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| Thread ID: 90436 | 2008-06-02 23:56:00 | Printer Recommendations Required. | B.M. (505) | Press F1 |
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| 675122 | 2008-06-02 23:56:00 | After many years of faithful service my old Canon BJC 2000sp printer has died . Yep, the Print Head has cooked and a new one costs $80 so I figure it might be time to look at a later model printer . I don’t need a commercial printer as I would only print a couple of reams a year, mainly text in black & white . Hence I’m looking for recommendations . I want something that is good value for money, can print a good standard of colour, for the odd time I use colour and doesn’t run the most expensive cartridges on the market . To this end I’d like one that has individual cartridges so I can fill my own . Yes I know a lot of people are against filling their own cartridges but I’ve been doing it for over 10 years using the Calidad Ink supplied for the specific printer and never had one problem . So what’s the consensus of opinion? :D |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 675123 | 2008-06-02 23:59:00 | Do you want a printer by itself? Or a printer, that includes a scanner / fax / copier?? As in an MFC? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 675124 | 2008-06-03 00:15:00 | Primarily a Printer Speedy, but if it comes with extras that don’t cost the earth that’s fine. I understand some of the combination types can be troublesome? :confused: |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 675125 | 2008-06-03 00:36:00 | Latest Consumer Mag recomendations. Inkjet Printer Canon PIXMA ip4500 $179 HP Officejet Pro K5400 $350 Multi Function Inkjet Canon PIXMA MP970 $499 Canon PIXMA MP610 $399 Canon PIXMA MP520 $250 HP Officejet Pro L7580 $599 :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 675126 | 2008-06-03 00:38:00 | Canon. The first one Trev recommended is good, I'd recommend going for a MP500 series one, the 500+ models go through less ink, and will be cheaper in the long run. Very nice printers too. I haven't seen any more issues with MF printers than straight Inkjet. Not that there are many issues with any printers anymore, apart from people dropping stuff in them! :p Best ones recently have been un-popped popcorn, a dead fly, a whole pencil, a leaf and a drawing pin. :thumbs: So as long as you use genuine consumables and don't drop stuff in it, it will be fine! :) |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 675127 | 2008-06-03 03:34:00 | yeppers. I have a MP510 canon scanner,printer, copier. And it works well. Print very nice colour prints and reasonably quick for coping b&w. We haven't had any problems with it. Cheers, Vic. |
han308 (7457) | ||
| 675128 | 2008-06-03 07:36:00 | I have a Pixma ip3000 and it's been brilliant does photos and cd's has dual trays for different paper and the software is easy to use | gary67 (56) | ||
| 675129 | 2008-06-03 08:13:00 | Today have purchased a Epson CX8300 MFC from Harvey Norman Ltd at special price of $169, installed ok and appears to work perfactly. |
Slim (4633) | ||
| 675130 | 2008-06-03 08:20:00 | Depends on what you want - I have a Canon Pixma iP8500 for printing photos, and a old Canon S750 (only prints B&W these days) for general printing of things I want to read. I use (particularly in the iP8500) Canon ink - I'm after good production here and I get it. I also use Canon paper (and have a couple of Canon digi cameras). :clap |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 675131 | 2008-06-03 09:27:00 | I have a HP Photosmart C3180 that we got for around $100. Its a MFC with printer, scanner and copier. Very fast and economical to run and excellent software (albeit bloated) |
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