New A4 printer recomendations

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My canon IP4600 has just started chewing more paper than the dog and will be probably cheaper to replace than repair. My budget is between £100 and £200. Epson used to do a decent printer (the 300) but this seems to be out of production now. Any recomendations as to what's out there?:)
 
Hi there,

I recently got an Epson Stylus Px730Wd (around £120 on Amazon), it's been an improvement over the HP unit I had but I have found that the ink seems to run out quickly and isn't the cheapest but the results are very good.

Kodak seem to have a good rep at the moment and their ink isn't too bad cost wise but not seen it in action.

I did have one of the new canons (Canon PIXMA MG6250) and the results were great but it developed a fault after a few uses which was a shame (hence why I went over to Epson).

Cheers

Al
 
Any reason why your not looking at a new Canon iP range ?

I used to have an Epson, but sold it for a Canon iP and much prefer the results.
 
Not great to hear about the Epson issues, have to admit that I have owned a few over they years and been lucky enough not to have any issues at all.

Have multiple machines (32/64 bit) printing fine and also have the tablets printing to it (good app for the iPad is provided by Epson).

I will say that the Canon was better for text but the Epson has produced better photo's. Haven't used the Canon Pixma IP range so can't comment on those..
 
MagicMynx said:
I've used epsons before and I had nothing but trouble with it. Haven't heard about the Canon iP but will check it out - I do like canon's printers - and I'd be happy to stay with the one that I have if it wasn't for the ink issues.
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The iP range is purely the printer, whereas the MP range is the multi-purpose (scanner etc as well).

When I purchased mine and looked into it, the iP and MP that were out then, were the same print engine / inks etc etc - I chose the iP as I didn't want / need the scanner section, so saved some money.
 
hello, I'm in the same boat looking for a decent printer that wont be breaking the bank. I do not print a huge lot but have a few 6x4 that I do every so often.
Any recommendations? Also I have a request that its able to print on CD or that I'm able to stick something on a CD when I hand it over to my clients.
 
i cannot fault my epson photo px 720wd. photo quality is excellent, also easy to set up.(y)
 
schizophonic said:
hello, I'm in the same boat looking for a decent printer that wont be breaking the bank. I do not print a huge lot but have a few 6x4 that I do every so often.
Any recommendations? Also I have a request that its able to print on CD or that I'm able to stick something on a CD when I hand it over to my clients.
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The Canon iP range also allows printing directly onto CDs (printable ones) and they are very reasonably priced - under £100
 
Having owned the canon ip4200,4300,4500 and now the mx6150 I use the cd printing a lot. I moved to a multifunctional mainly for the Ethernet connection. It sits next to my router and all my laptops etc can print to it.
 
aeronic said:
I moved to a multifunctional mainly for the Ethernet connection. It sits next to my router and all my laptops etc can print to it.
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that's good to know for the future :)
 
I just got the Epson PX730WD and like it a lot (had the PX710W before that)

£124.99 from Currys

Ethernet
Wi-Fi
Supports Airprint for iPad
Double sided printing
Can load A4 plus photo paper in the same tray
Prints CD's as well

I normally get my replacement inks from

http://www.internet-ink.co.uk £14.99 a set and they have been Ok so far
 
I use an Epson R800 which has the Ultrachrome inks. A4, also takes roll paper. USB and Firewire interfaces. You can pick them up within your budget. They also take a CISS if you do high print volumes.
 
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