Generally true the cheaper the printer the more expensive it is to run ......talking about your average quality A4 type
On 1 May 2011, at 20:55, Tony Crooks wrote: > > On 1 May 2011, at 17:13, Phil Ward wrote: > >> 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. > > Your mileage may vary but I've been a fan of compatible ink with Canon > printers. > > I'm just offering my experience with compatible cartridges which I've been > using from the same place for several years. We use Canon printers - my wife > is still using an Pixma 3000 at school which she hides under her desk in case > the PC squad get wind of it. A set of 4 black/colour cartridges from > www.cartridgepeople.com for this printer costs just £6.96 including taxes and > delivery. We've been using this company since we first had the 3000 and the > supplied cartridges ran out. Given the treatment it gets at school it's > amazing it still runs but print quality is surprisingly very good after all > this time and she is the only teacher in the school who doesn't rely on the > frequently non-running school printers - non-running cause they are out of > ink and no one will replace cartridges/toner. > > For the Pixma 4200 a set of compatible cartridges from > www.cartridgepeople.com costs just £14.95 inc. tax/delivery. Even Canon > originals are only £39.96 for a full set. > > We've had a Canon MP600 which I've very recently passed on to my daughter > which also has only had compatible cartridges from the same place - £15.95 > for a set of 5 chipped cartridges. > > Our current Canon printer is the Pixma MG5250 - excellent all in one if you > want a wireless printer (which we did to overcome Bonjour problems preventing > my wife's school PC from using the MP600 at home) - and no compatible > cartridges are available at present. Cartridge People offer Canon originals > at £42.04 per set. > > In all this time we've had 2 duff cartridges - 1 empty of ink (but you can > see this with the lovely clear cartridge cases) and one which refused to flow > the ink - both replaced by Cartridge People. > > My only caveat about compatible cartridges is that the ink is more prone to > fade from sunlight than Canon's own ink. But we still have a framed A4 print > on our wall using compatible ink which we put up 4 years ago and the colours > are still good, so ink quality is getting better. Most of our printing is > temporary - maybe a few weeks before it gets binned. > > > -- > Tony Crooks > <mailto: [email protected]> > 53 Mendip Avenue > Eastbourne > BN23 8HP > > Mob: 07590508079 > Tel: 01323-460789 > > > > > -- > 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. >
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