Cheap printer with cheap cartridges?

Ramz_3

Hi, i'm looking for a cheap printer which would obviously use cheap and possibly even refillable cartridges. What should I be looking for, apparently Epson have cheap cartridges but I have no skills when it comes to printing.

Help?

(btw, I have a Lexmark which's ink retails for about £35 each right now, so i'd rather not go with them)

Moss5

http://www.comet.co.uk/cometbrowse/product.do?sku=336858

niceguyrichy

try and find a Canon PIXMA iP1000 , they cost nothing to buy, and if you shop around you can pick up refills for a pound or two each (last lot I bought; pack of 6 - 3 colour, 3 b&w, worked out at £1.60ish each)

smudger1964

Moss5 wrote: »

http://www.comet.co.uk/cometbrowse/product.do?sku=336858

I dont know what you mean by cheap though I have this printer and i am happy with it the cartridges are about £12 is that what you mean by cheap?

mbamick

Ramz wrote: »

Hi, i'm looking for a cheap printer which would obviously use cheap and possibly even refillable cartridges.

Hi Ramz.
You don't specify a budget mention you mention "cheap printer", but you are right to consider the whole life cost of a printer [i.e. initial purchase price plus 3 years of consumables].

Take a look at the Epson R265, here.
http://svp.co.uk/products-solo.php?pid=2014&prepg=1

Thye printer would be £52.99 plus P&P, and compatible cartridges can be bought for £1.37 each [or £7.59 for a complete set].

I have had the R200 for 3 years now [having switched from Lexmark too], and I've used compatible cartridges from SVP and UKDVD, and I've only had praise for the printer. There are alternative printers, but I like the option of printing onto my DVD / CD backups, to give them a better look.

Good luck
Mick

Moss5

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/default.php?cat=2&type=2010&man=14&filterwords=&comp=HP+Deskjet+F380

letsbehonest

I have a canon i250 and I re-ink the cartridges myself kits available from jrinkjet.com

thor

niceguyrichy wrote: »

try and find a Canon PIXMA iP1000 , they cost nothing to buy, and if you shop around you can pick up refills for a pound or two each (last lot I bought; pack of 6 - 3 colour, 3 b&w, worked out at £1.60ish each)

I have been thinking about getting a printer for a few weeks now and ideally would have wanted canon's ip4000 or ip3000 or any of their slightly older models which don't use chipped cartridges. Unfortuantely they are hard to get hold of now and the newer generation such as the ip4300 do use chipped cartridges which I believe require a bit more work to get the compatibles fitted. Someone can correct me but the new compatible cartridges need you to take off a chip from an original and slip it onto the compat. This will invalidate your warranty and leave the software unable to determine when the ink is running low. Neither of these will be a big problem as the printer is cheap anyway and you can always guess from the prints when the ink looks like it is going to run out.
Can anyone with chipped canon printers confirm that what I have said is true. I am on the verge of buying an ip4300 as apart from the chipped cartridges the printer itself is getting good reviews.