Anyone recommend a good colour printer?

kscour

have two epsons - Photo RX600 & R300 running both on compatibles from ebuyer with no problem. There's two different "types" of printers (or so I've been told) one where the print head is part of the ink cartridge (can' work this out but I'm not going to argue) and one where it isn't - in short my epsons don't replace print head and therefore regardless of which cartridge you use eventually the quality will decline - so in short make hay while the sun shines and use compatible cartridges. I've found both printers to produce good quality printouts both text and photos

deanos

beany wrote:

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

Only £1 each here or as low as 89p when buying 10
http://northdevoncomputers.com/shop/index.php?cPath=123_241&osCsid=b679f9f488605c6f698ec629a35ffd65

Thats where i get all my ink from

punamulta

i have an epson C66, seperate ink cartridges and plenty of cheap 3rd party ink cartridges
means its cheap to run and good results, it doesn't sound like its about to self destruct either, like some printers.

kev_middleman

I would recommend going with an Epson. Of all the printers I've had, it's been by far the most reliable and easy to use. My old HP would let you know it had run out of ink by just printing on and on till you had a ruined photo or whatever. My Epson gives you a little warning and tells you what to do.

PC World are doing the Epson R200 for just under £60 [http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?page=Product&sku=605694&category_oid=-24818] which is a really good deal. 6 individual ink tanks, so you only have to replace the colour that runs out. Also, it prints directly onto CDs/DVDs with a little tray it comes with so that could be handy as well. I mainly use it for my band's demo CDs and the results look very good.

Proper Epson inks costs about £70 but I got the set of 7 (full set plus extra black) from UKDVDR [http://ukdvdr.co.uk/shop/product.php?productid=17644&cat=269&page=1] for abpou £5 and they've been fine and have lasted a few months so far.