Whats The Best Printer To Buy?

daz69kay

HI THERE, I WANT TO BUY A COLOUR PRINTER. NOTHING FLASHY, I JUST WANT THE CHEAPEST INK FOR IT. I WILL BE USING LOTS AND LOTS OF COLOUR AND BLACK INK CONSTANTLY.
ANYBODY KNOW OF CHEAP PRINTERS OR WEB SITES? AND ALSO GREAT PRICES FOR INK ???
THANK YOU :beer:

Shimrod

What do you want the printer for? Mainly photos or is it colour documents? Do you want to print A4 or larger?
When you want cheapest ink, is that for genuine cartridges or compatibles?
If compatibles, Epson printers seen to be best for this - http://www.scan.co.uk/ sell very cheap compatible cartridges that I've never had any problems with. Stay away from Canon printers - not because they are bad, but no one is able to copy the chips on the cartridges, so you have to transfer the chip from an original cartridge to the compatible, which is as hassle if you are getting through a lot of ink.
You could consider a continuous ink system - I have these now on all three of my printers - have a look elsewhere on this forum for more info - search for CISS. I've bought mine from https://www.9to6.ie and https://www.cheapprinterink.co.uk. I've found the latter one to be better, and I'm going to replace the one from 9to6 with another one of their systems - both canon printers.
I've also tried refillable cartridges from efillink, but they didn't work in the printer, although they have had a lot of good reviews for their CISS - have a search on the web for them.

icefall

or have a look at this thread

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=592595&highlight=brother+printer

wisper

you would prob be best sticking with an epson printer as these usually have cheap carts

greyteam1959

Go for a printer with 3 individual colour cartridges and a black cartridge.....will work out cheaper in the long run

sukysue

We bought the epson r 360 (may be a different model and price now though) at 80 quid and pay for cartridges from ebay at 6 quid for the 6 replacement ones the printer is brill I would not recommend it otherwise .

MoonCake_2

I have a hp photojet which takes 3 different types of cartridges and as Mervyn said, it works out cheaper in the long run. I did at first buy the hp ones but the last lot I got were in Tesco (own brand - tells you on the packet which models it fits) and it was half the price. From memory about £12 a cartridge I think.

abr

i have just bought a canon ip4500 from pcworld £61
they did a price match plus 10% of the difference
i did have an epson r220 which has just packed up
only had it a couple of days but first impressions are good:D

dice99uk

abr wrote: »

i have just bought a canon ip4500 from pcworld £61
they did a price match plus 10% of the difference
i did have an epson r220 which has just packed up
only had it a couple of days but first impressions are good:D

This may seem like a silly question but how did u get the price match?
I've had my eye on one of these, i was going to get from ebuyer for £63.53,
i would rather pick one up from pcworld than wait for delivery.

abr

@dice99uk

pcworld offer price match +10% of the difference

ebuyer and amazon have the canon ip4500 @£63.68
i phoned number given on pcworld web site, offering the price match.
they checked which store had it in stock nearest to me ... junction 9.
they worked out the price @£61.05

my daughter picked it up the next day (saw the assist manager)
no problem:D

dice99uk

Thanks abr, i'll give it a go