Printer

[AcID ZeR0]

Some places let you trade in your own empty cartridges for a discount off a new one.

[Virtualbody1234]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004+21 March 2004 - 19:02--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ROSSCO_2004 @ 21 March 2004 - 19:02)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Virtualbody1234@21 March 2004 - 19:51
What do you want to print?

Black text only?
Color?
Photos?


Did you want a multifuction unit with built-in scanner?

he said he alrady bought the epson r300, so you can get a good idea of what he wanted by looking at that printer... [/b][/quote]
Sorry about that. I was really tired when I posted that.

[Mad Cat]

I wanted a nice all round printer really, but photos too.

The refills are £4 each from a place nearby, so it seemed a good choice. I&#39;ve had 2 HP printers in the past, and one Epson, and I have to say the very old HP is good, but the new one wasn&#39;t as good, bad design in my opinion.

Produce premium quality photos at up to 5760 optimised dpi on suitable media
EPSON 6 colour inks for exceptional, highly durable photo results
Individual ‘Intellidge’ ink cartridges for added control and economy
Borderless printing up to A4 size – for lab-style photos (I like this a lot)
Print directly onto printable CDs – even in standalone mode (this sounds fun)
Direct printing from a wide range of memory cards including CompactFlash® (I & II), xD-Picture Card™, Smart Media™, SD Memory Card, MultiMediaCard, MagicGate Memory Stick, Memory Stick®, Memory Stick PRO™, IBM Microdrive™
PictBridge and USB DIRECT-PRINT supported
Optional Bluetooth® connectivity for wireless printing
Back up and print images from external CD-R and Zip® drives
EPSON Print Image Matching™ II supported for faithful photo reproduction
EPSON PRINT Image Framer software for creative photo framing
EPSON PhotoQuicker 3.5 software to enhance and personalise photos
Windows® and Mac compatible

Payed £110, £3.79 for the ink cartidges.

[Illuminati]

Originally posted by Mad Cat@21 March 2004 - 13:40
Went for an Epson R300.

Heh-Hey - Great minds think alike B)

[TRshady]

As long as it isn&#39;t a Lexmark .. you&#39;ll be fine .. never has one that worked
You wouldn&#39;t think id learn my lesson after getting the 2nd LM printer right?

[lynx]

Originally posted by TRshady@22 March 2004 - 12:05
As long as it isn&#39;t a Lexmark .. you&#39;ll be fine .. never has one that worked
You wouldn&#39;t think id learn my lesson after getting the 2nd LM printer right?

Lexmark inkjet printers used to be HP printers with their own firmware (and external plastic case). The problem I&#39;ve always found is that while HP printers would automatically park the print heads after a while, Lexmark ones would only do that when you switched the printer off.

The result was that if you didn&#39;t use the printer often, but forgot to switch it off, the ink in the cartridges would dry out. Of course, this meant you had to pay a fortune on new carts when you might have only printed a few documents with the old one. More money for Lexmark.

I don&#39;t know if they still do that, but since they still license the technology from HP it stands to reason that they are at least as expensive.

[TRshady]

oh ... thanks for explaining that.
Cheeky buggers ... still, have always preffered hand written anyway .. so I&#39;ll get by.