Good & cheap inkjet colour printer?

[Andy Pandy]

Seems to be a minefield. My parents want a cheap (less than £50) inkjet
printer ie. has to be colour. I don't think they are interested in printing
too many photos but colour prints of other stuff will be printed.

Can anyone recommend a printer that is reasonably good but doesn't cost the
earth when it comes to replacement cartridges?

Thanks


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[zakezuke]

Seems to be a minefield. My parents want a cheap (less than £50) inkjet

printer ie. has to be colour. I don't think they are interested in printing
too many photos but colour prints of other stuff will be printed.

Can anyone recommend a printer that is reasonably good but doesn't cost the
earth when it comes to replacement cartridges?

Respectfully the sub 50 quid class of printers are not typicaly going
to give you good economy typicaly speaking. There are exceptions, last
years model, closeouts, and such... but really if they plan to print
any photos at all, or plan to print more than 500 to 1000 text
documents/year odds are spending 60 to 100 quid now will save them in
the long run.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/026-1212287-6806816

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...12709/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_3_1/026-1212287-6806816

While both the Canon ip4200 and the canon ip4000 are the same price,
the older model offers a ton of compatables, and the plain text
printing is excelent and the lowest cost per page i've seen. about
1.5p/page if you buy the offical OEM ink, The ip4200 will be higher at
about 1.8p/page but from what I can tell offers no benifit in the text
department, only photos. The budget class of printers by Canon these
days offer a black cartridge at about 10 quid but far less ink.
Something like the HP DeskJet 5440 same deal..50 quid from the get-go,
.. 10 quid for the black, 200 pages, 5p/page vs under 10 quid and
500pages on either ip4000 or ip4200.

Note: When I first wrote this the ip4000 was available on the
Amazon.co.uk website, it no longer is.

 

[measekite]

Seems to be a minefield. My parents want a cheap (less than £50) inkjet
printer ie. has to be colour. I don't think they are interested in printing
too many photos but colour prints of other stuff will be printed.

Can anyone recommend a printer that is reasonably good but doesn't cost the
earth when it comes to replacement cartridges?

OH YEAH THEY SHOULD BUY A LEXMARK INK DISPENSER

 

[Stanley Krute]

Hi Andy

Inexpensive printers tend to use smaller e.g. expensive ink cartridges.

More expensive printers tend to use larger e.g. less expensive ink
cartridges.

Thus initial low-price printer thoughts often lead to a false sense of
economy.

-- stan

 

[measekite]

Hi Andy

Inexpensive printers tend to use smaller e.g. expensive ink cartridges.

More expensive printers tend to use larger e.g. less expensive ink
cartridges.

THAT IS BULLSHIT. THE IP4200 (ON SALE FOR UNDER $80.00) IS A VERY
INEXPENSIVE PRINTER AND USES THE SAME CARTS THAT THE MORE EXPENSIVE
PRINTERS DO.

 

[Martin]

Respectfully the sub 50 quid class of printers are not typicaly going
to give you good economy typicaly speaking. There are exceptions, last
years model, closeouts, and such... but really if they plan to print
any photos at all, or plan to print more than 500 to 1000 text
documents/year odds are spending 60 to 100 quid now will save them in
the long run.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/026-1212287-6806816

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...12709/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_3_1/026-1212287-6806816

While both the Canon ip4200 and the canon ip4000 are the same price,
the older model offers a ton of compatables, and the plain text
printing is excelent and the lowest cost per page i've seen. about
1.5p/page if you buy the offical OEM ink, The ip4200 will be higher at
about 1.8p/page but from what I can tell offers no benifit in the text
department, only photos. The budget class of printers by Canon these
days offer a black cartridge at about 10 quid but far less ink.
Something like the HP DeskJet 5440 same deal..50 quid from the get-go,
. 10 quid for the black, 200 pages, 5p/page vs under 10 quid and
500pages on either ip4000 or ip4200.

Note: When I first wrote this the ip4000 was available on the
Amazon.co.uk website, it no longer is.

Just to note.. I'd highly recommend a refurbished iP4000 if you can
source one from somewhere like ebay.. but be careful how you go...

 

[zakezuke]

Just to note.. I'd highly recommend a refurbished iP4000 if you can

source one from somewhere like ebay.. but be careful how you go...

Or an IP3000. If photos are not their bag then it's worth looking at
something that lacks the photo black.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CANON-PIXMA-I...ryZ11203QQssPageNameZWD3VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CANON-PIXMA-I...ryZ11203QQssPageNameZWD3VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

To avoid the ink you have to search for things like "ip3000 -i560
-compatible -ip4000 -s750"

 

[measekite]

DA KOOK MEANT SQUID
LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE

ONLY CANON INK IS RECOMMENDED
THE IP4200 IS THE BUDGET CLASS. THE OTHERS ARE INK DISPENSERS NOT PRINTERS

SQUID

WE DO NOT CARE WHAT IS AVAILABLE IN THE UK