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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Baron Von Spongebob on 05 September 2007, 21:58:18
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Anybody give me a advice on a cheap but good colour printer with cheap refills..
My daughter needs a new one for school work..She must have had a party on top of the old one and mine is clogged up through lack of use..
Dont want to pay much for one as it will only be used for school work so what advice have you got for me..
If its just insults i can start a new thread for that.. ;D
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Anybody give me a advice on a cheap but good colour printer with cheap refills..
My daughter needs a new one for school work..She must have had a party on top of the old one and mine is clogged up through lack of use..
Dont want to pay much for one as it will only be used for school work so what advice have you got for me..
If its just insults i can start a new thread for that.. ;D
generally, cheap printers = expensive ink.
Consider Epson R200/R220 for around £60, then look at cheap aftermarket inks...
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I tend to look for a printer with seperate colour cartridges rather than the all in one colour cart.
Makes refilling easier I find.
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Anybody give me a advice on a cheap but good colour printer with cheap refills..
My daughter needs a new one for school work..She must have had a party on top of the old one and mine is clogged up through lack of use..
Dont want to pay much for one as it will only be used for school work so what advice have you got for me..
If its just insults i can start a new thread for that.. ;D
generally, cheap printers = expensive ink.
Consider Epson R200/R220 for around £60, then look at cheap aftermarket inks...
Thanks TB.
I have had a few Epson printers which take the cheap inks but i find they clog up when not used for a short time thats why i asked what others use and if they have the same problem..
I have a a laser but she needs colour..
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I tend to look for a printer with seperate colour cartridges rather than the all in one colour cart.
Makes refilling easier I find.
Agreed, that Epson fits that criteria, and it prints on CDs....
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I tend to look for a printer with separate colour cartridges rather than the all in one colour cart.
Makes refilling easier I find.
It supposed to be more economic, and it makes sense because you only replace the ink that is actually finished etc, but after running a 4-cartridge printer for a couple of years I gave up and went back to 2-cartridge (one tri-colour and one black). this is because the separate colours never go at the same time and it is a logistic nightmare to make sure you always have a spare cartridge with the right colours.
But perhaps not everyone keeps spare cartridges at home.. have we discussed what i carry in the boot...? ;D
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Agree with all points made on the Epson. Cheap ink avaiable on the web in all colours so not a problem to have enough ink but mine suffers badly from drying out when not used for any length of time. I wonder what genuine Epson ink would be like?
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I tend to look for a printer with separate colour cartridges rather than the all in one colour cart.
Makes refilling easier I find.
It supposed to be more economic, and it makes sense because you only replace the ink that is actually finished etc, but after running a 4-cartridge printer for a couple of years I gave up and went back to 2-cartridge (one tri-colour and one black). this is because the separate colours never go at the same time and it is a logistic nightmare to make sure you always have a spare cartridge with the right colours.
But perhaps not everyone keeps spare cartridges at home.. have we discussed what i carry in the boot...? ;D
Bulk ink and syringes for me. Saves a fortune and good for the planet too they say.
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Lexmark are very good and reasonably priced printers.. I know a lot of folks say the cartridges are expensive ( and they are) but they do last a long time due to their size. It is also easy to pick them up 1/2 price on fleabay - and that's for lexmark not after market. I never use cheap refills as experience shows they either block easily or the colour is "thin"
This one looks reasonable
http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=259387&sourceid=2019
or even cheaper
http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=259386&CatId=1269
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Agree with all points made on the Epson. Cheap ink avaiable on the web in all colours so not a problem to have enough ink but mine suffers badly from drying out when not used for any length of time. I wonder what genuine Epson ink would be like?
the older beige stylus ones were awful for that, but I understand the newer grey ones are much better
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Anybody give me a advice on a cheap but good colour printer with cheap refills..
My daughter needs a new one for school work..She must have had a party on top of the old one and mine is clogged up through lack of use..
Dont want to pay much for one as it will only be used for school work so what advice have you got for me..
If its just insults i can start a new thread for that.. ;D
By the way, where have you put the insult Spongebob post? I've had a good look but can't find it anywhere. :-?
