home printer recommendation

[jaker]

Hi All,

Can anyone recommend a reasonable colour printer for home use that doesnt cost a fortune to run? I dont use mine THAT much, but I'm forever shelling out for cartridges...

cheers

jaker

[Mrs Fish]

James here:

Cannon IP5000, I think it might have been upgraded know but do go for the five tank system. Excellant pictures and a seperate black tank. THe software it comes with for printing pictures is brilliant and even my dad could use it.

Hope that helps.

[roy the boy]

I'd second the Canon IP range.

See here also

www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=95&t=301768

[munky]

the gadget show did a test and reckoned the Epson was best:

http://gadgetshow.five.tv/jsp/5gsmain

[page3]

I couldn't recommend either HP or Epson.

HP because when I did have a problem, I found they just weren't interested in providing support. It turned out in the end to be an issue with their driver software and it took almost 9 months to fix - in the meantime I had no use of the printer.

Epson because the ink cartridges block if you don't constantly use the printer. You then need to do a 'head clean' which uses loads of ink. I find I need to do the clean every time I need to print.

So Canon it is