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Just being nosey but what sort of printer do you use at home and why?
what are the good and bad points .?

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I have 3 printers all HP they do very good photos but ink is very expensive

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I use a HP desktop 930c which fortunately is the same as one of yours, so my ink cartridges are very cheap, when I call round your place for a brew, I swop my empty cartridges for your full ones Mick!

:D

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We use an Epson Photo R200 The ink is a lot cheaper than HP. The photo's it prints are excellent and it prints directly onto CD/DVD's as well.

I also have a HP 990c which doesn't get used anymore as the ink is a stupid price, it prints on both sides of the paper which is very clever.

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I have an Epson c44 as i know they do last & are a good make, i had a lexmark for less than 1 day & took it back cheap to buy but inks were not included & thats where they make their money on expensive ink, with my printer its so cheap on ink cartridges ;):D

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Epson Photo 830. Excellent photo quality, very reliable & cheap cartridges (£4 black, £6 colour). I also use "Inksaver", brilliant little program.

http://www.inksaver.com/

:)

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i thought i was going through a lot of ink less and there is me shouting at Anne to stop printing all them pics out:(

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You should definately have a look at that inksaver program. You can set the levels to suit your requirements. I usually set both black & colour at 25%. You really can't tell the difference in the quality, but you definately notice how much longer your cartridge lasts. It's got a free trial evaluation period with it also. After that you'll have to purchase the registration code, or download the serial from another site (not that i'd ever do that really, lol).

:)

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I have a full version of it somewhere i used to use it but dont bother now

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well mines a lexmark z22 not been to bad while ive had it but ink is really expensive def will not chose lexmark again so im quite pleased you started this thread mick it will give me some ideas of what to go for when i upgrade pc

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Epson R300, same a s 200 but with card reader built in, tried all kinds of printers but never found one as good as the R series, even takes cheap refils with good results.
Had this about 2 year now with no trouble - touchwood
When its time for a change I will be going for another Epson, prob an R1800 which is an A3 printer with same ink technology as the 300

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I've got an Epson and an HP. Of the two I prefer the HP.

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Mines an Epson Photo stylus 915 had if for a few years. Inks not too bad it depends on how many photos i print.

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Sometimes it is cheaper to buy an Epson printer when the ink runs out on your Lexmark. You could probably buy a new Epson and a set of spare cartridges for less money than 2 sets of cartridges for the Lexmark giving you the same thing in effect, you then save money every time you need more ink.

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ive 2 epson's 1 is the c44 the other which suzi-q uses is the c 42
both work perfect .......but im after a photo printer next ....(when ive had my little holidays thats creeping up)

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I have got HP Deskjet 3745 which came free with the computer. Have had over a year and it's just starting to run low on colour ink!!

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You've obviously not got kids like mine printing things willy-nilly. :)

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I have a HP 1210 PSC.....I bought it because I had previously had an Epson which was a pig of a thing....it would break down at the drop of a hat...and this was at a time when I needed it for course work. I vowed and declared that I would never have another Epson. My HP isn't too expensive for ink......I buy my cartidges over the internet and only buy them when they are on offer...like 2 for the price of one.....I buy HP compatibles and they have something like 3mls more ink in each cartridge.....that may not sound a lot but I find it works out well for me.

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I've just been & bought 2 new ink cartridges for my printer. What a bargain £5 for the pair (1 black & 1 colour), or £8 for 2 black & 2 colour. PC Cellular on Blackburn Rd, opposite Willows Lane.

I'm looking for another cheap Epson printer at the moment, has anyone got any suggestions please?

:D

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Personally I don't use a printer at home. If I have a letter or anything I print it at work (but even this is very rare). Any photos I just walk into Garth Dawsons with teh memory card, select what I want printing and go back 20 mins later. Quality pics that you won't get out of a home printer for pennies each. It really isn't worth messing about at home

IMHO I would never bother getting a home printer, you can get stuff printed far cheaper and better quality at the professionals

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I hardly ever use mine either. I'm looking for another one for my Niece's though.

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we have an epson photorx425 and its good but its £20 for the ink but it does last a while

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Most of us can't do hat so have to have a printer.

What is the cost for those Ian and what size are they?

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You should have a look in PC Cellular, they're really cheap for ink.

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I have a lexmark at the mo but i really want a cheaper epson. Ink for the lexmark is just too expensive!!

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I've been looking around on the internet & a few local shops. The cheapest Epson is about £45/50.

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Well Anne got a Epson 240 Printer for her 50th Birthday thanks to Accyweb members .
It take 4 ink cartridges so i Went for a walk down blackburn road and all the computer shops that sell them said it would be £8-£10 a set about £2 each which is a lot cheaper than the 1 cartridge for her HP which was anything upto £40

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One thing to note though, the printers that have expensive cartridges are because they include ths print head on the cartridge so you effectively get a 'new' printer each time you replace them. The cheaper ones have integrated heads so teh quality will degrade over time, then its new printer time.

You pays your money and takes your chioce.


As for MH, a lot of places will print letters etc for you, you really don't need a printer for teh odd one, if you do a lot then fair enough, as its once is a blue do-dah for me its not worth it.

Prices in GDs vary on what size prints you want, IIRC, 6x4s for over 100 piccys is about 7p each (Yes you can get them slightly cheaper elsewhere, this normally takes a day or two ) TBH I prefer to support my local independant camera shop who is able to advise me when I need help with something. so much so I'm waiting for my new camera, Canon EOS 400D, from GDs as opposed to going and getting one from an internet supplier, price is within £20 and I know he'll spend time with me if I need to know how to do something or if I'm making a mistake he'll explain what I'm doing wrong.

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I love my EOS. :) I've always loved Canons anyway.

For a good quality photo I'd get it printed by GD but I do write plenty of letters (mostly to school for various assorted reasons.) and the girls always have something they need to print out for homework so we'd be lost without one (or two);)

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thanks will do

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have tried the rest but find EPSON the best of the bunch,I have been using an R200 for printing my backup discs for two years and have had no probs(yet).but I do get my ink fairly cheap.

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Yes I agree. I use a C46 that came free with the PC but can't complain about the quality or the cheap price of replacement cartridges.

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Cheapest printer to run,if you do a lot is Samsung laser aprox £ 200 quid inc vat to buy but forgrt about ink for 3 years you can buy them at a plce on network 65 these do photo printing to a reasonably good standard,lexmark do the best photo copying but the ink is dear and the ink monitor is a liar,wait till it dooes not print at all before replacing cartridge, for general printing Epsom are the cheapest ink wise 2 quid per cartridge or 8quid for all4anyone wanting any info on samsung pm me they are the cat's whiskers more so if you have kids doing homework the cheapest is 107quid pls vat complete with all toners saved me a fortune