Family Printer (Wi-fi)

chocolatepennyfarthing

Current all in one printer on last legs. Looking to replace with a new all in one printer (print, photocopy & scan). Ideally want a Wi-Fi one which is compatable with Iphone/Ipad so that I can print direct from them as well as our normal pc. Printer will get reasonable usage for homework/letters and exam papers but is not going to be used for photos.

Can anyone recommend a good quality, reasonably cheap model.

Many thanks

dawn27

we bought ours from Tescos for around £40 works with all the things you mentioned it was an Epson sx440w but i couldnt see it on the website. They have a similar wifi printer at £45 143-6309

Fosterdog

Most printers will do what you are looking for these days, even the budget ones, although the easiest I've found for setting up using for tablets and phones (particularly iPhones/ipads) are the HP ones. I've had more issues with dropping connection etc. with epson and canon but HPs have always worked seamlessly for this.

securityguy

Brother MFC-J4410DW. I had a load of Nectar points so got it from Argos free, but they're not wildly expensive elsewhere.

It duplexes, supports wireless and wired ethernet, does Airprint for your iDevices, the paper feeds from the long edge so you can (with care) print A3 and the scanning is comprehensive. The one it doesn't do, which the Lexmark it replaces did, is "scan this document and email the result to so-and-so" autonomously without needing a computer, but that's a relatively niche requirement. It supports direct scanning to Dropbox, Google Drive and Skydrive, which is fulfils roughly the same requirement.

The ink appears to last forever. I've rigged up some instrumentation to monitor consumption, and we didn't have to replace the initial black cartridge until after 550 pages (they state clearly that the ones in the initial package are lower capacity than the ones you buy). The first black cartridge we actually bought (a "high capacity" one) has been less than half consumed in the ensuing 700 pages.

We don't print photographs, so we got 800 pages out of the initial yellow and just over a thousand pages out of the initial cyan and magenta; your mileage will vary. The replacement cartridges have barely been used, obviously.

The black cartridge therefore looks good for the 1200 pages they claim, and as they cost under £12 the cost is around a penny a page for black and white, less than 3p per page for colour. That's not laser-cheap, obviously, but it's not bad.

The duplexer is noisy but sound, it feeds reliably even with cheap paper and the paper tray holds a couple of hundred sheets. And it works cleanly from OSX, too. I'm impressed.

chocolatepennyfarthing

Thank you for great responses. The Brother one is a bit more than I was expecting to pay. Like the look of the Epson printer that Dawn27 mentions (and price!) but notice that people are mentioning cannot always print from iPad/iPhone, Securityguy you mention AirPrint do I need to get one that has this facility to ensure that I can print from my iPad/iPhone. Looking at the HP office jet 4620e would appreciate any advice re suitability of this.

securityguy

chocolatepennyfarthing wrote: »

Securityguy you mention AirPrint do I need to get one that has this facility to ensure that I can print from my iPad/iPhone.

Yes. No Airprint, no iDevice printing. Full stop.

mummyroysof3

I am also looking to replace my printer with a wireless one that can work with my iPad so this thread has been very helpful.

chocolatepennyfarthing

Think we are going to go for Epson Xp 405, seem to do everything at good price and reviews.