Advice On Buying A Printer?

santer_2

OK, even at A4 they want £1:20, which is easily £1 per print more than printing at home

I might do my shopping online

interstellaflyer

santer wrote: »

OK, even at A4 they want £1:20, which is easily £1 per print more than printing at home

I might do my shopping online

Ok so your printer is a decent higher end machine which is designed for the job (unlike newer low end Epsons) try the same equasion on a HP printer that takes 300 series cartridges and I think you will find it's far cheaper and better to use the machines in the supermarkets. Also an even bigger con is the HP photo machines that print 6 x 4 photos, cost of the ink cartridge is £22 and HP claim 55 photos (if you're lucky)

Brian_The_Lion

santer wrote: »

OK, even at A4 they want £1:20, which is easily £1 per print more than printing at home

I might do my shopping online

Yet again, not a common denominator. I'm not saying people don't blow up their prints, but most people would settle for standard 6x4 prints, especially for things like holiday snaps, etc... and these are very cheap at the photo kiosks.

You seem to be missing out the initial costs to acquire the hardware in the first place never mind the costs to run it.

My original point was that i've realised that my printing habits in a realistic scenario have meant that I don't need a printer at home because it's a lot more cost effective to use other options.

interstellaflyer

Brian_The_Lion wrote: »

Yet again, not a common denominator. I'm not saying people don't blow up their prints, but most people would settle for standard 6x4 prints, especially for things like holiday snaps, etc... and these are very cheap at the photo kiosks.

Correct, most people don't want A4 photos, just maybe the odd one, most of the time it's 6 x 4 holiday snaps and they don't have fancy higher end printers they just have £30 HP machines with pathetic capacity cartridges so their printing costs if they do it themselves is very high.

System

all the talk if going to the supermarket to print etc has nothing to do with the op does it? i thought the op was looking for a suggestion for a multifunction printer that doesn't need to be good for printing photos....

interstellaflyer

the_r_sole wrote: »

all the talk if going to the supermarket to print etc has nothing to do with the op does it? i thought the op was looking for a suggestion for a multifunction printer that doesn't need to be good for printing photos....

OK:

Canon MG5150 or MG5250 if you need WiFi, no contest far better than any other machine in the price band. Both are quality machines with top and bottom paper feed, decent capacity cartridges, reasonably cheap OEM, cheep refill/compatibles accessable print head meaning it can be soaked in Di-Ionised water should it clogg, this is far better and cheaper than running countless expensive head cleaning cycles, all the other machines have print heads buried in the machine except the HP Photosmart (364 series cartridges) machines but The HP machines are very poor quality for the money.

bluenoseam

The only complaint thus far over my Kodak printer is that it's a little sluggish printing wise but the inks are cheap, quality is acceptable and the printer itself was reasonably priced (£40) - compared with the old Lexmark it's quicker, about 20% the price of the cartidges, nowhere near as thirsty & has a card reader, there is also a wifi version available.

Millionaire

Currently I would recommend a Canon. Use one myself, much better than the Epson it replaced that was a inkaholic.

Test a year or so back on gadget Show, the Canon's came out on top for cost per print on inkjets.

whomy5

Thanks everyone for the advice, interestesting to read the suggestions on my query.

Thanks for the links too...:)

Have a great weekend! X

Brian_The_Lion

the_r_sole wrote: »

all the talk if going to the supermarket to print etc has nothing to do with the op does it? i thought the op was looking for a suggestion for a multifunction printer that doesn't need to be good for printing photos....

As this is MONEYSAVINGEXPERT sometimes it's helpful to suggest ways of saving money. Just because you a) have a printer or b) want a printer doesnt necessarily mean you need one.