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Agree with all points made on the Epson. Cheap ink avaiable on the web in all colours so not a problem to have enough ink but mine suffers badly from drying out when not used for any length of time. I wonder what genuine Epson ink would be like?
the older beige stylus ones were awful for that, but I understand the newer grey ones are much better
I have both but they suffer the same..
The problem is with kids they use ink like tap water, when it comes time for school work no ink left and buying the proper cartridges can get expensive then..A print factory will use less ink than my daughter.. :o
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Epson printers run a nozzle clean routine when switched off or switched on. For this reason it is not a good idea to leave it switched on indefinitely, or switched off when not in use for a long time (all this relates to after the cartridges have been inserted for the first time). It also not a good idea to connect it to a power strip and switch it off from a central switch rather than from the on-off button. To make sure the ink does not dry (and block the nozzles) you should switch it on when using it and then switch of off at the end of the day. This does waste ink but saves the printer. Also, if you have a warranty claim, do not mention that you leave it on or off for a long time, because Epson are notoriously difficult with warranty repairs... on the other hand the whole things costs just £60 so if it dies after a year or so, you get a new one....
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these days its often cheaper to replace the printer than refill the ink!!
I have a lexmark 4300 3-in-1, printer copier scanner, and it cost me £60
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I have a Canon with seprate tanks and I can afford genuine ink in it
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I have a Canon with seprate tanks and I can afford genuine ink in it
There's posh then. ;D
Must say I like canon printers myself.
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How about a colour laser ?. I have had a Xerox Phaser 6100DN (=Samsung CLP-510) for a couple of years. Its heavy (won't get nicked !), and just keeps going. Having a network card built in, I plug it into the home network and all computers on line can use it. Costs, well I bought a new black cartridge for about £35, but that's high capacity, and should do at least 3500 pages. Thing is you can often buy these for about £45 faulty, with plenty toner in them. A recent purchase gave me a machine with several new parts, and a set of 80% full toners for not a lot. There is also plenty info on how to service them, and how to reset the various counters that they use, and it is also possible to refill the cartridges and reset the integral counter chip. :y
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How about a colour laser ?. I have had a Xerox Phaser 6100DN (=Samsung CLP-510) for a couple of years. Its heavy (won't get nicked !), and just keeps going. Having a network card built in, I plug it into the home network and all computers on line can use it. Costs, well I bought a new black cartridge for about £35, but that's high capacity, and should do at least 3500 pages. Thing is you can often buy these for about £45 faulty, with plenty toner in them. A recent purchase gave me a machine with several new parts, and a set of 80% full toners for not a lot. There is also plenty info on how to service them, and how to reset the various counters that they use, and it is also possible to refill the cartridges and reset the integral counter chip. :y
Don"t get me started..I would love a colour laser..I have had my black and white laser for years.still going strong and just bought an original toner for it for £3..bargain its a Brother.. :y
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I have a Canon Pixma IP1500 and get my compatible cartridges from http://www.concita.co.uk. :y
Mind you, there only half a mile away, so I don't pay P&P. Still cheap as chips IMHO. For school work you don't need OEM cartridges, again IMHO.
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I like machines that are designed for office use, cause they tend to be built to last. I got my daughter a 2nd hand HP laserjet 4 (?) a few years ago and its still going, and they haven't put in any toner yet. The 6100 is nice; occasionally you see faulty ones come up, like a recent one that complained about the waste bucket full. That is a known fault with them, the sensor sometimes goes faulty, and you can bypass it easily. Only trouble is they are very heavy, and personal pickup is the only real option. However it also means that the price is often cheap, and if its close to you then its a bargain !!! :y
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I like machines that are designed for office use, cause they tend to be built to last. I got my daughter a 2nd hand HP laserjet 4 (?) a few years ago and its still going, and they haven't put in any toner yet. The 6100 is nice; occasionally you see faulty ones come up, like a recent one that complained about the waste bucket full. That is a known fault with them, the sensor sometimes goes faulty, and you can bypass it easily. Only trouble is they are very heavy, and personal pickup is the only real option. However it also means that the price is often cheap, and if its close to you then its a bargain !!! :y
Had one of them years ago..Great printer..
