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Looking for a new printer
TheRottweiler
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im looking for a new printer that does good photos and can print onto cd/dvds
would also be good if it could take compatable inks...
osx and W7
would also be good if it could take compatable inks...
osx and W7
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Price range?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00EVRT96O/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=00N9NTDXBH3WS8BJS9N5&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=455344027&pf_rd_i=468294
Photos are good, it will print onto CDs although I haven't tried this. Don't know about compatible ink as I've only used genuine, although the ink seems to last quite well. Had the printer two months and I'm still on the starter cartridges which came with it
wow £72 for a set of XL carts http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-Yield-PGI-550XL-CLI-551XL-Cartridges/dp/B00DV609SS/ref=pd_sim_computers_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1RGRYM8W2K4FGS5VWYSP
I've just bought a HP 'instant ink' compatable all in one printer, photos good quality and buying ink a thing of the past. Doesnt print onto CD's though so probably not for you.
Yeah it's pricey for a full set (partly as it uses 6 different inks) but individual ones are about a tenner and as I mentioned I'm still on the starter cartridges after 2 months of average use so the XL ones should last a good while
I pay £1.99 a month for the instant ink and for that price I can print 50 A4 bordeless glossy photos
(Perhaps one day we'l be able to download them
Sounds like a ghastly way to run a printer to me
horses for courses I suppose
I bought the printer from John Lewis for £49.99 with a 2 year warrany, and pay £1.99 a month to print 50 sheet's of what ever I want to print each month. There's no guessing as you can increase and decrease the subscription on a monthly basis and also pay for any extra sheet printed per month anyway.
So for me thats a total outlay of £97.95 for 2 years guarenteed printing of 1200 A4 borderless photos. Hardly ghastly, and I also have the starter cartridges that came with the printer that can be used in just the normal way.
third party ink is available, maybe not as cheap as Epson, but I do prefer canon printers, ink from here, which I always use for my ink.
It is not a all in one printer, just a pure printer. It will replace mine when it goes to printer heaven, which may not be long now going by the noise it is making
Linux could be a problem.
Must be good for pictures
Must print onto cd/DVD
Must work with osx and windows
I'm also not at all convinced by the saving claims on HP's website given the cost of XL cartridges (especially if you shop around) and their quoted page capacity. HP seem to have significantly exaggerated the cost of the ink if you pay for cartridges when compared to the cost of using the service. Yes there may be savings to be made if you have a predictable usage or mainly print photos but the savings are nowhere near as large as the ones quoted by HP
That's my suggestion out then which is £110 after cash back but ticks all your other boxes. Does it need to be an all in one or are you just after the printer?
Dont most ink jet users print mainly photo's?
I'd have though any other user would use a laser printer
Yes because most people buy a separate laser printer for documents rather than using just the one inkjet printer that can print anything you throw at it
The one i posted above, should be ok, here it is in Argos
no scanner, just a printer, i don't go for all in ones.
some might if they do a lot of text based printing as it would work out cheaper.
BTW, to the OP, printing a lot of photos by Inkjet or Bubbeljet if it is a canon will be expensive, even with third party ink.
Some yes but the poster I replied to seemed to be under the mistaken apprehension that it was the norm
OP and 'noise747'; hope you find this useful.
After my trusty old Epson died last year I purchased (in a bit of a rush!) a Canon Pixma ip7250;
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009D07OVQ/ref=oh_details_o06_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
After being a little disappointed initially, mainly due to the abysmal ‘direct to disc’ print software, it’s turned out to be a very good buy, for me personally. Made all the more attractive by the very reasonable price. I paid £51 inc. delivery, from Amazon.
There is an old version of the ‘direct to disc’ print utility that is still available; similar to Epson cd print software for those familiar. It’s much more versatile that the s/w that’s supplied with the printer.
