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Printer Ink
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The Great Cornholio
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Slightly off topic but get an Epson R200. I got 2 complete ink sets for £9 from SVP. Or 1 set of ink and 25 DVD-R's for the same price. Check out SVP - they are cheap.
ben andrews' girlfriend
Nurse Laura
The Great Cornholio said:
Are they any good? I've got an Epson Stylus C66 printer and it seems to eat all my ink!!!!
I've got an epson R200, and they are great, i do digital photography and the results are fantastic, you can also print on to cd's and dvd's.
Also get cheap cartridges/paper on the internet. I use
www.choicestationery.com ( Free delivery)
Also get cheap cartridges/paper on the internet. I use
www.choicestationery.com ( Free delivery)
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Brighton till i die
You havin' a bubble?
how much is the printer as my dell one is f***ed?
The Great Cornholio
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Brighton till i die said:
I paid £80 but I think it is cheaper now. False economy buying a cheap printer like a Lexmark as the ink will cost a fortune.
Brighton till i die said:
Get one here for £56-35 (Free delivery)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...99130/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_3_1/202-4333377-4719047
Stevie Boy
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The Great Cornholio said:
What is the ink like, i recently got some ink cartaridges from big pockets and i tried to print out a small photo and it was crap,
Robot Chicken
Seriously?
I have an Epson R300 and I used to pay about £10 per ink cartridge - only originals as the printer is new and I don't want to invalidate the warranty. A complete ink set used to cost me about £60.
Now I buy a set of 6 on Ebay, originals, for £19.95.
Now I buy a set of 6 on Ebay, originals, for £19.95.
ben andrews' girlfriend
Nurse Laura
Downloaded Penguin said:
Yeah, im slightly worried about invalidating the warrantee of mine
Robot Chicken
Seriously?
ben andrews' girlfriend said:
Don't use compatible inks, at least during the first 12 months. They probably will be fine but I personally prefer to stick with Epson originals. Ebay seems to be a cheap way of getting them and the ones I got were perfect.
Cian
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When a consumer printer costs less than two sets of official cartridges, screw the damn warranty. You'll save the difference within the year if you print a lot.
My printer uses cartridges that cost around $40 "compatibles" or TWO HUNDRED from HP.
It is a large, large laser that cost IR£3,500 though...
My printer uses cartridges that cost around $40 "compatibles" or TWO HUNDRED from HP.
It is a large, large laser that cost IR£3,500 though...
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Robot Chicken
Seriously?
MYOB said:
Yes, well in that case go with the compatibles!!
To be honest I have NEVER had any problem with ANY printer I have owned so I've never needed to use the warranty.
Cian
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Downloaded Penguin said:
I do! That said, I get ~2500 pages a cartridge, and the printers warranty is a distant memory, but its still obscene the premium being charged.
Shropshire Seagull
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I have a cheapish Brother laser as default printer for all that basic stuff - toner has lasted over 2 years now.
And I have an Epson 880i which gives quality colour when I need top quality - the 880i was a bit fussy with compatible carts, colour was fine but black never worked properly - so now I get Cart World to top up the black originals and just by compatible colour - cheap as chips now.
And I have an Epson 880i which gives quality colour when I need top quality - the 880i was a bit fussy with compatible carts, colour was fine but black never worked properly - so now I get Cart World to top up the black originals and just by compatible colour - cheap as chips now.
Shropshire Seagull
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MYOB said:
Fook that sounds like a serious waste of money ....
What benefits does it provide over a £150 jobbie
Cian
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Shropshire Seagull said:
1. Having existed in 1996
2. Speed
3. Infrared port
4. 4 different connection options (parellel, ethernet, Mac serial, some weirdy UNIX workstation serial)
5. Can print 5,000 pages a week and not exploded
6. Utterly crisp output
Some 150 quid ones have #3. They don't have the rest, and definately not #1. This printer has done nearly a decade of service and still works fine.
And no inkjet will -ever- get #6
Shropshire Seagull
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MYOB said:
1. Old Win 95 era tosh?
2. PPM Speed is not as important to most people as time to print 1st page (warm up time) IJs are tops for this.
3. who needs or uses IR for printing?
4. Pah! No USB? - the defacto Home/Office standard these days
5. Only any use if you're printing the local rag who/why do this volume?
6. "crisp" output is measured in DPI and inkjets can now do 9600 dpi x 2400 dpi - I find it very hard to believe a 9-year old printer can get anywhere near this when the going rate back then was 600 x 600 DPI (which I agree looks sharp to the naked eye)
Longevity may be its virtue, but for the amount you paid for it you could have a squadron of inkjets and replaced them every year for the same price ....
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Cian
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Shropshire Seagull said:
1. Printer era and Windows standard are pretty unconnected, especially when this printer was sold to be used with Mac's..
2. Not when you're printing 40 copies of something, or a 500 page ebook
3. I do. Laptops and my PDA both have IRDa ports, and no parellel ports
4. I've got far more than one computer. I use the ethernet port on it and network print. It hasn't been attached to a computer for years
5. Work and college stuff often needs numbers of copies, particularly project documentation
6. a 2400x2400 DPI inkjet printer is STILL going to have "softer" output than a 600x600 laser, due to the inherent limitations of firing blobs of ink at a page.
Had I used a new inkjet every year, I wouldn't have got something eve close to the speed until 2003 or so, and quality would still be questionable. They also DRINK ink when it comes to insanely large print jobs, and compatible cartridges are never as good in colour quality as refurbished toner drums are.