Hi Phil, Forget HP. Notoriously expensive cartridges. Printers are disposable items...
The rule of thumb from what I have been told over and over is: Epson Canon or Brother. I have had a Brother MFC fax/copier/printer/scanner that is 4 years old. Great color on just crap paper. I order ink online. GENERIC CHEAP! and it works fine. You guys have Cartridge World in UK and no doubt some other ink refill places. I assume you get Brother brand there, too. They get good reviews. Just look for the type you want and look up the reviews. The Brother seems to do well with the generic cheapo ink! --- On Sun, 1/5/11, Phil Ward <[email protected]> wrote: From: Phil Ward <[email protected]> Subject: [sussex_mug] Printer Ink Rant To: "SMUG" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, 1 May, 2011, 17:13 All, This is part rant and part plea for A4 printer suggestions. I went in to PC World in Hove today to buy some ink for my Canon Pixma 4200 printer. It only actually needs one colour replaced but I thought I may as well buy a full set 'cause I know I have no spares and if I came home with just one, sods law would probably ensure that another would run out almost immediately. As ever I was utterly appalled that buying full set of ink (£70) would cost considerably more than buying a new printer, and I came close to indulging in a childish rant at member of PC World staff. Now I know there's always the "compatible ink" route, or buying online from Amazon, but the former I've tried and it's never been a success (obviously my understanding of the term "compatible" is a bit old fashioned), and the latter isn't really all that much cheaper (a new printer would still be cheaper). So anyway, I left PC World steaming and with just criminally one over-priced ink cartridge, and resolved to buy myself a new printer with the cash I didn't spend. So who can recommend an A4 printer (printer/scanner would be nice) that's reliable, good enough for general non-critical work, and won't send my blood pressure through the roof (and cash reserves through the floor) when the ink runs out? Phil PS. Anybody want a perfectly good Canon Pixma 4200 printer? It's got a new cyan cartridge in it but some of the others might be close to empty – after which it effectively becomes a worthless piece of junk. --Phil WardFlat 224 Lewes CrescentBrightonBN2 1GBT: 01273 571980T: 07971 961987Skype: aphilwE: [email protected]: www.philward.bizW: www.myspace.com/philwardmusicW: www.myspace.com/thegalleonsband • Freelance writer and product designer.• Exclusive UK distributor for Veillette Guitars. www.veilletteguitars.com.• Consultant Designer of the Acoustic Energy AE22 nearfield monitor.• Regular contributor to Sound on Sound and Performing Musician magazines. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
