What printer?

[Nobbylad]

Need a new colour printer and thinking about colour laser instead of ink. Saw one recently but can't remember the make which looked pretty good on toner use vs. the ink on normal inkjets.

With the price of replacement ink cartridges, it's almost cheaper to buy a new printer everytime the ink runs out!

Anyway, printer will be used for bog standard homework/documents that don't require massive dpi, however the odd photo may also be included.

Other bonus features would be scanning/copying and bluetooth/wireless connectivity.

Oh...and cheap as chips obviously! ;)

[Balky001]

I just got a Samsung CLP 320. £75 from Amazon. Very pleased with it. When it runs out if ink it's a toss up between getting the cartridges and getting a new one still but my inkjet used to clog up if not used regularly which made it more expensive than the laser.

[andrewsmith]

lazer if you do a silly amount of printing

[Nobbylad]

Don't do a silly amount of printing, but looking for something that is relatively low cost per page, good quality and preferably WiFi.

We have a Dell All-in-One 944 at the moment, which does a reasonable job of scanning, copying and printing. Ink is about £20 a cartridge (1 x black, 1 x colour), but I'm struggling to get it working with Win7, even using Visa drivers (no Win7 drivers available).

[andrewsmith]

I would look at a networked unit if you can plug it into your Wifi router they're a tad cheaper.

[SoulKiss]

Don't do a silly amount of printing, but looking for something that is relatively low cost per page, good quality and preferably WiFi.

We have a Dell All-in-One 944 at the moment, which does a reasonable job of scanning, copying and printing. Ink is about £20 a cartridge (1 x black, 1 x colour), but I'm struggling to get it working with Win7, even using Visa drivers (no Win7 drivers available).

Why do you need wifi? you move your printer around a lot?

[wyrdness]

Why do you need wifi? you move your printer around a lot?

It's useful if your printer is in a different room from your computer. I always print wirelessly.

[Nobbylad]

Why do you need wifi? you move your printer around a lot?

It's useful if your printer is in a different room from your computer. I always print wirelessly.

So everyone in the house can print from their p.c's/netbooks/laptops.

There's probably a canny way of using Windows sharing to allow everyone to use the printer, but that probably relies on the main p.c. being on where the printer is (which isn't always the case).

[andrewsmith]

Is your router near to your printer?

You can always wire it into it give it a fixed IP (ending 99 or something very high).
Set the print driver to network mode and do it that way.

My works printer is networked (i don't know why TBH as I'm the only user) and has a static IP.
The theory always goes that you could send something to home/ work to print off

[SoulKiss]

It's useful if your printer is in a different room from your computer. I always print wirelessly.

So everyone in the house can print from their p.c's/netbooks/laptops.

There's probably a canny way of using Windows sharing to allow everyone to use the printer, but that probably relies on the main p.c. being on where the printer is (which isn't always the case).

Most printers have wired-LAN these days, so as long as the printer is close enough to plug into your router it doesn't need to have its own wifi :)

Was only sanity checking as everyone seems to think that everything needs to be wireless these days, when a wired connection is STILL the best option in most cases.

[BigBaddad]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kodak-ESP5250-Wifi-Wireless-Printer/dp/B002MROEMY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310987675&sr=8-1

we have this one...decent enough and at a good price.....cheap ink too.

[Nobbylad]

Is your router near to your printer?

You can always wire it into it give it a fixed IP (ending 99 or something very high).
Set the print driver to network mode and do it that way.

My works printer is networked (i don't know why TBH as I'm the only user) and has a static IP.
The theory always goes that you could send something to home/ work to print off

Sadly not, the router is in the living room (which is an ironic term of reference as no-one is allowed in there as it's her 'good' room).

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kodak-ESP5250-Wifi-Wireless-Printer/dp/B002MROEMY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310987675&sr=8-1

we have this one...decent enough and at a good price.....cheap ink too.

Ooh...looks good, replacement ink £20 for both colour and black together and appears to be Win7 compatible...is this the case do you know?

Thanks for the input guys.

[BigBaddad]

Sadly not, the router is in the living room (which is an ironic term of reference as no-one is allowed in there as it's her 'good' room).



Ooh...looks good, replacement ink £20 for both colour and black together and appears to be Win7 compatible...is this the case do you know?

Thanks for the input guys.


Yep, we run win7 on our pc and 2 laptops, prints wirelessly from each. Ink is cheap, does decent photos.

[flymo]

I bought a Canon printer recently, wifi and inkjet with reasonable prices for carts. The quality is superb.

I'll get the model number when I get home.

Mike

[DJFridge]

Xerox Phaser 6280 (which sounds more like a StarTrek accessory I know) is what I bought for our office. Pretty good all in, cartridges aren't the cheapest but it does a lot of sheets on them so not too bad. Quality is pretty good on standard paper, doesn't improve a lot on photo paper though - for really crispy photo printing you still need a decent inkjet. Canon Pixma iP2702 isn't bad for under £50 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-4800x1200dpi-resolution-Borderless-Printing/dp/B0036ORDSO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311003214&sr=8-1). Then pick up a wireless print server for less than £50 and off you go. Simples.

[Nobbylad]

Cheers Mike - I ordered the Kodak one above, however can still cancel if required. If you pass me the model number I'll gen up on them both.

P.S. How are you fixed to help me change my fork oil and change brake fluid this weekend ;)

[Nobbylad]

Xerox Phaser 6280 (which sounds more like a StarTrek accessory I know) is what I bought for our office. Pretty good all in, cartridges aren't the cheapest but it does a lot of sheets on them so not too bad. Quality is pretty good on standard paper, doesn't improve a lot on photo paper though - for really crispy photo printing you still need a decent inkjet. Canon Pixma iP2702 isn't bad for under £50 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-4800x1200dpi-resolution-Borderless-Printing/dp/B0036ORDSO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311003214&sr=8-1). Then pick up a wireless print server for less than £50 and off you go. Simples.

Which bit of 'cheap as chips' did you not understand!?!?!?! :shock:

:smt005

[DJFridge]

Oops, sorry, the "cheap as chips" bit, obviously!! There's a Kodak that looks like the sort of thing you're after, I'm surprised nobody's..oh..hang on...good call BBD

(mutters to self, must read posts more carefully, look like **** otherwise, mutter, mutter......)

[Nobbylad]

lol...no worries fella....lol

[Viney]

I dont have these problems. I have a Xerox DC252 sitting a few feet form where i sit at work. I have a cheap HP at home that i use with a mono cartridge only installed for the odd letter.

Home printing is the most expensive form of printing that you can do bar none cost per copy wise.