Printer thats cheap to run?

moromir

I'm probably after the holy grail here but I need to buy a new printer and I'm looking for something reasonably priced to run (consumable wise).

It must be colour and I would like to be able to scan with it too.

I would consider laser and inkjet.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

HappyMJ

Well I can only recommend the one I bought and the inks can be replaced individually for less than £1 each colour. I have (what is now an old model) a Epson 515W. Scans as well. Ink cartridges lasts about 100 pages so about 1p/page for black and 4p/page for colour. Photo printing will cost a quite a bit more.

debitcardmayhem

moromir wrote: »

I'm probably after the holy grail here but I need to buy a new printer and I'm looking for something reasonably priced to run (consumable wise).

It must be colour and I would like to be able to scan with it too.

I would consider laser and inkjet.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

Do you want to print lots of photos(inkjet) or just presentations(laser) , and what do you want to scan(Photos or Documents{b/w or colour photos or colour docs}). Some multifunction boxes are not the best choice at the low end of the scale. Assuming you want low running costs it makes a difference on your usage , I would prefer a scanner + a printer if one dies then the other is still there.

moromir

debitcardmayhem wrote:

Do you want to print lots of photos(inkjet) or just presentations(laser) , and what do you want to scan(Photos or Documents{b/w or colour photos or colour docs}). Some multifunction boxes are not the best choice at the low end of the scale. Assuming you want low running costs it makes a difference on your usage , I would prefer a scanner + a printer if one dies then the other is still there.

I probably wouldn't be printing photos on a regular basis (cheap deals online for those).

I'd just like one box that does everything space wise - parents are local so I can always nip home and use theirs if mine dies and theres something urgent.

I'd mostly be printing letters, emails, coupons, the odd photo or building plan here and there, maps, directions (its hard when you start trying to think what you use it for!).

Scanning I sometimes do historical photos (for my family tree online), documents, etc. I'm not too worried about it being a fabulous scanner, dad's a graphic designer so again I can always nip home and use his fancy scanners if I need high res photos doing.

yangptangkipperbang

ANY printer that will take this.....................

http://www.cityinkexpress.co.uk/

interstellaflyer

I'd say get a Brother machine like a DCP-J140, prints, copies, scans and will via an app print from Smart Phones iPads etc, compatible cartridges are comparable to epson compats in price yet have a lot more ink in them, another bonus is that the cartridges for these machines don't have a chip so the machine does not know you are not using original cartridges.

paddyrg

moromir wrote: »

I probably wouldn't be printing photos on a regular basis (cheap deals online for those).

I'd mostly be printing letters, emails, coupons, the odd photo or building plan here and there, maps, directions (its hard when you start trying to think what you use it for!).

I'd suggest rethinking if you really want colour - if you want cheap to run, you really want a mono laser, just black cartridges to change and toner cartridges last a lot longer than inkjet ones (which are priced as if filled with unicorn tears). Letters, emails, coupons, building plans, maps, directions will all work pretty darn well in mono, then use your parents or the online photo place for printing photos