05-10-2004, 04:15 PM
I've put this in as a reply to the original post, since it touches on quite a lot of the other posts.
I have an Epson C42UX, it came in a set (with a scanner) which cost under £100. I think I've seen the printers on their own for around £50, that's $70- $80.
However, the quality is sometimes poor (with lines on it and stuff), but that could well be my fault. The original printouts that I made looked very good with it. Epson ink isn't bad, but only use new, official, cartridges. I tried a refill once, I had to purge the head so many times to make it work, that I used 3/4 of the cartridge just doing that. Slow.
Canon. My Dad has a cannon BJC4300. He's had it since 1997, and still still works beautifully. Plain text prints at a phenominal rate. Cartridges are cheap.
My brother has a BJC 3000, newer, eew quality, but I know that's our fault. Sometimes noisy and slow. Cartridges are very cheap, and it has seperate colour tanks (so you only replace wach colour as you need to, instead of chucking the whole tank because one colour is gone).
HP: Deskjet 340c (I think) is that what my grandmother uses. It does adequately for her letters, and the occasional thing that I print. Decent speed, pretty quiet, high-quality. Replacement ink is expensive, at £50 to replace both cartridges, but they are big, and last well.
Epson LQ100: Slow, noisy, B&W only. Low quality, and images look terrible. On the plus side, it has an optional tractor unit and the ink ribbons are cheap if you can find them.
-Bob
I have an Epson C42UX, it came in a set (with a scanner) which cost under £100. I think I've seen the printers on their own for around £50, that's $70- $80.
However, the quality is sometimes poor (with lines on it and stuff), but that could well be my fault. The original printouts that I made looked very good with it. Epson ink isn't bad, but only use new, official, cartridges. I tried a refill once, I had to purge the head so many times to make it work, that I used 3/4 of the cartridge just doing that. Slow.
Canon. My Dad has a cannon BJC4300. He's had it since 1997, and still still works beautifully. Plain text prints at a phenominal rate. Cartridges are cheap.
My brother has a BJC 3000, newer, eew quality, but I know that's our fault. Sometimes noisy and slow. Cartridges are very cheap, and it has seperate colour tanks (so you only replace wach colour as you need to, instead of chucking the whole tank because one colour is gone).
HP: Deskjet 340c (I think) is that what my grandmother uses. It does adequately for her letters, and the occasional thing that I print. Decent speed, pretty quiet, high-quality. Replacement ink is expensive, at £50 to replace both cartridges, but they are big, and last well.
Epson LQ100: Slow, noisy, B&W only. Low quality, and images look terrible. On the plus side, it has an optional tractor unit and the ink ribbons are cheap if you can find them.
-Bob