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Old 04 March 2007, 02:47 PM
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Can anybody recommend a decent one of these as i,m looking to purchase one in the week,and how much is it going to cost me?

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I have a lexmark one and I'm not impressed. It is 3 years old, but it's now cheaper to replace the printer than the ink, and the quality was always poor. Even after I realigned the print head you could still see the joins between the print lines.

I've been looking around and seen them starting from about £60, but not sure of the quality at that price.
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I've got an HP PSC 1500. It cost me less than £50 from Amazon and it does the job.
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HP Photosmart C4180.
Even I've managed to get it photocopy and scan and I'm hopeless with printers. £100 about 3 months ago, can probably get it cheaper online.
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We have an epson rx520 ( something like that) and its been very good... uses alot of ink tho
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Like I said I have also been looking, not too seriously though but that is because I'm lazy....

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Do any of these you are recommending have memory car readers, and are they networkable?

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RX520 that i use has card readers and its networked using a belking wireless adaptor thingy

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RX520 that i use has card readers and its networked using a belking wireless adaptor thingy
Cheers, I just need to be able to plug it in to my router so I can print from both the PC and the laptop, I'll have snoop around once the kids go to bed.

Quality's good I take it
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Thanks for the feedback.
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Depends what/how much your printing.

For example, a Epson CX11N laser costs 1.8p per page black and 8p a page colour, but also costs £500 to buy. So you need to print alot of stuff for it to pay off.

Most inkjets buzz round 3p for black and between 20p to a whopping 45p per page for colour!

Cheapest to run are genrally Canon and Epson, with Brother not far behind due to cartridge prices.

Have a look here: TrustedReviews - Printers Index quite handy for checking running costs if your eyeing up a particular printer
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Originally Posted by Quatto
Depends what/how much your printing.

For example, a Epson CX11N laser costs 1.8p per page black and 8p a page colour, but also costs £500 to buy. So you need to print alot of stuff for it to pay off.

Most inkjets buzz round 3p for black and between 20p to a whopping 45p per page for colour!

Cheapest to run are genrally Canon and Epson, with Brother not far behind due to cartridge prices.

Have a look here: TrustedReviews - Printers Index quite handy for checking running costs if your eyeing up a particular printer
Thanks for that link mate.
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I got a Canon MP600 a couple of months ago and would definatly recommend it.




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