Computer Related > Printer recommendations.	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: R.P.	Replies: 22

New Fri 10 Feb 17 09:29   Printer recommendations. - R.P.

Become a very confusing market since I bought my last one, an excellent but rather ink thirsty, Canon MP560 - this has died sadly after 7 years service. Needs are a WiFi enabled scanner/printer. Any ideas..? Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Feb 17 10:07   Printer recommendations. - sajid

another canon make sure it can take compatible inks Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Feb 17 10:35   Printer recommendations. - devonite

I recently bought a Cannon Pixma mp530 for half price in the sales, very pleased with it! - Easy to install and set up and the wi-fi works well! Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Feb 17 10:53   Printer recommendations. - smokie

I bought an Epson XP-820 a few years back. I'd never had Epson before but it's been fine. There is a later version, XP-830 and it's about £160 on Amazon tinyurl.com/j9vcarb . Mine takes compatibles, and it uses separate cartridges which I personally think might work out cheaper than a single cartridge as if one colour is low you can just replace that rather than the whole thing. However I use it more for scanning than printing and it has a double sided automatic document feeder which takes at least 10 pages and that makes scanning multi page documents easy. I can't say how well it prints photo quality as I've never used it. So although it's quite pricey I'm happy with it, It also has WiFi and also fax (remember fax? :-) ) Last edited by: smokie on Fri 10 Feb 17 at 10:54 Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Feb 17 11:44   Printer recommendations. - Stuartli

I have a Canon MG7550 (as doumented in the forum), a high quality wi-fi scanner/copier/printer, that cost around £129 about a year ago. it churns out superb prints, including those using the compatible inks from: www.inkredible.co.uk/ The inks can be replaced on an individual basis. Review: www.inkredible.co.uk/?gclid=CMmFq924hdICFem_7QodGQcBwA Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Feb 17 14:42   Printer recommendations. - Pat

I've got a Cannon MG4250 and I can't fault it. It does all my work printing (and there are a lot of hand outs to print each week) as well as the charity newsletter 'Flysheet' each year and never seems to miss a beat. Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Feb 17 15:13   Printer recommendations. - movilogo

Before selection make sure you searched for availability of cheap replacement ink. Running cost of printer could be more than that of your cars :-) My 12-yr old inkjet giving trouble - so I'm looking for new one too. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Feb 17 15:57   Printer recommendations. - Pat

I always use genuine Canon cartridges but save the empty ones and sell them on Ebay. They fetch a surprisingly good price batched properly! Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Feb 17 23:45   Printer recommendations. - Focal Point

"They fetch a surprisingly good price batched properly!" I also use only genuine Canon cartridges and give the used ones to charity shops - many, but not all, of which will take them. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Feb 17 16:25   Printer recommendations. - henry k

>>I have a Canon MG7550 Me too and I am also very happy with it. IIRC available in Black,White or Orange. I have used compatible inks from several sources and all worked OK. It takes six cartridges so I can just change each one as it runs out. I now have a set of refillable cartridges but yet to try them out. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Feb 17 18:05   Printer recommendations. - Stuartli

>>I now have a set of refillable cartridges but yet to try them out.>> It's really not worth the faffing about as compatibles are reasonably priced and you only, as has been the case with Canon (and Epson) over many years, have to replace a cartridge when it has run out of ink. Once you've got inkjet ink on your fingers or hands (or carpet), it's the devil of a job to get rid of it....:-( Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Feb 17 18:24   Printer recommendations. - rtj70

I had a Canon PIXMA IP5000 for years and never did find compatibles that were any use for photo printing. I tried quite a few and gave up. I had tried more recently from incredible.co.uk but the print head had got blocked... not blaming the compatibles. I rarely used the printer. So I wanted a replacement and one that could do duplex and printing on CD/DVD. I didn't need a scanner. I got a PIXMA again. An IP7250. It has WiFi. I risked getting it because it was not 100% compatible at the time with the latest MacOS. I have used compatibles from Incredible without a problem. A lot cheaper. Quality of printing is excellent. Only negative is it takes a while to start printing if it's gone into standby (not off, I leave it on.... from off it takes even longer). Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 10 Feb 17 22:16   Printer recommendations. - Roger.

I bought a cheap HP3630 for £44.99 Wireless and eligible for HP's instant ink scheme, which starts from as little as £1.99 per month. It's good enough and even if I use that, it's only 24 quid a year. My old HP printer cartridges were about £26 a set (1 black and 3 colours)and certainly didn't last for 12 months. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 12 Feb 17 19:59   Printer recommendations. - Stuartli

Further to my comments about the Canon MG7550, this inkjet compatible cartridges supplier has been mentioned to me (there are, of course, cartridges for various printers on offer): tinyurl.com/hlmop55 The prices are remarkable and, it's claimed, many of the cartridges listed are produced in an American ISO certified factory... Last edited by: Stuartli on Sun 12 Feb 17 at 20:01 Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 15 Feb 17 08:03   Printer recommendations. - R.P.

Got an el-cheapo Canon TS5050. Does everything. Probably have to sell a kidney for ink. Thanks all. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 15 Feb 17 12:45   Printer recommendations. - Stuartli

>>Probably have to sell a kidney for ink>> See: tinyurl.com/zbp2ctm Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 16 Feb 17 10:23   Printer recommendations. - madf

My Samsung ML-1520 Laser Printer is 12 years old and still perfectly serviceable. Just saying.. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 16 Feb 17 13:11   Printer recommendations. - Stuartli

>>.. and still perfectly serviceable.>> I'm not in the slightest bit surprised...:-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 27 Feb 17 12:04   Printer recommendations. - Ambo

My Canon MG5350 has two annoying features. It often fails to start until it has undergone some procedure of its own, whirring away then starting again several times before finally allowing printing to take place. In addition, it will not always allow me to select between the two paper sources available, tray and rear stand-up stack, giving priory to the tray. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 27 Feb 17 12:48   Printer recommendations. - VxFan

>> It often fails to start until it has undergone some procedure of its own, whirring away then starting again several times before finally allowing printing to take place. In addition, Sounds like its going through a head cleaning procedure. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 27 Feb 17 15:22   Printer recommendations. - Ambo

It happens so often they must get very dirty. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Feb 17 00:31   Printer recommendations. - Stuartli

>> It happens so often they must get very dirty.>> If the printer has been switched off, it will more than likely go through the routine. I find that leaving a printer switched on saves ink being wasted in this way if you use it regularly. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Feb 17 00:36   Printer recommendations. - rtj70

My Canon printer remains on - it still goes through some sort of routine before it prints. Not as long a routine as when it is actually off. Reply to this message | Report message