What printers do other students use?

luke3787

Hi all

Just wanting to know what printers other students use.

Laser printer or ink?

which is the best?

regards

GoldenShadow

Surely this depends largely on your degree and assessment requirements?

I just use a bog standard £30 printer that was on offer in Tesco because I don't need anything better and my university printers are abysmal.

luke3787

GoldenShadow wrote: »

Surely this depends largely on your degree and assessment requirements?

I just use a bog standard £30 printer that was on offer in Tesco because I don't need anything better and my university printers are abysmal.

Is that an ink or a laser printer?
and how offer do you refill?

GoldenShadow

luke3787 wrote: »

Is that an ink or a laser printer?
and how offer do you refill?

Its going to be really subjective depending on your degree and personal requirements...

Me personally, I use about two black and 1-2 colour ink cartridges per year. It is this printer, as basic as I could find:

http://www.tesco.com/direct/hp-deskjet-2510-all-in-one-printer/493-4964.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=493-4964

Florasaurus

I have an HP Deskjet 1000. I think I got it for about £20 from Staples, I've used 3 sets of cartridges in 2 years with it but I'm studying Engineering so I print quite a lot of notes out. It's an inkjet, I don't tend to print out anything that needs to be absolutely pin point perfect so I don't need a laser printer.

My boyfriend has an HP Deskjet 1050 which is the same printer but with a built in scanner. I would say go with that one!! A lot of submissions are done online now and it's a lot easier to scan your workings in than trying to write your working on MS Word. That was about £40.

Ink-wise if you get a staples reward card then that gives you I think 5% off ink (don't hold me to this) and when you give them back your used ink cartridges then you get £1 off your next ink cartridge.

Hope this has helped

JacksterD

I've got a Canon Pixma MG5450. If you just need basic black and white printing then your cheapest option will be a cheap inkjet with third party inks - but I really like my printer because I tend to print more photos than documents in a year, and it does a fantastic job of both. It also works with my iPhone and iPad.

rev_henry

Get whatever the cheapest printer is that you can get 3rd party cartridges for (aim for around £1 a cartridge). That tends to mean the models which aren't quite the brand new range.

I have a canon I got secondhand for about £25 on ebay at the beginning of my degree almost 3 years ago and its fine. Barely uses ink (I print a lot), carts are cheap, has a scanner etc...

Jessie11

Depending on your course, you might not need one.
I study english and creative writing and its far cheaper for me to print on the campus library printers at 5p a sheet for the amount I need.

wintersunshine

You can't beat a Kodak printer. The ink is really cheap and the print quality outstanding.

fishybusiness

Dell 1320c laser.

£24 for a full set of toners, 2 students in the house, 3 children using the printer. Colour & B/W.

Been running nearly 4 years without a hitch, very happy.

nimbo

I have an Epson - it scans and copies also - it's around three years old now. It cost me £50 (half price at the time at Tesco).

I paid a bit more for the printer knowing that I could get cheap cartridges for it on-line at Amazon....

My previous inks were £17 for a single black - I can now get two full sets and an extra black for less than £10....

It's an ink jet which is fine for me - but probably not so for a media or art student....

You need to figure out what is best for you, but do factor in the price of inks, as this will impact the overall running costs eventually...