All-in-1: Printer/Scanner/Photocopier

Somerset

Perfect timing - guess what I'm getting O/H for Christmas now ?

Infidel

chunter wrote: »

http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?page=Product&sku=538222

Epson Stylus DX7450 Printers All in One

£50 pick up in store.

Price cartridges with http://www.mx2.com

Sorry, just found my old thread (thought it had vanished), so may as well post here.

Was that £50 in store pick up a limited offer as it's coming up as £80 now.

free4440273

I have absolutely no idea why Lexmark printers get such harsh criticism (OP) . I have a Lexmark E120N b/w laser printer and the build and print quality is exceptional. Anyhow, there are some decent reviews here, including a Lexmark

rotti1967

I have the Epson Stylus Photo RX520 and it lasted 5 months but that was the scanner part but i got a replacement and the compatible cartridges only cost £5 a set.

This is the risk you take buying a PSC but i love them.

JeandePierre_2

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Dells. They sell good peripherals (I'm using a 10-year old Dell keyboard, monitor, and mouse to write this!)

I recently bought a Dell Photo 928 All-in-one for about £75. The printer is fine, but the ink is too expensive; the scanner is not good quality and the driver is really lousy, in my opinion. When printing at the draft/fast setting it rattles about and is noisy.

I'm not saying you shouldn't buy one, just that it has these problems.

f1charlie

How about the Canon MP210 at Amazon?

£41 delivered, then you get £20 cashback - there can't be much cheaper than that!

Infidel

I should really add that as i'll be doing a lot of low grade black + white printing. The ink life (and price of) is probably the biggest concern at the moment.

misterthrifty

f1charlie wrote: »

How about the Canon MP210 at Amazon?

£41 delivered, then you get £20 cashback - there can't be much cheaper than that!

Looks a great buy but will it be another throw away deal? I can't see any cheap replacement inks around so the Canon one's will cost more than the price of the printer, about £27 for the 2 at the moment.

Infidel

misterthrifty wrote: »

Looks a great buy but will it be another throw away deal? I can't see any cheap replacement inks around so the Canon one's will cost more than the price of the printer, about £27 for the 2 at the moment.

Yeah, that's the kind of point i was making.

As i will be doing lots of printing, it's not really worth buying a good printer at a good price if the ink is really expensive.

That's why i thought epson might be best, but then again i don't want to fall for the 'cheap ink con' in another way, by getting a printer that locks up even when the inks aren't totally out.
Worse still, one that renders the scanner useless just because one of the inks is low.

Imagine buying a car that won't start if the radio packs up :eek: