donut
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| posted on 28/12/06 at 01:13 PM |
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All-in-one Printer recommendation
Can anyone recommend a decent all in one Printer/scanner/copier for my Mac. I have about £80 to spend but wondered if any of the £50 - 60 ones were
any good.
cheers
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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MattCraneCustoms
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| posted on 28/12/06 at 01:16 PM |
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I always used Epson, but then thought I'd try a Lexmark for a change. Im using the all in one Lexmark X3480, seems great, only 1 cartridge,
which is cheap, lasts long enough, and the printer was only about 30 - 40. I think however now you can buy an even higher model for similar money, so
I can definately recommend it. Good scanner quality, good print / copy quality.
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donut
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| posted on 28/12/06 at 01:42 PM |
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I have always had a problem with lexmark as i felt they were of poor quality. May have a look as they are very well priced.
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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Jasper
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| posted on 28/12/06 at 01:45 PM |
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I've got two Canon Pixma's - bit more money, but great pieces of kit - they do excellent printing to CD/DVD too.... very happy with them.
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 28/12/06 at 01:51 PM |
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Epson?
Lots of lovely Epson printers at PcWorld ,Purley Way yesterday, they where doing the RX560 for £99 which does it all inc cd printing, if you dont want
cd printing you can get one from about £59
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1954220260.1167313787@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccciaddjkfkhlegcflgceggdhhmdgmj.0&p
age=ProductList&category_oid=-24820&show_all=true#EPSON:0:300 ageNo_0:SortOrder_DOWN
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donut
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| posted on 28/12/06 at 02:00 PM |
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Cheers boys, looks like a trip to Purley Way.
The Canon's do come out best in a Mac magazine i have so worth looking at plus they are apparently cheap to run!
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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rayward
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| posted on 28/12/06 at 02:56 PM |
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I;ve had an epson cx3200 for three years now with no problem, not sure if they still sell that model though.
Ray
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Tim 45
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| posted on 28/12/06 at 04:37 PM |
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Canon pixma mp450 is the one ive got...suberb clarity...and has card reader and screen built in..picked it up for £84 from scan.co.uk
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RazMan
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| posted on 28/12/06 at 04:51 PM |
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I would avoid Lexmark - my one went bang (literally) last week and I won't be replacing it. I'm getting an HP all in one from PCW for
about £50.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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donut
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| posted on 28/12/06 at 05:18 PM |
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I have always had HP but wondered if others were better. I'll have a trip to PCW and Curry's as they are nest to each other.
Cheers
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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britishtrident
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| posted on 28/12/06 at 06:41 PM |
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HP every time if you can stretch to it the PSC2575
Epson only really good for workhorse dot matrix printers
Cannon -- Inkjet endless problems with clogged nozzels, laser printers are fine.
Lexmark -- good but SOHO printers are very slow.
Brother very very good soho laser printers, I haven't tried the inkjets.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 28/12/06 at 07:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Epson only really good for workhorse dot matrix printers
Can't agree with that. Our last printer was a Photo 700 which we had for years before giving it to a friend when we got an R200. Both produce
stunning photo prints, the R200 was superior to the equivalent Canon at the time of purchase.
The ONLY problem we have noticed with Epsons is their tendency to clog the heads if they are used infrequently, and this is greatly worsened by third
party inks.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 28/12/06 at 08:13 PM |
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I've just got a HP 2575 - very impressed with the print quality. Only real downside is the cost of ink... but I don't use a lot anyway.
Big selling point for me was its direct connection to my ethernet router.
David
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