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I gave up with my home printers clogging up.
If I want anything printed I email it to myself at work & print it off there :-X
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I gave up with my home printers clogging up.
If I want anything printed I email it to myself at work & print it off there :-X
Agree..I told her to put it on a memory stick and take it to school..
NO, I want to be able to print it out myself,,(Along with pictures of Mc.fLY I added) That didnt go down well..She is female you cant win.. :D
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How about a colour laser ?. I have had a Xerox Phaser 6100DN (=Samsung CLP-510) for a couple of years. Its heavy (won't get nicked !), and just keeps going. Having a network card built in, I plug it into the home network and all computers on line can use it. Costs, well I bought a new black cartridge for about £35, but that's high capacity, and should do at least 3500 pages. Thing is you can often buy these for about £45 faulty, with plenty toner in them. A recent purchase gave me a machine with several new parts, and a set of 80% full toners for not a lot. There is also plenty info on how to service them, and how to reset the various counters that they use, and it is also possible to refill the cartridges and reset the integral counter chip. :y
Don"t get me started..I would love a colour laser..I have had my black and white laser for years.still going strong and just bought an original toner for it for £3..bargain its a Brother.. :y
I have a colour laser printer in the office which I decommissioned simply because the cost of cartridges was prohibitive even for business use, not to mention personal use, and they come in sets of four... that particular printer is an Epson and each of the four cartridges costs around £80+VAT, so for the cost of replacing a set of cartridges you could buy an early M-reg Omega.... smaller consumer laser printers use cheaper cartridges but it is still quite expensive. If you have the space for it, the best setup in my opinion is two printers, a basic monochrome laser for all day-to-day prints (the running co0sts of monochrome laser can't be beaten), and a low-cost colour inkjet next to it for when you do actually need colour. This is what I now have both at home and at the office...
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I have a Canon with seprate tanks and I can afford genuine ink in it
There's posh then. ;D
Must say I like canon printers myself.
No I am not rich - just that buying cartridges on the internet and that you replace just the empties means it doen't cost much more than an Epson on cheap ink. (Which fried its print head >:()
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I just bought a colour laser from ebay, cost £23.55, got the 4 colour toners from there too £36.00 for all 4, that will keep me going for a year...
Other than that have a look on www.ebuyer.co.uk , they have cheap printers and ink.
I had a Cannon before this laser, the printer was £22.00 , the ink cartridges ar only £3.95 each, did me fine for 2 years.
Cheers, Mark. :y
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An Epsom engineer told me that the way to avoid the print headed clogging up using non proprietary cartridges is every 4th replacement use a genuine one. This way the detergents Epsom use in their superior (but very expensive) cartridges will clean out the print head.
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An Epsom engineer told me that the way to avoid the print headed clogging up using non proprietary cartridges is every 4th replacement use a genuine one. This way the detergents Epsom use in their superior (but very expensive) cartridges will clean out the print head.
I have an Epsom and have always used genuine inks......and it still clogs occasionaly.
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I've yet to have an epson that didnt block, especially if you dont use them an awful lot.
I too have a laser for mono and an inkjet for colour / photos
Ive hate to say it, but have moved to HP, which I can't fault
Easy to use, economical and reliable.
The ink may be a little more, but I think all in all cheaper to run as I dont waste time and ink printing duplicates to try and get a decent copy.
I do stick to genuine ink, these things can be intermittant enough with out adding cheap ink to the occasion.
When I print a photo, I do want the best possible output an colour match.
Tend to get my ink from www.mymemory.co.uk or www.mx2.co.uk
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Right then Spongebob. All you need to do is to buy a cheap black and white printer and some of these. ::)
;) ;) ;)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x66/golfbuddy_photos/fig1.jpg)
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For clogging :
Some people try to clean head the with these :
water, hydrogen peroxide, dish detergent, white vinegar, bleach
one or a couple of them work...
even the writer dont know which..
may be this will help ...
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Thanks for all your help everyone :y
Its sorted now
I bought her a pen and a thick book ;D ;D ;D
Going out tomorrow to get a printer and it depends whats available in store... :y