Anyone recommend a half decent printer

stonecoldsteveaustin

Could anyone recommend a half decent printer please.
I currently have a Lexmark 5000 something or another that has 1 cart for black and 1 cart for colour which is great, however its now almost £27 per cartridge.
Is there a decent printer / scanner out there around £40-£60 that doesn't have extortonate ink carts? but still does a good job.
Thanks everyone

macman

Would help if you said what you mainly want to print.
Text only-mono laser printer.
Text and colour graphics-4 col inkjet.
Photos-inkjet photo printer, 5 or 6 colour.
If getting a colour inkjet go for one with separate colour cartidges so you don't waste the other colours. The cheaper the printer, the more expensive the ink.
Personally I would always buy a Canon, with HP as second choice. Epson and Brother absolutely not.
Samsung do good personal lasers.

stonecoldsteveaustin

Sorry yeah its just for average everyday home use i.e a word doc here and there the odd photo etc

gonzo127

i would also second a Canon, might not be the cheapest but have never had a problem with quality, just remember as pointed out above, general rule of thumb, the cheaper a printer is to buy the more expensive the ink will be

stonecoldsteveaustin

Thanks for that

chrisjw37

Canon
in the 4000 series, the cost to ink ratio drops dramatically.

If you are printing Photos, the Kodak ink is generic and both colour and Black inks are £14 each

The printer costs a little more, but saves a ton if printing full colour

It'll do black ink prints cheap too

stonecoldsteveaustin

Like the sound of that, thanks

Sceptic001

Rather than buy a new printer have you considered using cheaper cartridges? I recently bought a black cartridge for my HP printer for £6 rather than nearly £30 for the branded item. No problems so far. I used inkxpressdirect.com - very good service and cheap p&p!

patman99

My HP PhotoSmart 3210 has given me 3 years of trouble-free service, and I have no probs with non-HP carts.

My son has a Canon MP620, and getting the inks is an absolute nightmare. Apart from that, the print quality is as good as the photolabs.

As for the Kodak, my nephew has one. Even in best quality mode the blacks are more like dark grey.

chippy2u

patman99 wrote: »

My son has a Canon MP620, and getting the inks is an absolute nightmare. Apart from that, the print quality is as good as the photolabs.

I have an MP620 and I get my compatible carts (chipped) from 'Inkcredible'. On their special offers (I got 4 sets,that's 20 carts, for £30) or you can get them for around £2 each. You don't have to change them all at the same time either. They do work, and I couldn't see any difference in the colour between them and Canon carts.

Sublime_2

I would recommend a HP Photosmart all-in-one.

My first printer was a Lexmark, which I replaced a couple of years later with an Epson, as it was cheaper to buy a new printer than to replace both cartridges.

I wasn't overly happy with the Epson, as I kept getting errors, and it didn't work properly after a few years. I am now happily using a HP Photosmart all-in-one which is excellent. The ink cartridges seem to last a very long time.