Need a New Printer

[Waynos_Face]

Hey yall,

Have no clue at all about printers.

My last one was a HP Photosmart 1000 that my bro gave me. Its just gone in the bin.

So i need a new printer, will primarily be used for printing photos me and the girlfiend have taken.

Ideally no more than £75 please.

Was looking at this

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Peripherals/Printers/Epson+Stylus+DX8450+Printer+?productId=30293

Thanks

 

[crazylegs]

One word at the moment

EPSON..

Manufacturing some fantastic printers and the inks are superb quality, you also get to replace each colour cartridge individually so saving cash on cartridges too..

Had my DX5050 for over a year now and its faultless, far better than all my HP's put together and I've had a few I can tell ya..

 

[TriplexDread]

Yeah I own a All-in-One epson rx500 . Unfortuantely the heads are knackered but i hardly do any printing anyway so use it for scanning and other stuff

Cracking when i got it though

 

[guest_9323wk]

Yeah another vote for Epson mate, I got an Epson DX4000 2 years ago and its been a fab printer never let me down, that also uses separate cartridges as well. That printer you linked to looks fine.

Regards,

Wiz

 

[V_R]

I have the canon IP4500, widly regarded as a very very good printer, its very economical too.

All the photo geeks say it puts printers 3 and 4 times the price to shame.

Oh and no over bloated drivers either which i like.

Check out some of the reviews mate.

 

[Abarbarian]

I got a friend the DX7450 last year and it is fab. My CX 5400 is 4 years old and is still going strong and gives great results. Epsom's own brand inks give great results for photos. You can use other brand inks but sometimes the printer will not see the cartridge, I have paid as little as 75p for cartridges. Other inks can dry out and block heads if you do not print regularly. I used this to get mine working again.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=260323595082

 

[Waynos_Face]

Okay cheers guys,

I had it down to that or a Canon Pixma, but the equiv Canon is £15 more and my mate can get me one the Epson one through his work VAT free so i'm gonna go with that one i think.

Anyone got any ideas on the best cartridges??? Is it best to use the Epson ones?

Also best place to get em,

Thanks again the help is most appreciated.

 

[TriplexDread]

You will get a full compliment of inks with the printer mate (or should do)

 

[Adywebb]

I must admit I'm a Canon Pixma fan - best printer I've ever had

 

[PotGuy]

I have an HP Photosmart meself which is a couple of years old now.

Its compact and it does the job though, no complaints.

Only thing after a few years the refilled ink I was using clogged up the heads fair bit, but I managed to clear them well enough.

 

[floppybootstomp]

I also have an HP Photosmart, a 7960, had it about three years now I think, got it half price in a sale somewhere, and I'm very happy with it. It prints good quality papers and photos. I wouldn't call it economical though, I'd assess it as 'average' in it's economical use of ink.

Incidentally the best manufacturer for supporting Linux is HP, it has drivers for almost all of it's printers sold over the last five years and even some older ones. Canon are the worst for supporting Linux.

Of which I'm sure none of that will bother Wayne

The next inkjet I buy will be an Epson, probably, and that decision is based on reading around.

 

[PotGuy]

Just by-the-by, I had an Epson C82 (I think? Printer names eh?

) and it was the single most expensive mistake of my life.

If you used thrid party cartridges it would have a fit about it and then the heads would clog up.

If you used the official cartridges, you were looking at £30 for the black cartridge, then £20 a piece for the 3 individual colours.

In other words, a £90 refill.

Suffice to say that went on ebay sharpish.

 

[floppybootstomp]

Just by-the-by, I had an Epson C82 (I think? Printer names eh?

) and it was the single most expensive mistake of my life.

If you used thrid party cartridges it would have a fit about it and then the heads would clog up.

If you used the official cartridges, you were looking at £30 for the black cartridge, then £20 a piece for the 3 individual colours.

In other words, a £90 refill.

Suffice to say that went on ebay sharpish.

How long ago was that?

I ask because it's only in the last couple of years or so that Epson seem to have forged ahead in the printer quality stakes.

I bought an Epson around eight years ago - mostly because it was recommended by a magazine - and it was awful. It felt cheap, plasticky, lightweight and printed terrible text and photos. It was dire. Ugly too.

So I took it back to PC World and exchanged it for an HP printer. And have stuck with HP inkjet printers ever since. But I'm not blind to what's happening in most markets and Epson atm seem good.

 

[Waynos_Face]

Hey,

Thanks for all the input.

I have gone with a Canon Pixma MP460 as my mate has got me a new catalogue return for £10. Plus the carts work out about £6 cheaper each time.

Thanks again.

 

[PotGuy]

How long ago was that?

I ask because it's only in the last couple of years or so that Epson seem to have forged ahead in the printer quality stakes.

I bought an Epson around eight years ago - mostly because it was recommended by a magazine - and it was awful. It felt cheap, plasticky, lightweight and printed terrible text and photos. It was dire. Ugly too.

So I took it back to PC World and exchanged it for an HP printer. And have stuck with HP inkjet printers ever since. But I'm not blind to what's happening in most markets and Epson atm seem good.

This would have been a good four years ago now.

I had an Epson a couple of years before that actually, a Stylus 740 or something along those lines. It had a transparent green case, and I only bought it because it matched me transparent green iMac... (I'm a loser)

That was a rubbish printer in every way. I would imagine it was a about the same time as your one because it was second hand anyway, so was probably a year old already.