Question about PRINTERS! :)

claypigeon101 · 6 Jan 2011 at 23:54

Hey guys, not sure where this goes in the specifics so I will post it here.
I need some advice on a new printer, basically the thing of absolute paramount importance is that I can get cheap ink.
You can spend all day comparing print speed and photo quality etc but at the end of the day if it's going to cost me £30 or more every couple of months to refill it then I'm not interested.

I usually bought my inks from an online shop that gave me something like 10 colours and 10 blacks for £20, or 5 each for a tenner or something like that the deal was anyway. Cheap.
I had a Canon i250 and although it wasnt superb the print quality was easily good enough for what I want, and it was a low spec photo quality printer so it could do big prints too.

Basically has anyone got any advice, it's probably Canon or Epson isn't it cos HP and the others are far too expensive on ink and the suckers go to normal supermarkets or ink shops and buy them and I'm just not going to do that.

One of these printers that says 'refill with genuine Epson ink' and doesn't let you print until you do, that can get lost as well.

What you reckon?
Any ideas?
Thanks

claypigeon101 · 7 Jan 2011 at 00:13

Want to add too, WiFi is immensely useful as we can print then from laptops or my PC in my room instead of having to send it downstairs to the PC there.
Anyone know of a printer that has Wifi + cheap ink?
I don't.

alexx · 7 Jan 2011 at 00:14

just got a 3250 kodak as inks are £10 for them all genuine off amazon or similar. got a scanner built in and comes with 60 free photo papers £60

the wifi version is £15 more

M1k3H · 7 Jan 2011 at 01:43

using an epson sx215, there's a wifi available, inks are around 22 pounds from epson store for two high capacity black cartridges and around 20 for one colour. Great printer, great software (comes with handwriting recognition to digital software ) , great life on inks.
Can get refills for as cheap as 5 a piece.

JonJ678 · 7 Jan 2011 at 09:17

How do laser printers compare? Expensive per refill, but equally a few thousand sheets per refill.

My problems with printers revolve around them breaking, or claiming to run out of ink when they havent, rather than cost per sheet though.

claypigeon101 · 3 Feb 2011 at 15:29

ah mannn. thanks for your help guys but im used to paying, i think, £10 for 5 blacks and 5 colour which is ridiculously good, and to be honest my canon i250 isnt the finest quality printer in the world but it's good enough for what i need.

i wouldnt be even looking at getting a new printer if my thing wasnt stopping itself from working- it says 'waste ink collectors are full and need replacement' and basically even if you are a canon technician thats a joke cos its a mega pain in the bum job to do and i cant really do it myself cos its awkward and nobody really knows how to do it.
so, damn.

div0 · 9 Feb 2011 at 22:34

Bizarrely enough I've got an i250 as well and mine's just today reached the same problem 'waste ink collectors are full'.

Searched here for general printer threads and this was the first I found.

Good luck in your search

Buchanan0204 · 9 Feb 2011 at 23:37

claypigeon101 said:
Want to add too, WiFi is immensely useful as we can print then from laptops or my PC in my room instead of having to send it downstairs to the PC there.
Anyone know of a printer that has Wifi + cheap ink?
I don't.

You don't need a wifi printer to print wirelessly from laptops and other networks computers. Provided it is hooked up to at least one computer via USB on the network.

nelviss · 10 Feb 2011 at 01:20

is realy the GF's printer but we use a epson sx515w and get new inks from more inks via amazon, works out very cheap and we are happy with the prints using a good hi gloss paper.
had it over a year now and even got one for her cousin for crismas.( was meaning to send it to a freind in india but that ink cart. bomb thing messed that one up)