Looking for a colour printer

aj9648

Just wondered if anyone knew of any current good deals on colout printers.

Ideally looking for wifi enabled. But not sure if I want a inkjet or laser jet. Just using it for home use

Thanks - any suggestions appreciated

enfield_freddy

yup this is a good deal http://www.scan.co.uk/products/kyocera-ecosys-colour-laser-printer-p7035cdn-35ppm




now perhaps you might give a hint to your budget , and the number of pages being printed in colour/monochrome per week etc

Brand_X

Laserjet is expensive and produces lower quality results than inkjet, but they are great if you print out a lot of pages. Consumer grade inkjet printers are ALL terrible. You simply will not find one that works properly, not one. They do not exist, you'll have more luck hunting for the Loch Ness monster.

aj9648

Lol - sorry. Max 150 ish. Pages printed is not industrial scale. Kids homework mostly

enfield_freddy

when I was young we used crayons ,


buy in bulk and save money

Collabora

i suggest a simple Epson such as http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3214532.htm would do and it is cheap on inks through ebay

RumRat

enfield_freddy wrote: »

when I was young we used crayons ,


buy in bulk and save money

I still do................They won't allow me anything else in here...:eek:

Big_Graeme

Brand_X wrote: »

Laserjet is expensive

Not really, page for page they will beat many inkjets.

Brand_X wrote: »

and produces lower quality results than inkjet,

Depends what you are printing, an inkjet will very beat a good laser for text.

Brand_X wrote: »

Consumer grade inkjet printers are ALL terrible. You simply will not find one that works properly, not one. They do not exist, you'll have more luck hunting for the Loch Ness monster.

A huge generalisation, there are a good number of consumer inkjets and lasers that produce very good results.

aj9648 wrote: »

Lol - sorry. Max 150 ish. Pages printed is not industrial scale. Kids homework mostly

Have a look at a cheap laser, you'd be at a level where a small laser would start to make sense, as an added benefit you prints won't run if they get a little damp.

Brand_X

A huge generalisation, there are a good number of consumer inkjets and lasers that produce very good results.

If only.. I must have bought more than a dozen printers over the years, and every one has been a malfunctioning pile of plastic. I've got a b&w SP100e laser printer, and at less than £25 I cant complain, it mostly works most of the time but it's a bit glitchy and freezes every time on start up - opening and closing the cover usually gets it going.

I'd love to find an inkjet printer that works, but no amount of care and maintenance makes any difference, and nor as far as I can tell does using "genuine" ink rather than generic or refill.

mart44

I expect everyone's experience of printers varies. Mine is that inkjet printers are OK while working but all go wrong with one thing or another after a few years.

However, some that work well are fairly inexpensive now. Our HP Envy 5532 wireless scanner/printer cost about £90-00 and works well. Had it for about 18 months now. A Canon printer we had cost £250 and it went wrong sooner than that. Wouldn't pay more than £100 for a printer for that reason. Keep the cost low and perhaps expect to buy a new one once in a while.

There is another option for printing colour photos in the home. This is a Dye-Sub printer. We've had a Canon Selphy ES1 for years now. This prints straight from the camera. Photos can be edited to a degree as well (zoom in and crop). Postcard size prints work out at 28 Pence each but the quality is generally better than and inkjet printer gives.

Another option to look into anyway.

robatwork

The Canon Pixma range are often in best buy charts - I have one and would recommend.