Anyone recommend a good colour printer?

westernpromise

Selfexplanatory!

Need a cheapish printer for home. Have seen ludicrously cheap Epson printers for less than £30...what's the catch?

Anyone able to recommend anything? Or a particular supplier?

[Deleted User]

Mine is an all in one printer/scanner/copier - Hewlett Packard PSC 2355

It's very good. It was a gift however so I'm not too sure on price.

The printing is clear and quick, the scanning is fairly good and so is the copying.

Sput2001

Need a cheapish printer for home. Have seen ludicrously cheap Epson printers for less than £30...what's the catch?

The catch is probably the price of the ink refills, if you go with genuine originals rather than cheapo copies that is.

What are you looking to do with it?

westernpromise

Print off letters, the odd webpage, maps etc....

onedah

I have always had HP's printers which have worked very well but I recently purchased an Epson RX425 all in one Printer, scanner, copier, fax with over 5000dpi. I paid about £89 from PC World online and picked it up from store. The printer is excellent for photo printing and the ink in cheaper than HP ink and comes in four colur replacement cartridges.

I would deffo recommend this printer.

Sput2001

I've got the Epson Stylus C62, which is fine for everyday household stuff, although I use a separate photographic printer (the R300) for photos.

The C62 has now been superceded by the Stylus C66, or there's Stylus C46 if you want to spend a bit less.

Cheap compatible inks are readily available for both if you don't want to shell out for originals, although I tend to use originals for reliability/quality reasons myself.

Joannekerry

Ive just had the Canon IP1500, prints off excellent photos. Got it off Amazon for £40 (free delivery) but the good news is that the cartridges i bought, 5 black and 5 colour came to £17.96 delivered!

wb197

I use Epson c42ux costs about £30 now but Computer Shopper
in the last few articles recommends the Canon Pixmar iP3000 about £73
they recon its cheap to run hope this is of some use

whizzkid_3

can a photographic printer like the epson r300 do the same things as a normal c66 epson printer i.e it can print from the computer and not just photographs?

please help me to clarify this before i buy the wrong thing ?

thanks

beany

I have just bought Canon ip1000 from Amazon £30.67 free delivery, very pleased with it.

ink from here
http://www.discandink.co.uk/acatalog/canon_pixma_ip1000.html

Sput2001

can a photographic printer like the epson r300 do the same things as a normal c66 epson printer i.e it can print from the computer and not just photographs?

Yes, it can work from the computer just like any other printer - it connects via usb. It's probably not the best if you're doing mostly text, but should be ok. As far as ink is concerned it might be more cost-efficient to use something else, but that's just a guess...