All in One Printer for Home Use - not ink subscription

All in One Printer for Home Use - not ink subscription

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FourGears

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343 posts

70 months

Wednesday 2nd April
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I have a HP printer currently with the subscription thing. Not a fan.

Print homework, work stuff and pictures like most households. Number of pages is going to go up to around 30 a week (mostly black and white for work).

Around £100-£150 with first ink purchase on top.

Cheers

craig1912

3,990 posts

127 months

Wednesday 2nd April
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Epson Eco Tank, might be a little more but you will save that in ink very quickly

AdeTuono

7,545 posts

242 months

Wednesday 2nd April
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craig1912 said:
Epson Eco Tank, might be a little more but you will save that in ink very quickly
I'd echo that. Bought one last summer, have printed literally 100's of pages, and the ink tanks are still half full. The HP ink subscription would have bankrupted me.

interstellar

4,301 posts

161 months

Wednesday 2nd April
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+1. Very good printer.

Mine came with two sets of ink cartridges. I have just changed them for the first time, had it two years!

craig1912

3,990 posts

127 months

Wednesday 2nd April
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interstellar said:
+1. Very good printer.

Mine came with two sets of ink cartridges. I have just changed them for the first time, had it two years!
The Eco Tank doesn’t come with cartridges- just bottles of ink to top up the tanks.

Hammer67

6,100 posts

199 months

Wednesday 2nd April
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craig1912 said:
interstellar said:
+1. Very good printer.

Mine came with two sets of ink cartridges. I have just changed them for the first time, had it two years!
The Eco Tank doesn’t come with cartridges- just bottles of ink to top up the tanks.
+2

I`ve had 2 EcoTanks.

Ink costs are tiny and the print quality is excellent.

Epson support, not so much.

interstellar

4,301 posts

161 months

Wednesday 2nd April
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craig1912 said:
interstellar said:
+1. Very good printer.

Mine came with two sets of ink cartridges. I have just changed them for the first time, had it two years!
The Eco Tank doesn’t come with cartridges- just bottles of ink to top up the tanks.
Cartridges, bottles, things with ink in. All the same to me, it works well though that’s the main point.

2 sMoKiN bArReLs

31,175 posts

250 months

Wednesday 2nd April
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Another Ecotank fan here.

As said, a bit more pricey to buy but soon saved in ink costs.

2 sMoKiN bArReLs

31,175 posts

250 months

Wednesday 2nd April
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We've an 8500 & a 2850.

The 2850 came with masses & masses of black ink in particular. It will be thousands of pages before I need to buy any black ink.


Craikeybaby

11,404 posts

240 months

Wednesday 2nd April
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I'm a fan of Brother laser printers - there's a long thread on here somewhere about them. After many years with a crappy HP that demanded ink any time you went near it, it is a revelation to have a printer that just works.

I have just got a black and white one, then a separate small Canon dye sub printer for 6x4 photos, as they are better quality than inkjet prints.

dundarach

5,690 posts

243 months

Wednesday 2nd April
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I guess you've had a poor experience, for me, the HP instant ink is great, never worry about printing, it's changed the way our family uses the printer!!


FlossyThePig

4,133 posts

258 months

Thursday 3rd April
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I have a Canon MG7550 which has an ethernet port so it connects to my home network. I use generic ink cartridges which seem to work OK. It is possible the clean the print head, which is not difficult, or simply replace.