Which inkjet printer...
12 June 2005, 12:47 AM
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Which inkjet printer...
for about £60 is the best? The market seems to be flooded with models and all seem to be pretty much the same in specs.
I have been looking at the Epson Stylus Photo R200 as it seems to have some nice features for the money.
http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/hard...quicklinx=300M
Its for my parents so it wont be heavily used, just letters and the occasional digital picture printed out.
Anyone recomend anything better for the same money?
I have been looking at the Epson Stylus Photo R200 as it seems to have some nice features for the money.
http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/hard...quicklinx=300M
Its for my parents so it wont be heavily used, just letters and the occasional digital picture printed out.
Anyone recomend anything better for the same money?
12 June 2005, 01:12 AM
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Epson R200 is good for the money.In fact,you can get one from PC World of all places for £60.Most of the printers on their website either be delivered free OR collected from a PCW store and you then pay the webprice (Sometimes £20-£30 cheaper but remember to add it to your basket if you choose this option as it will then tell you if it's available for collection and issue you with some kind of reservation number)
If you can stretch to £80,you can get the R300 which seems to have been doing well when you read reviews on the web about it (I nearly bought one last week but decided to buy a Canon Pixma IP5000)
Talking of Canon,PCW are doing the IP3000 for just short of £65 on the web (Available to reserve on the web and collect in store at that price otherwise you pay £90 if you don't!!)
Final option for £80 is a HP 7762 which has a built in small lcd screen that allows you to print photos from a flash memory source without having a computer attached (You can see the photos on the lcd and choose which one(s) you want to print - I have that option on my Photosmart 7550 and it's very good,especially for her indoors!!)
Downside to them all is prices of ink,Epson and Canon have individual colour cartridges,HP has black,photo and tri colour which can be replaced quite often as I found mine very thirsty!! (Canon carts are probably the cheapest for originals)
Epsons can play up down the line if you use compatible cartridges all the time,normally the print heads fail,Canons have a separate print head which can be replaced if the compatible cartridges screw it whereas the HP has the print head built into the cartridges so every time you change the cartridge you get a new print head)
Pros and cons with all the printers really,but having owned all three of the brands over the years,I'd probably say to go for the Canon (Might be worth doing a search on the web to see what kind of reviews the 3000 has had)
Good luck
If you can stretch to £80,you can get the R300 which seems to have been doing well when you read reviews on the web about it (I nearly bought one last week but decided to buy a Canon Pixma IP5000)
Talking of Canon,PCW are doing the IP3000 for just short of £65 on the web (Available to reserve on the web and collect in store at that price otherwise you pay £90 if you don't!!)
Final option for £80 is a HP 7762 which has a built in small lcd screen that allows you to print photos from a flash memory source without having a computer attached (You can see the photos on the lcd and choose which one(s) you want to print - I have that option on my Photosmart 7550 and it's very good,especially for her indoors!!)
Downside to them all is prices of ink,Epson and Canon have individual colour cartridges,HP has black,photo and tri colour which can be replaced quite often as I found mine very thirsty!! (Canon carts are probably the cheapest for originals)
Epsons can play up down the line if you use compatible cartridges all the time,normally the print heads fail,Canons have a separate print head which can be replaced if the compatible cartridges screw it whereas the HP has the print head built into the cartridges so every time you change the cartridge you get a new print head)
Pros and cons with all the printers really,but having owned all three of the brands over the years,I'd probably say to go for the Canon (Might be worth doing a search on the web to see what kind of reviews the 3000 has had)
Good luck
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12 June 2005, 01:20 AM
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One thing I forgot to say is that my Canon is the most quiet out of all the printers that I've owned through the years (It has direct printing to cd/dvd and the results are excellent too!!!)
Couple of reviews below for you
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Couple of reviews below for you
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12 June 2005, 08:38 AM
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Go for the Canon IMHO. Proper ink tank monitoring, transparent tanks so you can check ink levels by eye if you need to, user replacable print head, individual ink tanks so you only have to replace the exhausted colour, nice software/drivers and easy set-up.
I have a Canon iP4000 and it's ace, much better than the cloggy Epson POS it replaced! HP, I have no recent experience of (*hugs LJ4*) but I understand their engineering quality is not quite what it once was.
I have a Canon iP4000 and it's ace, much better than the cloggy Epson POS it replaced! HP, I have no recent experience of (*hugs LJ4*) but I understand their engineering quality is not quite what it once was.
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I just bought an Epson R200 for £59.99 from pc world.
Just go to the web site and click on buy and select 'in store pick-up.
Save £20 on in store price but collect today!
Just go to the web site and click on buy and select 'in store pick-up.
Save £20 on in store price but collect today!
12 June 2005, 01:51 PM
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Cheers guys, didn't realise you could get the canon for the same money, I have one of those (not sure which model number) on my desk at work and it is a superb printer. I have had terrible trouble with my own Epson but its a few years old so thought the new Epsons may have got better but your right about the Canon's ink monitoring and also the thing that impresses me on the one at work is how well it keeps the heads clean.
Think the IP3000 is now top of the list Will check it against mine at work on Monday.
Think the IP3000 is now top of the list
Will check it against mine at work on Monday.
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13 June 2005, 11:31 AM
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I junked my Epson Stylus photo for a Canon, and it's miles better. I didn't use it that often, but I found that the jets on the Epson clogged up if I didn't use it for a while (only ever used original Epson ink), and even though it was only just over a year old, it started smudging, leaving lines across photos etc.
The canon is quicker, quieter, imo better print quality, and the ink is cheaper
The canon is quicker, quieter, imo better print quality, and the ink is cheaper
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Originally Posted by **************
OK I have the IP5000 at work, anyone know the difference (apart from cost) between the 3000 and the 5000?
13 June 2005, 11:45 AM
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Iain thats exactly the same as I have with my Epson at home. Its clogged so badly now that its not even worth trying to fix, the last time it happened it used a whole black cartridge just doing nozzle checks and head cleaning it needed that many to clear it 
I got to say though the HP Deskjet my Father is replacing is 7 years old and this is the first time its gone wrong. I would guess its not worth fixing, the paper feed light just permanently flashes even though paper is in there. I have had a look at the internals and followed HP's support page for the error and all seems fine although it does make a slight grinding sound when the cartridges move across. Guess for 7 years old its done pretty well!
I got to say though the HP Deskjet my Father is replacing is 7 years old and this is the first time its gone wrong. I would guess its not worth fixing, the paper feed light just permanently flashes even though paper is in there. I have had a look at the internals and followed HP's support page for the error and all seems fine although it does make a slight grinding sound when the cartridges move across. Guess for 7 years old its done pretty well!
13 June 2005, 11:48 AM
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Blimey, that is good for an inkjet . I think you'll find the new hp printers are not as well made though. I've heard of several people having similar problems as we've had with the Epson. They work well when new, but soon degrade...
. I think you'll find the new hp printers are not as well made though. I've heard of several people having similar problems as we've had with the Epson. They work well when new, but soon degrade...
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Originally Posted by **************
OK I have the IP5000 at work, anyone know the difference (apart from cost) between the 3000 and the 5000?
I've done a few CD/DVD label prints on mine at the weekend and I have to say the quality is absolutely spot on!!!!