Printer for University

Smidster

Afternoon all,

I am in need, fairly urgently, of a printer for university. It would be primarily used for printing documents so only a basic model is required.

Any suggestions? bearing in mind I am operating on a student budget so the cheaper, both in terms of model and inks etc, the better.

Many thanks

neil_woods

Plenty of lexmark printers out there going very cheap for £20, have seen some go £9.99. But the cartridges are not the cheapest.

Best bet would be to go for a cheap epson printer, something like the stylus D92, around £30 & get compatible cartridges very cheaply

michealk

Yep, Lexmark seem to be selling at good prices recently. How about this Printer/Scanner/Copier for £25?
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/118462

Vomityspice

I'm also at Uni........ however, the advice I would give you is buy a laser printer! Why do you think that your uni has no ink jet printers????

They are only slightly more expensive to buy than an ink jet i.e.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/103045

At £46 +P&p. However, the extra expense will be quickly recouped as your not paying £20 per 200 pages, rather you can just buy laser toner (it's all the same stuff!) off ebay. £10 for 20,000 pages. I have the same printer and after one year at Uni (thousands of printed pages), I'm still using the toner that came with the printer.

Here's the link for toner

http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=samsung+toner

or specifically

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SAMSUNG-ML-2010-ML2010-ML-2010-REFILL-LASER-TONER-x-2_W0QQitemZ280070848097QQihZ018QQcategoryZ3747QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

Reggie_Rebel

I'd go for a laser as well.

I've installed four or five of these at work and not had a call about any of them.

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=3MBR&CategorySelectedId=11113&PageMode=1&NavigationKey=11113,42390000,41320000

foreversomeday

Check this thread for the best economical printers hunt

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=6491195#post6491195

BritBrat

Cheap mono laser.

Samsung ML2010 printer £44.63 inc vat

I would think you can but DIY refils for less than £10.

I have an older version and only done a refill once in about 2 years and sometimes I think the wife and kids are printing books with all the paper they keep using.