Suggestions for an economical printer

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I have had Canon and HP printers where cartridges have naturally been
overpriced. Any suggestions for one that is cheaper to run?
Derek
 
Derek F said:
I have had Canon and HP printers where cartridges have naturally been
overpriced. Any suggestions for one that is cheaper to run?
Derek
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What kind of printer? What kind of printing?

Brother is the current go-to. Great units, great prices, low costs.
 
What kind of printer? What kind of printing?

Brother is the current go-to. Great units, great prices, low costs.
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Just general printing and a few directly on to CD/DVDs. I seldom print
on photographic paper.
Derek
 
What kind of printer? What kind of printing?

Brother is the current go-to. Great units, great prices, low costs.
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Thank you I will look sat their range.
Derek.
 
Derek said:
I have had Canon and HP printers where cartridges have naturally been
overpriced. Any suggestions for one that is cheaper to run?
Derek
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Find a used one about 10 -15 years old
They were made to last for centuries, and never had any ink chips or built
in obselecence software.
 
Find a used one about 10 -15 years old
They were made to last for centuries, and never had any ink chips or built
in obselecence software.
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I still have a Epson EX1000 9 pin dot matrix printer under my desk.I
kept it to use for printing out manuals.
They were around £1,000 UK when first on the market. I think that mine
was around £400 when I bought it as an end of line product.
My last 10 year old printer a Canon BJC 7000 died when it was around 6
years old.
Derek
 
My family still has an Epson LX-800 DMP. Can't tell 'ya when it was
bought but close to 20 years ago and it sill works great. Use it for
pin feed 1"x3" adress labels.

When I use it with my Vista based notebook I give it a modern twist. I
have a MPI Bluetooth Printer Adapter. The MPI unit is a Centronics
Parallel to Bluetooth radio interface and I print to the LX-800 via
Bluetooth.

Getting back to what you want you have two choices. Epson Artisan and
Canon based upon your statement of CD/DVD face printing preference.

I have been happily using the Epson Artisan 835 (albeit I use Krylon
Clear Coat Acrylic to protect the printed CD/DVD media. This was advice
that had been provided to me, in this News Group, a while ago and has
been proven to be excellent advice).
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With my intermittent cartridge problem reported in another thread I will
need to decide soon. At the moment I am siding with Canon.
Unfortunately I recently bought a new Canon scanner so I am resistant to
a multi function printer.
Derek
 
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With my intermittent cartridge problem reported in another thread I will need to decide
soon. At the moment I am siding with Canon.
Unfortunately I recently bought a new Canon scanner so I am resistant to a multi
function printer.
Derek
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I already owned a Canon LiDE 30 when I got my Artisan 835 and my HP LaserJet 1100A also
has a B&W scanner attachment.
Since the Epson has a flatbed and a ADF, I only use the Canon with my notebook when I take
the nobook to some environment outside my home and the HP 1100A to make quick and easy
paper copies.
 
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