Printer scanner

MouldyOldDough

I need a new printer/scanner

My old Epson has seen better days

I need one that will take 3rd party cartridges - and is also not too expensive to run or buy

What is recommended ?

Newcad

Check your local charity shops, my current one (Cannon Pixima) cost me £5 from an Age UK shop.

New ones seem to be tied into ink deals or as you say OEM cartridge limitations.

forgotmyname

Cheap to buy usually means harder to use aftermarket cartridges.  Cat and mouse between the manufacturer and the aftermarket
ink suppliers.

Lookout for ink tank bargains, you can put anything you like into those.  Get them to print a nozzle check and make sure its a current date
and see the number of printed pages.

Struck lucky on an Epson inktank where they bought several printers for review and decided not to use this one. Only used 1/4 of the tank
and the original bottles still had ink but it needed a deep clean to get a clean test print which used up the excess ink in the bottles.

I did buy genuine bottles, £70 for a set of 6 but as I said the printer does not know what your putting in there.

spile

I can recommend the Epson Ecotank. The bottles last a couple of years and are very reasonable. Quality and reliability are excellent.

Bigphil1474

We've got an HP 5510 which we've had quite a few years now. Keeps soldering on. We've put all sorts of ink cartridges in and not had a problem. Great for remote printing and scanning too. It's currently in the back bedroom but connects and prints fine.

MouldyOldDough

What about an Epson XP 2205 from Argos £39.99 ?

What is "readyprint flex?"

Compatible ink is available for this - https://www.prink.co.uk/epson-xp-2205-ink-cartridges.php  - £10 for full set

MouldyOldDough

I have decided on an Epson WorkForce WF-2960DWF @ £89.99

Compatible cartridges are cheap and plentiful

the only issue with it - is it FAXES !

Neil_Jones

MouldyOldDough said:

I have decided on an Epson WorkForce WF-2960DWF @ £89.99

Compatible cartridges are cheap and plentiful

the only issue with it - is it FAXES !

Well don't use the fax part of it then.

There's no obligation to use every part of a piece of hardware.