Olivetti all in one printer at Argos £29.99 any good?

Don'tskipit

I'm looking for a simple printer.
New Argos cat. on line has an Olivetti all in one for £29.99. Can't see a model no.
Has anyone got one? Are Ollivetti any good?

I was going to go for the HP deskjet 1360 ,Argos again, at £19.99 - is that any good?

bobbarley

I find you usually ALWAYS get what you pay for. every printer I've had that cost less than £100 has broken within a few months.

The Epson I use at the moment has been going strong for over 2 years now though!

Don'tskipit

Ta bobbarley (near neighbour!), but i've had 2 Epsoms and neither lasted more than a year. I know what you mean by 'you get what you pay for' but have learnt from other purchases it isn't always the case.
I just want a 'cheap' printer 'cos that's all I can afford at the moment:o

[Deleted User]

I bought the HP C3180 from argos just before xmas, got to say i'm quite impressed about the quality for the money. Scanning is ok once you fiddle with the settings a little and print quality is good and rather quick.

I've yet to buy refills.. hope i can find a nice online place for those

bobbarley

Don'tskipit wrote:

Ta bobbarley (near neighbour!), but i've had 2 Epsoms and neither lasted more than a year. I know what you mean by 'you get what you pay for' but have learnt from other purchases it isn't always the case.
I just want a 'cheap' printer 'cos that's all I can afford at the moment:o

Yeah I hear ya. another thing to check before you make a purchase is what will your residual costs be? the printer is cheap, but how much are ink refills going to be later on?

withabix

Unless they've changed recently, Olivetti printers are basically just Lexmark printers inside different plastic cases.

I'd sooner go for an HP with 343 or 363 series Vivera inks.

wayne

i,ve got an epsom c62 that,s about 5 years old now and have no problems with it.i can get both black and colour cartridges for less than 7 quid for the two.

Twinny99

ringo_24601 wrote:

I bought the HP C3180 from argos just before xmas, got to say i'm quite impressed about the quality for the money. Scanning is ok once you fiddle with the settings a little and print quality is good and rather quick.

I got this yesterday and so far am very pleased with it....:T :T

Don'tskipit

withabix wrote:

Unless they've changed recently, Olivetti printers are basically just Lexmark printers inside different plastic cases.

Thanks for that. I won't touch Lexmark - ink prices!

donny-gal

I've an Olivetti all-in-one, works fine if you can find, and buy the cartridges. Free to a good home!