i need a printer.

jeanna_2

hi,
the heads on my epson cx3200 have dried up and i'm told i need a new printer. i paid £96 about 4 years ago for mine but i don't want to pay too much for a replacement.does anyone know if this printer is any good.
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.202-1416.aspx.
thanks for your help.

totalsolutions

Well, it's cheap and out of stock.. Do you need to print everything in colour and then thrown away? I prefer b/w laser for high speed and quality prints at a throw away price. Colour prints can be brought at tesco for 7p each.

You can run away with inkjet costs running into hundreds of pounds over the life of the original cost of a printer. At the price if it goes wrong you buy another and another... it's your money, but really think what you want to do with the output.

gardner1

jeanna wrote: »

hi,
the heads on my epson cx3200 have dried up and i'm told i need a new printer. i paid £96 about 4 years ago for mine but i don't want to pay too much for a replacement.does anyone know if this printer is any good.
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.202-1416.aspx.
thanks for your help.

have you tried the head cleaning cartridges on the epson

jeanna_2

no gardner i haven't tried that

jeanna_2

totalsolutions i know it's out of stock but it's in my local tesco. what one do you suggest.

cheepnis

Constantly amazed by the £2 printer...
All-in-one with cartridges = £27
New cartridges = £25

If the cartridges are just caked - a quick wipe with a wet piece of kitchen roll does the trick for me.
If they are empty and the printer still works - try some compatible cartridges @ about £15.
I have had some success with those messy refill kits - but if they've already dried up, forget it.

Set the printer default to GREYSCALE as some will use colour anyway with B&W..!

Hope this helps

jeanna_2

i am not getting anything when i print. i was getting pink only from the colour but i changed the cartridges and ran the head cleaning a couple of times done a nozzle check and i am getting nothing on the paper when i print..

smileyjohn

Don't buy the HP printer, the cartridges are one colour with about 5ml of ink in it - that is divided into three different colours. You can see the sort of prices you will pay here at HP 21 Ink. Stick with Epson because you will generally be able to get hold of compatible cartridges for them.

Tesco Homebase stores had Epson printers at about £29.99 over the weekend, but please don't buy the HP!

totalsolutions

jeanna, I need a laser and suggest you do to, thats my suggestion.
I repeat again in case you missed it the first time.
"Do you need to print everything in colour and then thrown away? I prefer b/w laser for high speed and quality prints at a throw away price. Colour prints can be brought at tesco for 7p each.

You can run away with inkjet costs running into hundreds of pounds over the life of the original cost of a printer. At the price if it goes wrong you buy another and another... it's your money, but really think what you want to do with the output".

cheepnis

jeanna wrote: »

i am not getting anything when i print. i was getting pink only from the colour but i changed the cartridges and ran the head cleaning a couple of times done a nozzle check and i am getting nothing on the paper when i print..

Not good - but before I'd buy another printer...
I would test the new cartridges by rubbing them along a wet rag.
I'd expect 3 lines of ink from the colour and probably 2 from the black.
If they are ok, I'd use electrical contact cleaner on a swab to clean all the contacts, includng those in the print carriage.
If there's still nothing, maybe then I'd give up.

jeanna_2

is it worth trying a head cleaning cartridge?