Printer that prints both sides?

petunia100

Does anyone know of a cheap printer that prints both sides at the same time?
Thanks.

Conor_3

No. You ain't going to get a colour one under £300 and a mono will set you back the thick end of £200. You can buy a duplex unit that basically bolts onto the printer and flips the page automatically but they're printer specific and they're not cheap either.

ariba10

You can set most printers to only print the odd number pages and then turn them over and print the even numbers.

fwor

petunia100 wrote: »

Does anyone know of a cheap printer that prints both sides at the same time?

Do you really mean *at the same time*?

My £100 Canon MP610 will print on one side, then automatically flip the paper over and print on the other. Not sure if the cheaper models do that as well, but easy enough to check on Canon's website.

The only bad thing about this (and some other features such as printing direct onto a CD) is that the process is really slow.

petunia100

The problem I have is lining up the item because it is small and if I put it in the corner of the printer it seems to cut a bit off.

fwor

Ok - I see the problem. Most printers aren't good at feeding small items reliably.

The only satisfactory solution I've found is to print on larger sheets of paper/card and then use a guillotine to chop of the excess material. But it sounds as though that may not be an option for you.

Debt_Free_Chick

HP Deskjet 6980 has a duplexer, so you set it to print both sides and it does. But as fwor says, it prints one side, then the other - which I guess is what you mean.

Here's one review of it - there are probably others. Wired or wireless - you can network it over the BT Home Hub and share it with other PCs/laptops if you have them.

It's around £100

marms

The Canon IP4500 will print both sides, it's probably the cheapest printer you'll get that can do it.

CHR15

I've had a Canon Pixma IP5000 for years, cost me £60 which does Duplex printing and prints onto CD's. Ink carts for these older models (before they started chipping them) canbe picked up for around a Pound Each so it is very cheap printing.

If you could trust Ebay

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INKS
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