My printer just died! New one advice?

[227 BHA]

My Canon Pixma multi-function jobbie has just died on me after 7 years or so of faithful service and haven't got a scooby as to which model to replace it with.

I have spotted these 2 -

Canon PIXMA MP560 Wi-Fi Ready Premium All-In-One Photo: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics Photo

Epson Stylus Photo PX710W All In One 6 Colour Photo: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics Photo

Both have excellent reviews. Any of you guys have one of these or can advise on something better for around the £100 mark?

Cheers

 

[Jamie_Seagull]

Paid 40 quid for an EpsonSX215...from tesco's...its fantastic
Photocopies, scans, built in card reader, the lot!

 

[Johnny Crumplin Football]

Got an Epson jobbie too and it really has done the business.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

The good news is that they are very cheap nowadays , the bad news is the getting hammered for replacement inks.

 

[The Sock of Poskett]

Inks tend to be cheaper on Epsons ...

 

[Springal]

I've got the Canon, top printer and cheap ink. Generally the less you pay for printer, the more you pay for ink (most times cheaper to buy a new printer than ink)

 

[vegster]

I had a HP printer and it was very tempremental... I literally threw it in the tip (quite rewarding watching it splatter) and bought a Lexmark printer +scanner and it's been brill !

 

[Martinf]

If you're printer gave you seven years that's pretty good going. I'd stick with Canon.

 

[227 BHA]

Cheers guys.

Think I might well order the canon. Was tempted by the Epson £40 jobbie quoted above but like the fact that the slightly dearer ones have wifi so the other half can print from her laptop as well (hopefully - as long as I can work out how to set it up!). The canon seems fairly good for £90 odd

 

[bhaexpress]

I use Epsons for the simple reason their cartridges are cheaper. Never buy a Lexmark as they may be cheap to buy but their cartridges are very costly.

 

[Notters]

Get a laser printer, it'll save you a fortune. Cartridge printers are shit.

 

[jharris]

An HP MFP (multi-functional printer) that can scan,copy oh and print

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

HP cheapie here. £40 or something. Perfectly acceptable. As are Argos replacement ink cartridges at about a fiver.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Buy a second hand Epson photo printer from 10 years ago (before the manufacturers started inserting digital chips in the cartridges). Make sure it prints well. Both the machine (approx £20) and replacement cartridges (£2.50 each) will be dirt cheap.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Make sure it prints well.

Good point, well made. Don't you go buying a printer that doesn't print well.

 

[clapham_gull]

Get a laser printer, it'll save you a fortune. Cartridge printers are shit.

So are their colour output, unless you pay thousands.