markk

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following porkies discussion on printers , im in the market for a new unit , i must have an all in one printer/scanner/copier, whats teh best unit ? best value for money , and refil costs ?

ive been stung before for printers that were cheap to buy , then the cartridges were as much nearly as the fookin printer


cheers

mark

geoffxr4

I bought a HP 1317 all in one for £99 from PC WORLD. The ink generally has become more expensive over the years but this one is: £19.99 for 19ml of ink. Hp do a cheaper model which is abotu £70 but the ink is £16 for 10ml. Therefore much more economical to buy the slightly more expensive model and be able to use more economical ink cartridges.

Also, i chose HP rather than epson because epson ink apparently has some alcohol based chemical that cleans the heads as you use it(the heads are part of the printer and you dont ever change them). This means you cant really refil the cartridges cos the heads will clog up. Apparently with the HP cartridges you change the head each time you change the cartridge, therefore you can prob refil them once or twice before buying a new cartiridge and get away with it.

Lexmark dont print the ink capacity on their cartridges so i took this as a bad sign and avoided them.

Anyway, i've been pleased with my purchase. If any of the above is wrong then i'm sure others know a lot more about it than me.

markk

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hmmmmm

Zetec Andy

I have just bought an Epson Stylus CX3600, there about £80ish and the cartridges are about £9 each, i honestly cant belive the quality of the scanner and it does all the work for you.
You can even put 2 or 3 photos in at a time and it will auto crop, resize and save them

Very impressed indeed

markk

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how many cartridges does it have andy ?

is it a 2 cartridge 1 black and a joint 3 colour job , or are the colour ones all separate ?

ive been looking at that one

Zetec Andy

It has 4 cartidges mate.

1x black
1x red
1x blue
1 yellow

(i think)

Iv had mine since xmas and im still on the tester cartridges i got with it

markk

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4 cartridges at £9 each

with the amount my printer gets used m8 that would break me after a short space of time

need something with cheaper cartridges , like my old epson C40ux little gem of a printer , very slow , very noisy , very basic but is only £4 for the colour unit and £3 for the black , i can go through a pair of them in about 5 days

svony

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HP Photosmart 24**, printer, scaner, fax, copier and also has a media reader for your digital camera so you can print your pictures. Cartridges are 50 USD.

Zetec Andy

Im talking £9 for genuine epson ones, you can easily get the copied cartridges for about £3 or £4 each

Zetec Andy

here you go....

http://www.ink-solutions.co.uk/epson...-cartridge.htm

£4.49 each

markk

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ok so im a cheap skate but there must be cheaper coluor units available thats like £20 every week to fill the printer