Advice needed - Home printers.

Post by **rob quilter** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:15 pm

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

Post by **Donald** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:21 pm

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.

Post by **rob quilter** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:22 pm

Sweet.

LewisH · Post by **LewisH** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:23 pm

Epson are good pritners indeed. Where i work we sell 2-3 a day atm.

Post by **Donald** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:43 pm

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.

Post by **indigolemon** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:54 pm

Canon are cheaper to run I believe. Might be worth seeing what Kodak have on offer, lowest ink costs around.

Post by **paul bristol uk** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 8:22 pm

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

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:38 pm

I've found Epson's to be reliable workhorses. Cheap as Donald's chips and photoprint quality is acceptable.

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:34 pm

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)

Mattbigwood · Post by **Mattbigwood** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 8:53 am

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.