[zoepaulpenny]

EVENING ALL, as posted in my other posting, my HP DESKJET 3050 J610 SERIES printer has problems due to me not using the genuine HP cartridges. i used some already filled from CARTRIDGE-WORLD. .. SO i am looking for a new printer! i am not bothered about photographs being copied or printed. just want a printer and a scanner to print documents etc..
and i would like one that is not chipped, so i can use any full ink cartridge, , and of course not to expensive. to buy or run.
mainly used for work papers.. can anyone suggest a printer for me to buy??? thanks...

[mac2708]

A friend bought one of these recently and is very pleased with it
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Epson-Stylus...3196926&sr=1-2

[noise747]

A few people i know have got Kodaks and seems happy with them. they are cheap to buy ink for and the quality is ok. Also they seem to be more reliable than they used to be.

If my Canon printer goes belly up i may think about one, the problem is they only make all in ones and i don't really require a All in one.

[chrisjr]

I'm tempted to ask why not just buy some proper HP cartridges for your existing printer? Even at the silly prices they charge for ink it's still got to be (marginally ) cheaper than a whole new printer.

[noise747]

Originally Posted by chrisjr

I'm tempted to ask why not just buy some proper HP cartridges for your existing printer? Even at the silly prices they charge for ink it's still got to be (marginally ) cheaper than a whole new printer.

Printers are chuck away items these days, i know of someone who used to buy a cheap printer and when it ran out of ink they chucked it and got a new printer, it was cheaper than buying ink.

Now they got a colour laser so things are a bit different,

A printer scanner may be a bit different, but you can still get them cheap enough that it works out cheaper than buying ink all the time.

Strange that non-Hp cartridges cause a problem, my sister-in-law got a very old HP printer and that have been using copies for years and still going, which for Hp is a shock as their printers always seems to be unreliable.

I buy third party clones for my canon and have done for the last 3 years, it is a good printer, but that is all it is a printer, i don't really like All in ones as they normally lack in quality in one part or the other.

[flagpole]

if you want to use branded ink then go for kodak. their official ink is quite reasonable.

otherwise the compatibles for epsons are readily available and don't require any electronic fettling.

[RobinOfLoxley]

I recently went for the basic Epson SX130.. USB only, 4 carts.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Browse/ID72/14418978/c_1/1|category_root|Office%2C+PCs+and+phones|14418968/c_2/2|14418968|Printers+and+fax+machines|14418969/c_3/3|cat_14418969|All-in-one+%28printer%2C+scanner%2C+copier%29|14418978.htm

See amazon for inks and reviews. They're dirt cheap.

[scruffpot]

the little mfp from brother are pretty good, and reasonable inks, kodak are ok, same with epson, canon around the £60 you should be able to get something reasonable for what you want.
printerbase is really good a lot of choice and you can change the filters for the search. very fast delivery and good prices
http://www.printerbase.co.uk/mfpprin...=Apply+Filters

[zoepaulpenny]

Originally Posted by chrisjr

I'm tempted to ask why not just buy some proper HP cartridges for your existing printer? Even at the silly prices they charge for ink it's still got to be (marginally ) cheaper than a whole new printer.

I have 2 origination HP cartridges the black one is empty, but color is about half full. I put these back in. and nothing happened at all. what happens now is when scanner button is pressed it auto said scan failed. and it will not even begin to start the alignment process. nor tell me the black is low or empty..

[zoepaulpenny]

thanks for reply's so far..

[scruffpot]

get some alcohol, wipe the chip sensors of the cartridges, and in the machine leave them to dry then try again. you may have got some ink on things.. turn on and off again, anyway you can restore factory defaults, or uninstall and re install. maybe something going wrong in that department

[zoepaulpenny]

Originally Posted by scruffpot

get some alcohol, wipe the chip sensors of the cartridges, and in the machine leave them to dry then try again. you may have got some ink on things.. turn on and off again, anyway you can restore factory defaults, or uninstall and re install. maybe something going wrong in that department

OK i will try that, hope to make some headway.. thanks.

[neo_wales]

I've been an Epson fan for some years, the clone cartridges work fine and are as cheap as chips.

Epson SX235W is £40 in Argos.

£40, wireless, silly cheap for what you get.

[zoepaulpenny]

Originally Posted by neo_wales

I've been an Epson fan for some years, the clone cartridges work fine and are as cheap as chips.

Epson SX235W is £40 in Argos.

£40, wireless, silly cheap for what you get.

and you can use none Epson ink cartridges in this machine??

[whoever,hey]

Do fairly cheap laser printer/scanners exist? Like you can get a decent mono laser printer for £100 now.

[LION8TIGER]

Originally Posted by whoever,hey

Do fairly cheap laser printer/scanners exist? Like you can get a decent mono laser printer for £100 now.

Just had a look on Ebuyer and yes you can, now I don't know about quality but the colour ones used to be double or more compared to Mono ... interest for when this one goes pear shaped.

[TKDFan]

Originally Posted by RobinOfLoxley

I recently went for the basic Epson SX130.. USB only, 4 carts.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Browse/ID72/14418978/c_1/1|category_root|Office%2C+PCs+and+phones|14418968/c_2/2|14418968|Printers+and+fax+machines|14418969/c_3/3|cat_14418969|All-in-one+%28printer%2C+scanner%2C+copier%29|14418978.htm

See amazon for inks and reviews. They're dirt cheap.

I've got one of these too. Not the quickest ever, but gives very nice results (even with cheap replacement ink cartridges )

Edit: I got mine from Tesco for £30

[neo_wales]

Originally Posted by zoepaulpenny

and you can use none Epson ink cartridges in this machine??

You can indeed, my last lot of 12 cartridges off eBay was £11 delivered.

[noise747]

Have Epson improved their quality? i used to have a Epson about 12 years ago, it was a great little printer, lasted for 4 years until the head went, not worth replacing the head once that happens.


I was going to buy another Epson, but the build quality was awful and my brother had gone through two of them in less than 12 months, which is why I went for a Lexmark Z42, which still works by the way if I put ink in it.

Sadly the Z42 was expensive to run which is why I went with Canon. the epson my brother got now is about 3 years old, so he did get one that worked, the problem is Epson have not updated the drivers, so the Cd printing part will not work on windows 7 64 bit. Canon updated their drivers even for a 6 year old printer.


i think a lot of printers are built naff these days, even the latest canons seems cheap and tacky, being produced from thin plastic that bends when you touch it.

[neo_wales]

Epson is fine, I only print the occasional letter/spread sheet and big A4 photo's which have great quality.

I've an old Canon laser printer which may work, not plugged it in for years, good machine a decade ago.

Printers are so cheap these days, I remember paying well over £150 for a B/W inkjet and my first flat bed scanner, a Xerox cost me over £600 around twenty years ago.