recommend a Canon printer please

soolin

I have an old Canon MG5750 printer that I am very happy with, it takes 5 different  ink cartridges and I buy generic ones quite cheaply and they last forever. However it has started printing badly, missing out lines and ignoring some text altogether- it also appears to have stopped recognising that paper is inserted unless I keep reinserting the paper with some pressure..

I've done a full reinstall (twice) changed all the ink, just in case, done several deep clean programmes and I cannot make it work properly and having spent so much time faffing around with it have decided to buy another. I would prefer a Canon as it has always allowed me to use generic cartridges - I've reviously had an HP which gave up after a year as it recognised generic ink, and the hP before that just stopped working .The problem is that the new Canon range seem to be less available with generic ink - and all use expensive 545 or 546 inks rather than all the different colours.

is that the way to go or doe ssomeone have any recommendtions please. I need one urgently as I cannot print my boarding cards for my upcoming holiday - so looking at something probably from Argos or Amazon that I can have delivered or collect tomorrow . I also want it simple, I print from my PC, I scan and copy- I don't do anything else - I even have a dedicated label printer already for my ebay items.

Thank you

bengalknights

go for a colour laser printer

Xerox and Brother have plenty of generics that work with them, newer HP ones are cheap to buy but generics have not come out yet so expensive to refill

wongataa

If you don't need to print in colour then a cheap black and white laser printer is a lot better value than an inkjet.  The toner will last for a long time, they print faster, and there is no ink that dries up or print heads to get clogged up.

soolin

wongataa said:

If you don't need to print in colour then a cheap black and white laser printer is a lot better value than an inkjet.  The toner will last for a long time, they print faster, and there is no ink that dries up or print heads to get clogged up.

I do need colour - I don't print a lot but when I do I occasionally use colour.

soolin

I am looking at other makes currently- it now seems my choice is almost non existent anyway as all I keep seeing is 'not in stock'.

victor2

If you need inkjet, I have an old Epson one which takes compatible cartridges and works fine. It's an XP-342, was relatively cheap but is discontinued now. However, it looks like you can still use compatible cartridges with the current XP range.

If you print photographs, inkjet can give better results than laser, but otherwise it could be worth considering laser printers as suggested above, especially monochrome ones.

soolin

victor2 said:

If you need inkjet, I have an old Epson one which takes compatible cartridges and works fine. It's an XP-342, was relatively cheap but is discontinued now. However, it looks like you can still use compatible cartridges with the current XP range.

If you print photographs, inkjet can give better results than laser, but otherwise it could be worth considering laser printers as suggested above, especially monochrome ones.

I've probably only printed 3 photos in 5 years so not a necessity. I may have to bite the bullet and buy a Canon knowing I will have expensive ink - I've found one in stock at John lewis that seems to do everything I need.

maisie_cat

I would echo going with a laser printer, we took the plunge after lots of inkjet printers had problems. they were cheaper to buy but the problems quickly eroded any advantage.
We simply didn't use the inkjet enough and replacing inks, cleaning the head, replacing the head was an expensive and fruitless exercise. The laser printer HP colour LaserJet pro M277 we've had for about 5 years is still on it's first set of proper inks.

victor2

soolin said:

victor2 said:

If you need inkjet, I have an old Epson one which takes compatible cartridges and works fine. It's an XP-342, was relatively cheap but is discontinued now. However, it looks like you can still use compatible cartridges with the current XP range.

If you print photographs, inkjet can give better results than laser, but otherwise it could be worth considering laser printers as suggested above, especially monochrome ones.

I've probably only printed 3 photos in 5 years so not a necessity. I may have to bite the bullet and buy a Canon knowing I will have expensive ink - I've found one in stock at John lewis that seems to do everything I need.

Then a black and white laser is seriously worth looking at.

The odd photograph you want to print can be done cheaply online, or even at a copy shop.

soolin

Thank you everyone for your thoughts- I have bought a small Canon that is coming tomorrow evening so will be in time to print my boarding passes and to complete my last few things I need for work.

I suspect if I hadn't been desperate I may well have spent longer researching models and types - but I hadn't reliaed that the issue of non availability was so rife, so all my initial research yesterday went to waste as soon as I tried to actually buy anything!

getmore4less

2 years of work from home did not help printer supplies