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hey all

im looking to get a new printer and im looking to spend about £100 can anyone recomend anything? i usally get my a4 photos printed from a web site. is a lazer printer best?
cheers colin
 
honestly I'd not bother getting a printer that cheap to do photos. the quality is not great and you'll spend a fortune on ink.

choose Canon PIXMA iP7250 or epson P50
 
I think POAH thats not quite correct I have an Epson all in one SX115 and use JET TEC compat inks and usually Lexmark Glossy photo paper and the quality is excellent, its slow I will grant you at best photo with all the options turned on its 15mins a print and the printer cost £50.

to ADD a full set of JET TEC inks cost me about £14 delivered and they are double capacity as well so I probably get a good 30 full A4 prints for the cost of a set. The paper is about £12 for 50 sheets.

Also just to add don't buy the realy cheap ebay inks they are garbage I switched to the JET TEC on a recommendation from a friend who also prints a lot and the quality is excellent.
 
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honestly I'd not bother getting a printer that cheap to do photos. the quality is not great and you'll spend a fortune on ink.

choose Canon PIXMA iP7250 or epson P50

just looked and the Canon PIXMA iP7250 is £55 new at amazon is this about right?
 
bungle29 said:
honestly I'd not bother getting a printer that cheap to do photos. the quality is not great arrnd you'll spend a fortune on ink.

choose Canon PIXMA iP7250 or epson P50

just looked and the Canon PIXMA iP7250 is £55 new at amazon is this about right?
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Yeh, just bought one from ebuyer for just under 60 quid delivered, must say so far i'm impressed!
Compatable ink come about tenner a set.
 
don't leave them anywhere near sunlight - The resolution of these printers are not of an acceptable quality to me hence my reply.

Mr Bump said:
I think POAH thats not quite correct I have an Epson all in one SX115 and use JET TEC compat inks and usually Lexmark Glossy photo paper and the quality is excellent, its slow I will grant you at best photo with all the options turned on its 15mins a print and the printer cost £50.

to ADD a full set of JET TEC inks cost me about £14 delivered and they are double capacity as well so I probably get a good 30 full A4 prints for the cost of a set. The paper is about £12 for 50 sheets.

Also just to add don't buy the realy cheap ebay inks they are garbage I switched to the JET TEC on a recommendation from a friend who also prints a lot and the quality is excellent.
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wontolla said:
Yeh, just bought one from ebuyer for just under 60 quid delivered, must say so far i'm impressed!
Compatable ink come about tenner a set.
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Hi

Any updates on the printer. Thanks
 
sep9001 said:
Hi

Any updates on the printer. Thanks
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Yes, there is, it's up and working just fine!
Prints at a reasonable rate and quality, very pleased with it for the price.
Printed an A4 of my Granddaughter at her prom and it looks great to me, whats more important is she loves it!
(plus I can send prints via the home network without moving from the couch!)
 
Thanks you for replying. I am thinking of getting one to do the odd photo printing so will look into this one.
 
i think the question has to be ( if the decision is strictly down to cost ) is how many A4 prints can you have printed for 60 quid and how many are you likely to print if you decided to go buy a printer for 60 quid ?

this is the question i have asked myself many times over the the last few years
over 10 years ago i treated myself to a canon s9000 a3+ printer at the time i would say printing at a3 was worth doing at home but not today
i still have the printer and it still prints the same as the day it was bought but the cost of inks ( i use genuine only ) has basically retired it
for the price of inks and decent paper i'm better of sending the images off and save me a few quid
 
cosmicma said:
i think the question has to be ( if the decision is strictly down to cost ) is how many A4 prints can you have printed for 60 quid and how many are you likely to print if you decided to go buy a printer for 60 quid ?

this is the question i have asked myself many times over the the last few years
over 10 years ago i treated myself to a canon s9000 a3+ printer at the time i would say printing at a3 was worth doing at home but not today
i still have the printer and it still prints the same as the day it was bought but the cost of inks ( i use genuine only ) has basically retired it
for the price of inks and decent paper i'm better of sending the images off and save me a few quid
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Thanks. I don't print much so thought that if I had a printer I may print more than I want. You have made a valid point.
 
I love the option to print A4 and 7x5 at home
with the proper canon pro paper and decent inks (or actuall compatibles have been good to me so far) then I think the results on a Bl+CYM canon pixma are outstanding.
you really need the proper paper though. makes a huge difference.
I've had a 4200 for years, would happily replace it with a 7250 upgrade but frankly it refuses to break! bah!
 
FWIW and if it's of any use to anyone, I bought a Canon MG6350 and I'm very happy with the prints. I think Canon are still running their £20 cashback offer too ! :)
 
doctorjones
can you tell me if the Canon Pixma MG6350 can do border less printing?
 
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