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Printers - Need Advice

I am hoping I have put this in the right direction and someone can help.

We need a new printer at home which will be used by a student, 2 work from home individuals and for personal use also. I was wondering if anyone could suggest a good printer that doesn't not require frequent ink replacements, has fast printing and has really good scanning facilities as we scan all our mail on a daily basis to reduce paper all over the place and to save space.

We go through a box of paper in a year so not that much printing but this would possibly increase in the next months.

Hopefully we don't want to spend more than £300 excluding ink. We were looking at the following;
  • HP M476DW
  • SAMSUNG C1860FW

Has anyone had experience with these two printers or can you recommend any?

Many thanks in advance,

R
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  • macman
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    I'd suggest a mono laser printer with scanner, rather than an inkjet, assuming that you don't need colour.
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  • Rose123
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    Ideally I would prefer with colour but I will have a look
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  • ManAtHome
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    edited 22 October 2015 at 10:26PM
    Colour laser if you don't need photos - you can get them around £100, plenty of choice.
  • Moneymaker
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    My friend has a printer/scanner combo. When it runs out of any colour ink, it won't scan!
    Frankly, I wouldn't dream of buying a combo. If one goes wrong you've lost both functions.
    I use a Brother HL-3040CN colour laser printer and an Epson Perfection 4870 photo scanner. Both obsolete now but probably cheap second-hand off eBay.
  • C_Mababejive
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    I have always bought HP printers. I think they are the right balance of quality and value. They are well supported and the consumables can be had at fair prices. I currently have a HP wireless mono laser which does very nicely.
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  • jbainbridge
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    Officejet 8620 from Ebuyer. £60 cash back and 3 year warranty. We have one, a little bulky but works really well. Ink cartridges are larger so better value and I buy cheap ones off eBay!
  • GT60
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    Spending my time reading how to fix PC's,instead of looking at Facebook.
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