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| Thread ID: 123484 | 2012-02-28 00:43:00 | What printer for general use. | Bryan (147) | Press F1 |
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| 1261854 | 2012-02-28 00:43:00 | I have a Canon MP170 printer at present. It is a mutifunction but I am very disollusioned at its poor usage of ink. I do not print much, maybe 50 pages a month tops! When I replace the two cartridges, one black and one colour it seems that I get an advice within two to three months that the ink is low. Can anyone advise me of any multifunctioned printer, black and white would do, that has a long print life for its cartridges. At present the two Canon cartridges cost about $100 and I am getting heartily sick of having to pay this out every three months. I do have an Epson stand alone scanner that I could use to scan into the computer and then maybe use a laser printer to print the copy from the PC. Do laser's allow you to print from a hard copy or does it need to be from the PC? How do the ink toner prices compare? |
Bryan (147) | ||
| 1261855 | 2012-02-28 00:48:00 | Its possible there is nothing wrong with the usage of ink. The inks will evaporate over time once they have been installed, with or without usage. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1261856 | 2012-02-28 01:05:00 | Buy the cheap Brother laser that is on special everywhere at the moment :) | Zippity (58) | ||
| 1261857 | 2012-02-28 01:06:00 | You can often get cheap lasers for around $100, buy one instead of a set of cartridges and use it for 3 months and see how it compares? Toner tends to cost a lot more than ink but last a lot longer also, price per page is generally quoted as cheaper on laser. Not sure what you mean by print from a hard copy sorry. I print so little my ink dissappears before I get around to using it - either dries up or evaporates, so I use cheap aftermarket inks instead of the proper ones. They save a lot of money and if my printer has problems I just throw it away and get another one. They are pretty cheap unless you buy the fancy models. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1261858 | 2012-02-28 01:22:00 | I'm not sure but I wonder if I have a sheet, say an invoice or the page of a book that I want to copy, will a cheap laser allow manual printing of that or does the printer only copy something that is on the computer? | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1261859 | 2012-02-28 01:30:00 | Like you, I got sick of the high cost of ink so I bought a cheap Brother laser ptr. I have a stand-alone Canon scanner and that came with the Canoscan software that allows you to, amongst other things, scan and print. So, yes, with the right software, you can scan to a laser printer. Check if Epson has the software to do this. |
linw (53) | ||
| 1261860 | 2012-02-28 03:50:00 | Do you wait for the ink to run out? Mine will go for 2 - 3 months, after the warnings. Canon Pixma iP1600 - about same use as you, and last at least 7 months. I bought this July 2006 and are only now on my 8th set. CL41 & PG40 | Peter H (220) | ||
| 1261861 | 2012-02-28 06:19:00 | Same cartridges and yes I do wait until they run out. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1261862 | 2012-02-28 18:55:00 | I anold HP l7380 9 (3years or so) deskjet all in one and that prints about 700-900 colour/black pages with the ink only costing around 18.00 for colour and 24.00 for black originals | PeterQ (16315) | ||
| 1261863 | 2012-02-28 22:49:00 | Been using lasers since 1996. Cheaper and we don't need color .. As for manual copying. Get the multifunction lasers then. Or you could just get a separate scanner but that needs a computer - bootup and then use the software etc ... |
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