Cranfield Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 I am looking for a reasonably priced printer/scanner/copier that can print from my PC, as well as stand alone. The choice seems to be overwhelming , with prices up to £200. Has anyone a personal recommendation for a suitable product , with hopefully cheap (bootleg if necessary) ink costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mick.j Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Epsom 'all in one for me' - Never had any problems but ink can be expensive?? Also some people think that the lower end models are 'slow'. Never bothered me as its for home use only Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 My son bought me a HP out of Tescos about 3 years ago, think it was about forty quid, its never missed a beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 My HP5520 was around £50 a couple of years ago. Cheap ink cartridges can be purchased. Does all I need it to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyshooter Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 I am looking for a reasonably priced printer/scanner/copier that can print from my PC, as well as stand alone. The choice seems to be overwhelming , with prices up to £200. Has anyone a personal recommendation for a suitable product , with hopefully cheap (bootleg if necessary) ink costs. Hallo Mr Cranfield, I have an Epson SX415 I used it a lot for business, invoices etc. still going strong now I'm retired, ink from "Inkcredible", e~bay, cheep as chips. The printer was a replacement from the Epson model prior to the SX415, prints, scans, copies, was about £80. I personally would not hesitate to replace it with Epson's upgrade, well happy. P.S. will work as stand alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyshooter Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Hallo Mr Cranfield, I have an Epson SX415 I used it a lot for business, invoices etc. still going strong now I'm retired, ink from "Inkcredible", e~bay, cheep as chips. The printer was a replacement from the Epson model prior to the SX415, prints, scans, copies, was about £80. I personally would not hesitate to replace it with Epson's upgrade, well happy. P.S. will work as stand alone. Sorry forgot ink; 3 x colours and two blacks times 6 = 30 cartridges £14, printer takes 3xcolours and 1x black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oliver90owner Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Monochrome or colour? Laser every time if monochrome. I've worn out two Brother mfc's in twenty years. SWMBO has gone through nearer ten ink jets in the last fifteen years. Cheap toner. Only downside is the colour angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) My HP does all that but the inks are expensive I'm afraid and I have two kids still at school. If I couldn't claim it all back I'd be getting something else. Edited March 11, 2015 by Scully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Which ever you choose, my advice from very sad experiences over the years is never buy re manufactured cartridges? Every time I have done this the printers of various makes have ended up scrapped within a couple of months. Currently running a Canon MG3200 with no problems using a second set of Canon cartridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trowel 7 Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 My son bought me a HP out of Tescos about 3 years ago, think it was about forty quid, its never missed a beat. x2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzashadow Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 I've had an hp,lexmark and Epson and i have stayed with Epson because the dpi is higher than any other single ink cartridges, so if one colour runs out you only have to replace that one colour only downside is you can`t use any old photo paper in them you have to use Epson or be very careful what you buy but the finished photo is unbelievable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisondan Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 I work in sales for an IT distributor for these sorts of products. Look at the Epson Workforce range, they have some very high-yield inks available which are very good value for money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 iv got the epson stylus SX435W.LIKE IT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Whatever you buy work out running costs based on genuine cartridges. Drill and fills won't give anywhere near the print quality, it is often quoted but with inkjets the cartridge is a huge percentage of the technology involved in the process. The rest if the printer is just the to move them about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobba Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 I have a Brother 385C which has worked tirelessly over many years doing the sort of tasks you require. Now superseded by Brother MFC J470DW. I chose it because it came complete with "Paperport" software which allows you to prescan and then crop selected pieces of a doc and then drag and drop it into an Optical character Reader icon to convert to a word doc format. Very useful facility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted March 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Thanks very much for the response, I now have some recommendations to research further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 My son bought me a HP out of Tescos about 3 years ago, think it was about forty quid, its never missed a beat. Ive had the same one HP for the last couple of years it blue toothed to my PC so no cables and the ink is cheap... think i paid about £38 from Pcworld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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