Wireless Printer - Who, what, where and how?

BoomBoom_2

Hi,

It's time to invest in a printer and and with me being limited for space I'm thinking of a wireless printer. I would welcome your thoughts on:-

1. Wireless vs. Wired
2. What to look for in a wireless printer
3. Best buys / worst buys
4. Where to buy
5. General experience

Thanks
G

jweb2k

Tesco - http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-8210.aspx £55.

Great printer, cartridges quite expensive and not many cheap replacements on ebay at the moment.

Use that as a starting point and work from there

1. Wireless definitely!
2. 802.11g standard
3. Nothing with expensive cartridges or cartridges you cant get on the high street (e.g. Brother). Kodak printer is good but expensive at start. It depends how much you'll use it.
4. Internet and High Street are quite competitive here so either really. High street easier to exchange, and they can explain the model to you beforehand
5. HP ones have always been great for me, it's just number of features really!

slow_saver

BoomBoom wrote: »

Hi,

It's time to invest in a printer and and with me being limited for space I'm thinking of a wireless printer. I would welcome your thoughts on:-

1. Wireless vs. Wired
2. What to look for in a wireless printer
3. Best buys / worst buys
4. Where to buy
5. General experience

Thanks
G

NEVER,EVER buy a Lexmark! I've got one & the ink is REALLY expensive, I've read that the Kodak ESP 7 is a good machine & costs approx half of the price for ink. Wireless is great if you have a laptop or want to use more than one PC on your network.

m5rcc

I recommend a Canon Pixma MP620 - A premium blend of quality, speed and high-end features at a very reasonable price

BoomBoom_2

thank you all for your replies - they were all very helpful. Just one more question to throw into the mix - what about cartridge refills?

m5rcc

genuine ones from shops are super expensive so either buy genuine ones or third party compatible ones (like Xerox) on eBay. I find that these refilling shops are expensive and use the wrong ink!

Abbafan1972

We have just bought an Epson SX515W wireless printer and it's fab. It's a breeze to set up and we have 3 laptops connected to it. The printer is in the one place and we can just print from anywhere.

I got a full set of Epson original cartridges from Amazon for £22.34.

TheFlyingGerbil

I personally would only ever buy genuine ink - I cannot tell you the problems I had using "compatible" ink (it was anything BUT compatible!). If you look around on the internet you can get genuine inks cheap enough e.g. the 350XL ink that would go with the c4580 the first reply recomended has 5x the ink as a standard cartridge and is only a few quid more than standard size if you look around.

Some people tell you it is great to get cheap inks, but even if they don't ruin your printer, they never produce as nice results.

slow_saver

BoomBoom wrote: »

thank you all for your replies - they were all very helpful. Just one more question to throw into the mix - what about cartridge refills?

There are a couple companies online that are dirt cheap:
1.http://www.cartridgepeople.com/epages/cartridgepeople.storefront/4a7d50e901e5d9b82740c0a864c10747

2.http://www.cartridgeshop.co.uk/epages/cartridgeshop.storefront/4a7d519a02350408273fc0a8659a0648

chippy2u

m5rcc wrote: »

I recommend a Canon Pixma MP620 - A premium blend of quality, speed and high-end features at a very reasonable price

I second this. Does exactly what it says on the tin!! Got it from Amazon for £109.00 with a £30.00 cash back from Canon. A bargain at under £80.00

Leopard

Another option is to buy a network-capable printer and plug it into your wireless router (or a switch in your network) with an Ethernet lead.

That works well, too: and it can be cheaper because the printer does not need to have wireless equipment.