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Please recommend a printer /scanner
steve m - 9/5/12 at 11:02 AM

My old cannon printer BJC250 has died and we would like to get something more up to date,
This is for household use, not buisness

It has to be user friendly

to scan, copy, print, photos as well

good on printer cartridges,

cost up to about £150

anything else i shoud be aware off ?

So, what do you guys use, and recommend

regards

steve

britishtrident - 9/5/12 at 11:15 AM

Unless you do a massive amount of printing £35 HP printer scanner from most super markets will do the job reliably. Just make sure it is one that accepts XL cartridges. ie usually 300xl or 301xl

Ink saving tip leave it on 24/7

MikeFellows - 9/5/12 at 11:19 AM

what will you be printing?

if its photos stick with inket printers, the quality compared to colour laser (in your price bracket) is much better

if its mainly letters and home work, consider a cheap colour laser, they are much cheaper to run long term, however you do pay a lot more for toner cartridges initially, though cost per page is always less

I dont know much about the £150 range, i only really ever see £1k+ printers so cant really recommend you much

Mike

steve m - 9/5/12 at 11:21 AM

Home printing letters etc, but more importantly copying, and probably even more use will be photos

steve

Hellfire - 9/5/12 at 11:35 AM

I've just bought one of these;

Canon Pixma MG3150

Great bit of kit for the money. When the ink cartridges run out, I'll probably sell it on e-bay and buy a new one..........

Phil

[Edited on 9-5-12 by Hellfire]

Agriv8 - 9/5/12 at 11:56 AM

quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Unless you do a massive amount of printing £35 HP printer scanner from most super markets will do the job reliably. Just make sure it is one that accepts XL cartridges. ie usually 300xl or 301xl

Ink saving tip leave it on 24/7


Thats what we have done we have the wireless one copies Scan and prints. cartridges are expensive but last reasnobly well.

Quallty good excelent on top quality paper ( HP advanced again ££ ) though it is slow on top Quality

we leave opurs on 24/7 and let it go to standby

regards

Agriv8

[Edited on 9/5/12 by Agriv8]

me! - 9/5/12 at 04:55 PM

I got one of these:

Brother-something-or-other

Mainly because of the price of these:

Cheap-o cartridges

Prints + scans nicely and hooks up to the wireless without an issue. Although I'm not sure of the benefits of wireless scanning, as I have to walk over to put the original in anyway!

tompat3463 - 9/5/12 at 05:00 PM

I would reccomend a kodak...
very cheap ink compaired to most and no qualty loss.

pictures print as good as photo labs

Al

dhutch - 9/5/12 at 06:47 PM

Ive got a separate scanner and printer, but ive been very happy with my Canon, bought from there referb store on ebay.


Daniel

ReMan - 9/5/12 at 06:55 PM

Such as....
Canon PIXMA MX350 Inkjet All-in-One Printer (Refurbished) (4960999658032) | eBay

ReMan - 9/5/12 at 06:55 PM

Such as....
Canon PIXMA MX350 Inkjet All-in-One Printer (Refurbished) (4960999658032) | eBay

steve m - 9/5/12 at 08:13 PM

Thanks guys, i seem to have a few avenues to go down now
Cannon, Kodak (defunct company though)
Im off to Tescos later so will see whats on offer

steve

sdh2903 - 9/5/12 at 08:32 PM

Had a kodak and it was crap. cheap ink but didnt work long enough to use it. When it came back repaired it was in even worse state. I replaced it with an epson and its superb. the ink isnt much dearer than the kodak either.