An English version ( File name: cdlp-win-1_4_2-en.exe ) can be downloaded from:-
http://www.canon-europe.com/Support/Consumer_Products/products/printers/InkJet/PIXMA_Pro_series/PIXMA_Pro9500_Mark_II.aspx?DLtcmuri=tcm:13-832450&page=1&type=download
The print quality (photo, docs and CD/DVD), is excellent; photo printing on 240 gsm glossy paper, is far superior to my old Epson. It also has double sided ‘duplex’ print facility (save the Rain Forests!). The ‘fast print’ option really speeds things up. The print quality suffers a little, but for general text docs is perfectly fine. The A4 paper cassette holds (at a guess!) about 150 sheets.
The printer ‘footprint’ is larger than my old chute-fed Epson but it’s not overly big.
As for inks; the original Canon inks lasted ages but I have used compatibles since they ran out and there appears to be no discernible difference in print quality.
The compatible inks have dropped in price recently and a full-set on Amazon is now just £6.98 inc del.
I run mine ‘wirelessly’ using win7-32 and win7-64 and never had a single print run dip out (or jam).
The printer is not without its issues though; it can take a while to get going sometimes, as it chunters and clunks away, purging/cleaning etc and it needs to be switched off ‘properly’, otherwise it complains the next time you switch it on. However, given the price, I can live with that.
I’ve no idea how the ip7250 handles anything other than Win7 but the advertising blurb quotes “There’s also direct printing of photos, emails, web pages and other documents from Apple devices, such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, using Apple AirPrint.”
Don’t expect miracles though; it’s a £50 printer!
Cheers for that.
My Ip4200 was only a £50 printer and it have been fine for the last 4 years or so, maybe longer. Dead cheap to run with third party ink, not as cheap as Epson maybe, but cheap enough.
i must admit after this thread, I thought maybe it would be nice to have a nice new printer, which was wi-fi and I did reserve a IP7250 at Argos. but i went into town to meet a Mate for coffee before I went to tear his computer apart and he more or less stopped me from spending money for no reason.
The conversation went something like this.
Me: I have reserved a new printer in Argos.
Nick: your printer not working then?
Me: My printer is fine, just getting a bit old and making a bit more noise
Nick: so it is still working fine then?
Me: yes, it still prints well and cheap to run.
Nick: so what do this new printer offer?
Me: Wi-fi, a little bit smaller
Nick: is it as cheap to run and do you really need wi-fi?
Me: Hang on lets have a look and see how much third party ink is compared to mine. holy crap they are twice the price of mine and they are not as big.
I used my phone on the nice Wi-fi that All pay provides in town, which is free to me as I am with all pay broadband.
Nick: so do you really need one?
Me: no not really, i don't think I will bother as long as mine is still working.
So I ended up not bothering, It was a bit pricey in Argos anyway.
I like Canon printers, they seem built to last, Epsons seems to be produced cheaply and the last Hp I used fell apart when it was printing.
I will stay with what I have got until it goes belly up and then I will get what ever canon printer is available at the time.
A strong word of advice...if your intention is to keep photo prints long term (years) then avoid compatibles as at worse some go `Yellow` after just 6 months and at best will deteriorate within 4-5 years,
alternative option is to load your pics on a cd|\dvd so that a fading print can be refreshed at any time
If Op wants to keep a photo for years then the Inkjet is not for them. As you said there are photo printers available, which uses the Dye-sublimation thermal transfer process. they use a different way of printing and protects the photo with a varnish.
The problem with these printers is that they are not cheap to run.
um, just had a look around the net and it seems these printers are around 10p per print, that is certainly cheaper than when i last looked about 5 years back, they was about 30-40p per print then.
Canon makes the Selphy range of them, other manufactures also make their own versions.
They are fine for the odd few photos now and again, but if you want to print a load out then best to use somewhere like boots or one of the online services.
umm, looking at how much the prints are, I may look at getting one of these printers. i will have a better look later when I got some more time, got to get ready for the beer festival.
Very sensible, and back up the back ups.