Inkjet printer - My Inkjet printer is on its last legs been going for years but its that time to get a new printer Any recommends for a printer around £150 . But what I would like is a inkjet printer that does not gobble up ink as in the UK they are expensive ( for a bit of plastic and some ink made in china ) Are these three different colour printers (carts..) better and cheaper to run . I only print off about 100 pages a day but carts.. never last long Or would it be better and cheaper in the long run to get a lazer printer Not looking for anything fancy as only print docs and lables Thank you for your time
My old Epson Stylus 850 gave up the ghost last year and I bought an Epson Photo 900 - I was disappointed it ran out of ink so much quicker than the 850 I used to work for a company where we had an HP Laserjet 5 series I think, it was mono but took and used a few reams of paper everyday. I remember it was very reliable and cost effective. So with that in mind, I recently saw an HP color laser for less than GBP300 - Laserjet Color 2550L - there's some reviews at the foot of the page though only from a guy who's had it for 3 days
You can buy cheap carts eg. JetTec, PrintRite etc which are a lot cheaper than the official ones. These are just as reliable and contain as much ink as the official ones - and some JetTec ones contain 30% extra! As for printers, don't buy a Lexmark: they have the print head built in to the cart and so even the cheap carts are expensive!
Hmm.. I'd say, get a laser printer... Most inkjets are too weak to handle 100 pages a day! I had 2 inkjets, and I successfully destroyed both of them (an HP and an Epson). Inkjets are extremely fragile.. I then gave up, and got a laser printer (HP 1010). I am very happy with it. But, if you decide to get an Inkjet anyway (we sometimes make the same mistakes twice! I myself bought two inkjets!! ), then don't buy original ink! it is very expensive for nothing. Go with the advice of qscomputing... Get third party ink, it is MUCH cheaper, and delivers the same quality!
Cheers guys for you input on injet printers THink I will go for a lazerjet printer as seems to save money in the long run
I got lucky and picked up a pair of HP LJ4p's for $100, so we have one upstairs in the wifes office and the other downstairs in the server room. They aren't the fastest things around, 2ppm? But very cost effective.... I was buying a new inkjet printer every year, it's getting to where a new printer is cheaper than buying all new cart's for the old one. I'll stick with the old lasers.