All in One Printer for Home Use - not ink subscription

[FourGears]

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]

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

[AdeTuono]

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]

+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]

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]

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]

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]

Another Ecotank fan here.

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

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[Padron]

For home office use a colour laser makes sense

The cartridges are expensive but don’t dry out and you will save overall


For the few photos we print I get them done online

[595Heaven]

dundarach said:

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!!

I agree. I don’t understand why so many people dislike the Instant Ink concept.

I don’t print a huge amount, and I got sick and tired of my previous Epson printer dumping masses of ink cleaning the heads when I did need to print. I now only pay for pages printed. If HP need to clean the heads when I print it’s not my issue.

[RotorRambler]

Same here with the subscription
Paused it for a bit in the summer as wasn’t using it. Easy to switch plan mid month, eg last month wife was printing 100+ pages, just upped the plan to cover it, then back down again for the next month, easy.
Proper cartridges sent automatically, no more dicking about trying to find cheaper stuff that is invariably rubbish!
Not for everyone, but works for me..

[dxg]

It's unclear if you need the scanner functionality of an "all in one" specifically.

If not, get a cheap Brother laser printer. Rock solid. Always works. The toner lasts for ages and the print quality is excellent. Black and white only, though.

[Griffith4ever]

Padron said:

For home office use a colour laser makes sense

The cartridges are expensive but don t dry out and you will save overall


For the few photos we print I get them done online

Toner Cartidges don't have to be. I pay £40 for a CYMK set of high cap toner carts for my Brother laser.