Best make of priinter?
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I've always had HP, I had an Epson for about 2 months. Currently I'm using a Photosmart C4580, ink is reasonable, wireless is a plus although its sat on my desk next to me, I did see a nice one that was touch screen at Tesco, I can only recommend HP.
this is my opinion of printers
1) HP - looks very nice, works very nice, but expensive ink and had to find good compatible cartridges
2) Brother - much more basicin looks and features, but cheaper ink and good compatible cartridges
3) Epson - looks nice, works very well, but expensive ink, not as hard as HP to get compatible ink, but not easy either
4) lexmark - looks alright, works fantastically, but VERY expensive both machine and ink, very difficult to find compatible cartridges
personally, i;d go with brother unless you need advanced features
1) HP - looks very nice, works very nice, but expensive ink and had to find good compatible cartridges
2) Brother - much more basicin looks and features, but cheaper ink and good compatible cartridges
3) Epson - looks nice, works very well, but expensive ink, not as hard as HP to get compatible ink, but not easy either
4) lexmark - looks alright, works fantastically, but VERY expensive both machine and ink, very difficult to find compatible cartridges
personally, i;d go with brother unless you need advanced features
I'm very keen on HP printers. They seem to turn up in offices all over the place, labouring diligently for years until they're replaced with a more exciting model that does lots of extra things, briefly, then breaks. My little one does black and white printing, and has an ethernet port. That's it, no display screen or anything.
On the other hand, it would be reasonable to assume that a Canon or Brother, if you can find a very simple one, would be similarly reliable. If you want a printer and scanner and fax and card reader and pretty lcd display, then I feel you're increasing the chance of failure.
So I'd vote for buying one with the bare minimum of features. Broken printers are infuriating.
On the other hand, it would be reasonable to assume that a Canon or Brother, if you can find a very simple one, would be similarly reliable. If you want a printer and scanner and fax and card reader and pretty lcd display, then I feel you're increasing the chance of failure.
So I'd vote for buying one with the bare minimum of features. Broken printers are infuriating.
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I used to own a cannon all in one a few years back and the ink from staples was cheap and worked a treat
I have a HP K5400, a HP A2 printer & HP Photo printer, use refillable cartridges in all of them, & buy OPC ink in 1 litre bottles.
Works out very very cheap to run, opc ink has a long shelf life of 2 years if store properly.
Works out very very cheap to run, opc ink has a long shelf life of 2 years if store properly.
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I've always used HP - They just work, well as good as a printer can! Ink is quite expensive although I tend to get mine in Costco - You get 2 Cartridges in a pack for very little more than one would cost on the high street.
HP for me, they just work. You can refill the cartridges easily and if the nozzles get blocked you only have to replace the cartridge, not the whole printer.
I've had a few Epson printers in the past but the nozzles just get eventually blocked and as the nozzles are built into Epson printers not the cartridges, it renders the printer useless if the nozzles get permanently blocked. The only Epson I have remaining is a R200 which isn't that bad, I run a CISS kit on it which makes it very cheap to run
I've had a few Epson printers in the past but the nozzles just get eventually blocked and as the nozzles are built into Epson printers not the cartridges, it renders the printer useless if the nozzles get permanently blocked. The only Epson I have remaining is a R200 which isn't that bad, I run a CISS kit on it which makes it very cheap to run