Does anyone actually buy a new printer every time they run out of ink?

rach_k

Could you get the original cartridges refilled or do it yourself?

stator

Baby_Angel wrote: »

Every time I wanted to print on my Canon InkJet Printer, the ink had just run out or dried out completely. It only took 2 weeks between prints for this to happen. Fed up I bought a cheap B/W Laser printer for £50 :-) Still using the starter cartridge and printed past 300 pages and still going strong. I have said my goodbyes to ink cartridges (original, compatibles and refills) forever !!!! If you don't print everyday, but want the printer to work when you want it, Laser printer is a good one. The original laser toners for my one cost the same as the ink cartridge.

I agree, I did the same thing. I had a Kodak Inkjet and had to clean the heads every time I printed, wasting 1/4 of the ink. Decided to dump it and buy a Laser printer instead, now it works perfectly and I didn't even have to change the toner for over a year, because I don't print much. Luckily I got a Dell Colour Laser Printer for £60 but they don't sell them that cheap anymore.

googler

I use a Canon, once or twice a week, and never have any problems with carts drying up or similar. Use genuine Canon carts.

Unless you can get the same model of printer every time, buying a new printer for the ink will result in having to go through software and driver installation each time ....

Strider590

Usually the cheap printers cost more to produce than the retail price.

Cheap printer = expensive ink
Expensive printer = cheap ink

[Deleted User]

If I need an occasional print I use the one at the library, it's 10p a sheet, so I doubt I've spent enough to cover the cost of buying a printer yet.

esuhl

I select a printer based on the price of compatible cartridges on eBay. I've never had any problems with them being recognised.

My printers have cost around £30 to £50 each, and I don't think I've paid more than about £1 to £1.50 per cartridge.

InsideInsurance

My old epson I used to use compatibles with. Never any issues with cartridges being recognised but colour reproduction on photos sometimes could be fairly off. Fine for printing documents etc but more problematic for photos.

As others have said, buying a new printer each time will work out expensive, subject to what the resell value of the old one will be, as most dont come with full cartridges and with some printers the setup/ charging the system can use up a fair bit of ink too.

Jennifer_Jane

Just done this - was so fed up with my Epson and, as the OP says, always doing nozzle checks, head cleaning and so on. So when a cartridge last ran out, I went to Tesco and bought an HP 1510 non-wifi for £29. The cartridges are about £8, and there are just two - one Black, and the other for the colours. And today the cartridges were on an Amazon Lightening deal, so managed to get one a bit cheaper too.


I so love the new, smaller, streamlined, very simple, easy-to-use printer over the Epson. I don't do much printing, it's usually just the odd black and white sheet of typing, so not bothered whether it's good quality or not.


It did come with starter cartridges (3 ml for black and 2 ml each for the colours), and in fact, I've just bought a spare black starter cartridge, and I'll see how long that lasts. The larger cartridges are, according to the reviews, 9 ml.

Coveredinbees!!!!

I bought a constant ink system, ink seems to last forever.

chunter

The compatibles must still work for most people. Still plenty of outlets to buy them from.

I too wouldn't be keen on the wireless printer. This thing of printers being able to upgrade their own software from the internet regularly definitely can't be good for those using compatibles.
However, if I remember when I last installed a wireless Epson printer, there is an option while installing to disable these sneaky updates.