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| 303697 | 2004-12-16 04:23:00 | We are printing about a dozen and a half pages or text a week. Our old dinasor has finally bit the dust and has to be replaced. Can anyone suggest a good replacement. |
Joe Blogs (35) | ||
| 303698 | 2004-12-16 04:31:00 | Cannon and hp have printers for under $100, IMO these would be the best in the basic printer section. Check out what type of catridges they take to see if new ones come with new printheads, unlike Epson. New heads on the cartridge means you will waste less ink cleaning the things over the life of the printer. Look at the price for replacment cartridges, but not realy going to effect you with the amount of printing you do. |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 303699 | 2004-12-16 04:33:00 | Automatic head cleaning cycles can get very expensive with inkjets. It might be worth considering a laser if you don't need colour. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 303700 | 2004-12-16 06:39:00 | Cheapest Canon I would suggest. Bye |
Peter H (220) | ||
| 303701 | 2004-12-16 06:43:00 | i've got an HP psc 1315, and it's quite a good printer, but since it does color and scanning it might be overkill. it's good quality so i'd say a more feature-less model would be good. or even a laser if black & white only as has been said | Edward (31) | ||
| 303702 | 2004-12-16 07:42:00 | Hi I was just looking on the dick smith site they have a cannon printer on clearance for bout $48 down from $88 Cannon Printer @ DSE (www.dse.co.nz) | Overdrive_5000 (4950) | ||
| 303703 | 2004-12-16 07:48:00 | Hi I was just looking on the dick smith site they have a cannon printer on clearance for bout $48 down from $88 Cannon Printer @ DSE (www.dse.co.nz) Probably have to drive 100 kms and waste a couple of hours to find out where exactly the product is. Not worth it I tell ya! Have a look on PriceSpy (http://www.pricespy.co.nz) for the cheapest deals. If you don't print often, then cheap is good. Edit: Epsons/Canons/HP are all very good brands. I'd personally avoid Lexmark. |
~sy~ (95) | ||
| 303704 | 2004-12-16 08:34:00 | More background information would make suggesting a 'good replacement' easier... How much do you want to spend? How old is your PC? Does it have a USB port? What sort of paper do you use? Do you print in colour? Does the text need to be high resolution, smudge/water proof? Are your printing needs likely to change? I am biased towards laser printers for text. Generally they are quieter, produce better output, and cost less per page. However the upfront cost is higher, particularly for colour. Hope this helps |
bachelorno1 (6556) | ||
| 303705 | 2004-12-16 09:12:00 | More background information would make suggesting a 'good replacement' easier... Hope this helps I perhaps should have named the title "Best basic budget printer". All we are really looking for is a very basic printer for printing a few documents a week. Colour is not important. We have an xp machine. Looks like the low end canons could do the trick. |
Joe Blogs (35) | ||
| 303706 | 2004-12-16 09:18:00 | Yep, Canon, HP, Epsom. They'd all be pretty much the same on low volume. If you were printing more and with colour, I'd say avoid HP for the cost of the cartiridges, although they do have the print head on the so you pay for that with each new cartridge. It's the ink they make their money on, not the printer. I've paid for my $300 HP about ten times in 18 months, then it goes and gets snotty with me :rolleyes: |
Murray P (44) | ||
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