Which printer has cheapest inks?

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As per title am looking for a new printer, but don't want a one where it's expensive to change the inks.

I've had Canons in the past which were excellent and the ones get good reviews, but it' something crazy like £40 to replace the inks!

Kodak ones are cheaper, but not so good reviews.

Mainly for printing Word docs and the odd photo.

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If you mainly print just Word documents then a Mono Laserjet would be the most cost effective in terms of cost per page. If you want to go down the Inkjet route then make sure you select one which use's individual cartridges (C,M,Y,K) and which you can get 3rd party cartridges for. For example I have an Epson D68 and can get a full set of Inkrite cartridges for £10.00 :) Just as good as the genuine one's and hold more ink so it's all good.
 
Thanks pal, it would be printing Word documents in colour mainly so couldn't have a mono.

What's the quality of your epson one like as £10 for inks sounds fantastic!
 
I bought a cheap Epson D78 for everyday print tasks, works flawlessly with cheap inks I've bought off an auction site.
 
Hawkpie said:
What's the quality of your epson one like as £10 for inks sounds fantastic!
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The quality is perfect printing both Photo's and Text :) I find using 90gm Copier paper tends to help produce better results with Inkjet's in general. Inkrite make really good 3rd party cartridges but just make sure they are available for whatever model you choose ;)
 
Kodak's have the cheapest genuine ink, although when i looked it up a few months back, some of the epson printers using hi cap inks work out the same. The quality of kodak printers isnt so great however.

If you do go down the route using compatable inks, id suggest avoiding epsons if your buying a half decent printer but atleast buy decent compatable inks (Jettec or something) as the really cheap ones (like from supermarkets) will just constantly block the head.
 
I bought a Samsung colour laser for £90 delivered. (CLP-310 or something like that)
Print quality is fine, I have printer a couple of posters and whilst it isn't photo quality I certainly have no problem using the posters for advertising.
 
I currently have an ancient Epson Stylus D92 which is rediculously cheap for ink.

Can by 3 sets of colour (9 cartridges) and 5 black for about £12 but it's ridiculously slow printer, something like 2-3ppm!!

Though I keep it as usually time isn't too important, I'll set it printing while I get on with something else.

I am looking for a new all-in-one printer myself, so if anyone knows of one that has cheap ink please let me know! Budget of about £40 but quite flexible.

Have found the HP Deskjet 1050 has refills from that popular auction site quite cheap, £9 for 1 set of colour and two black refills. Though that's a refill kit not replacement cartridges.

Anyone know how easy these things are to do?
 
I have had two epsons, both using compatible cartridges made for great savings.

I have a PX710W and previously had a RX285, both come in at around £9 to change all six cartridges (which are seperate unlike kodak etc)

Definately worth a look!
 
I have an epson DX7450 printer, and the ink for it used to be quiet expensive. So I got a continous ink system (pic below, not mine but off the net).

It has an external reservoir that feeds to the main in cartridges in the printer.

I just buy the refill ink that is reasonably cheap as and when I need it.

I haven't worked out the cost per a page in black and colour but I bet it is cheaper than before using the standard epson cartridges.

A different ideal that you may consider. It has helped me over the years


 
reilly said:
I have an epson DX7450 printer, and the ink for it used to be quiet expensive. So I got a continous ink system (pic below, not mine but off the net).

It has an external reservoir that feeds to the main in cartridges in the printer.

I just buy the refill ink that is reasonably cheap as and when I need it.

I haven't worked out the cost per a page in black and colour but I bet it is cheaper than before using the standard epson cartridges.

A different ideal that you may consider. It has helped me over the years


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Hi,

I never thought of this, is the quality comparible to the original inks? I'm guessing I could do similar with my PX710w as the cartridges never move, the head is fed by seperate tubes?
 
I've got a Samsung CLP-300 colour laser printer. Can be found for around £100. Quality for word docs is perfectly acceptable. I wouldn't use it for photo printing, but that's what developers at retail stores or online are for. The ink doesn't dry out either, which is the biggest advantage.
 
nippynoo said:
Any problem with paper jams?
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I've actually had two. The first went faulty with paper jams just before it was a year old, and was replaced under warranty with a brand new printer with a new set of toner (bonus!) The second one is still working a year after that - so far.

But the printer is so cheap to buy it's actually cheaper to buy a new replacement than repair it or even to buy the toner. The amount I've saved on ink cartridges alone would pay for a new printer several times over. That's not because I print a lot, I don't, but ink-jets were always drying out leading to massive wastage of ink when trying to unclog them.
 
tommytinkle said:
Hi,

I never thought of this, is the quality comparible to the original inks? I'm guessing I could do similar with my PX710w as the cartridges never move, the head is fed by seperate tubes?
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I have found that the quality hasn't changed. (obviously it depends on the ink you buy and use to refill the reservoir)

When you say the cartridge never 'moves' do you mean across the printer on a rail type of thing and therefor printing out your document?

If so my dx7450 cartridge 'moves' across it the rail to print and I just make sure there is enough ink tube from the external reservoir to the cartridges in the printer.

Each colour from the external reservoir goes to a 'normal' cartridge in my printer, where ink is transfered via the tubing. The document is then printed using 'normal' cartridges headers.

hope this helps :)
 
Hi,

My cartridges don't sit in the head, they sit still in a 'cubby hole' in the printer. The head is then fed by pipes from these cartridges.

Much like this -

 
Cheers for the comments everyone. I was set on an Epson, but after the comments from above I also headed onto a few review sites and they didn't get great reviews.

As mentioned I have mainly used Canons in the past and I can get a Canon IP4700 for a decent price which gets great reviews.

Official Canon inks are crazy expensive, but you can get a full set from that auction site for £13 which is canny.

Might go for that one then :)
 
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