages with a small character in the corner of the page and the rest of it blank - it's actually much better and more reliable to print natively from the local network either using just good old WiFi and normal printer drivers or something like AirPrint if your phone/tablet is Apple (although even that isn't 100% foolproof)
epson are ok as long as stick to genuine cartridges. you must keep it busy because if it stands for too long a period the extremely fine print head nozzles get blocked with dried ink.
there was an article on the internet a while ago and it was saying printer ink is about £5000 a gallon, the cartridge has a sponge in it and it is this sponge that holds the ink so you do not even get a full cartridge, and the new cartridges that are supplied with a new printer are only even half full. that is why a new printer is so cheap to buy. a new set of genuine cartridges is about the cost of a new printer.
there was an article on the internet a while ago and it was saying printer ink is about £5000 a gallon, the cartridge has a sponge in it and it is this sponge that holds the ink so you do not even get a full cartridge, and the new cartridges that are supplied with a new printer are only even half full. that is why a new printer is so cheap to buy. a new set of genuine cartridges is about the cost of a new printer.
Agri-Hire
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I now run 3 epsons between sites and much prefer them to any other make of printer. print quality for pictures/ photos is fantastic and I find them much quieter than HPs IMO. many years ago I used non genuine ink cartridges which dried out the nozzles and took time to clean out. I find that the maintenance utility for the epsons works really well and it was the nozzle cleaner that got the printer working again. never ever had that problem with genuine ink. never ever had non genuine ink again either! I find amazon have some great deals on ink - got a full set of 4 genuine inks last week for £18 including Saturday delivery by courier.
Niteforce
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- East Yorks
Have had 3 Epson printers in the past but now have a hp photosmart. 5520
Not had any problems with the hp and I'm sure it has its own email address that you can send files to , don't take this as 100% but I wouldn't have another epson.
Not had any problems with the hp and I'm sure it has its own email address that you can send files to , don't take this as 100% but I wouldn't have another epson.
Cowabunga
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After the Kodak broke down I recently [six months ago] got a Canon MG7750 all in one. It does everything and does it well. Its cheaper on ink than even the Kodak and it has six XL ink tanks, so you only change one after the ink runs out. It keeps printing for a long time after it indicates empty too, unlike some others, notably an Epsom I once had that just shut off when indicating empty.
Its reasonably compact, prints pictures really well, has a grey and two different blacks for those photos, and prints wirelessly from iPad through the network without setting up anything, through email and various AirPrint ways. Also copies and scans as well or better than any other.
Not cheap though, at £100 + VAT at Argos, but the initial ink is standard size, so lasts a good while. Replacement inks should be bought XL size because they are much cheaper per unit volume of ink.
Its reasonably compact, prints pictures really well, has a grey and two different blacks for those photos, and prints wirelessly from iPad through the network without setting up anything, through email and various AirPrint ways. Also copies and scans as well or better than any other.
Not cheap though, at £100 + VAT at Argos, but the initial ink is standard size, so lasts a good while. Replacement inks should be bought XL size because they are much cheaper per unit volume of ink.
bravheart
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- scottish borders
Got an H.P. here, has some sort of internet print on it, never used it so don't know how it works, but signed up to their ink supply. 100 pages /month including high quality full colour for a fixed fee(iirc £3.49 inc vat), and it orders its own ink as required.
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Any Views on a Epsom ET 2650
epsom printers give very good results but they have very fine print nozzles that block if you do not keep them busy, price the ink first, you will find the genuine ink very expensive. if you use after market ink it will block the nozzles even faster.
I got sick of running the cleaning cycle to unblock the nozzles so I got a s/h brother laser printer of ebay for £50,
I got sick of running the cleaning cycle to unblock the nozzles so I got a s/h brother laser printer of ebay for £50,