Basic equipment to work from home

davester

you not need a printer, a laptop and a monitor cable to your tv, thus having your emailed scans on your tv and then typing work on the laptop screen. This will eliminate printing and being lost in Jeramey Kyles Chav tastic show in one.

skintandscared_2

I'm sure work could provide me with a laptop, but I already have a PC at home that I could use so I'll stick with that I think. Good suggestion, but the way our lounge is set out, I couldn't see a document on the TV screen well enough to type it out. A small printer is definitely the way to go and I think I'll sort it out next week. Like I said, this is only for emergencies and I'll probably end up working from home maybe 2 or 3 times in the whole year, but it will be a relief to know that if I AM stuck here I can at least do something productive! It will make my boss less stressy too!

santer_2

Will you only use the printer 2 - 3 times a year? If so, probably best to print a nozzle check each week to stop the print heads dying out

Have you decided on a printer?

davester

ok then get a larger monitor and split screen it so can see both on screen at once.

skintandscared_2

I will check out the one mentioned on here, but have also seen an HP one and Epson one that are both reduced from nearly £100 to just £39.99. I do also want to look at multi-function printers though, as if it also had a fax function that might also be useful.

No, I probably wouldn't need to use it that much but I've learned from having a photo printer that you need to run a page through it regularly to keep the heads working and ink flowing!!

I'd imagine that a larger monitor (to do the split screen thing) would cost a lot more than a printer, and I don't really want to have a huge great screen sat on my dining table all the time.

santer_2

If the £40 Epson is an SX425W then it only has expensive compatibles at the moment, £8 a set

The SX515W is £60 but uses £3:25 a set compatibles, and has a better scanner

From here some have 19ml of ink per cartridge which is almost a third more than some compatibles

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-Set-Ink-Cartridge-Fit-SX510-SX515-SX515W-BX600FW-/230603345325?pt=UK_CamerasPhoto_Printing_PrinterInkCatridges_JN&hash=item35b107cdad

This has wi fi and e-mail, though haven't seen it before, nor any compatibles

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005DQULFA/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d0_g147_i2?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0TMSTMD4MTEDBK21C5WJ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128533&pf_rd_i=468294

If wireless is not essential, this is a good offer IMO with it usng compatibles at £3 a set

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500002901&langId=-1&searchTerms=SX415

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-Compatible-Ink-Cartridges-replace-T0711-T0714-T0715-/220761992766?pt=UK_BOI_Office_Office_Supplies_Stationery_ET&var=&hash=item79147859f6

Hp are doing cash back on some printers

http://www8.hp.com/uk/en/ad/save-money/index.html?jumpid=se_r10104_uk/en/smb/ipg/hp_recommends-se-aw_chev/savemoney/20110901&jumpid=hpr_r1002_uken

skintandscared_2

That is so helpful! Thanks Santer for the time and trouble taken to source those links. Much appreciated :T