Best sub £50 multifunction printer?

[MElliottUK]

Hi,

Its time I finally bought a printer rather than using works

so what's the best sub £50 multifunction printer? Basically will be used for general printing so not too fussed about the spec, i am however bothered about the price of the ink!

Can anyone recommend a good one, or even just a good brand whereby you get good value with the ink cartridges?

Thanks, Matt

[simba1]

MElliottUK said:

Hi,

Its time I finally bought a printer rather than using works

so what's the best sub £50 multifunction printer? Basically will be used for general printing so not too fussed about the spec, i am however bothered about the price of the ink!

Can anyone recommend a good one, or even just a good brand whereby you get good value with the ink cartridges?

Thanks, Matt

Brother. I have one which is couple of years old and works brilliantly. Full set of 4 cartridges (blck, cyan,magnta,yellow) costs about £10 from online retailers and will print plenty of pages.

[Who me ?]

Suggestion - pick a few printers out , then look on here -WWW.printercartridges.net for prices . Chepest I've found ,and fastest delivery - I ordered WED PM, in postbox Thurs AM ,half the price of local and national ink sellers ,post free . And ,I've no connection to this guy ,save as a very satisfied customer .I've met him -the once I had a bad cartridge ( as secretary of a residents association ,we went through a lot of ink ) , when he personally cameto replace it .I don't often pass on personal reccomendations - this one I'm happy to do so .

[markmullen]

I've got a Canon MP190 at work, most of what I do is through a mono laser but every now and again I need colour, this little beauty works a treat, very cheap as are the cartridges. I use it mainly as a scanner for which is is pretty good, the bundled software scans into pdf for example.

[Fidgits]

robert dyas have a couple going cheap at the moment... worth a look.

[Fidgits]

infact, here you go: http://www.robertdyas.co.uk/product.php?product_id...

[Landlord]

Dell for £30?

[Fidgits]

can anyone reccomend a decent all-in-one that can do photo's and be network attached btw?

[MElliottUK]

Thanks guys its down to one of these i think

http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/product/572470/HP...

or

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150564

[mcflurry]

Landlord said:

Dell for £30?

Ink cartridges - £40

[deckster]

Fidgits said:

can anyone reccomend a decent all-in-one that can do photo's and be network attached btw?

Canon MP640 gets consistently excellent reviews - and can be hard-wired into a network which is for some reason quite hard to find. If you just want Wifi connectivity then the MP560 is cheaper and otherwise almost identical.

[Landlord]

mcflurry said:

Landlord said:

Dell for £30?

Ink cartridges - £40

Buy a new printer instead?

[Fidgits]

deckster said:

Fidgits said:

can anyone reccomend a decent all-in-one that can do photo's and be network attached btw?

Canon MP640 gets consistently excellent reviews - and can be hard-wired into a network which is for some reason quite hard to find. If you just want Wifi connectivity then the MP560 is cheaper and otherwise almost identical.

would a wifi one talk to my wireless router and still be able to be connected as a network printer through that?

[MElliottUK]

Went for the HP F4580 (45 quid from comet) (wireless one)

It will hook up to your router and still act as a network printer for multiple PC's, was worried about the setup but it was really easy.

Got one XP and one windows 7 machine connected

[Fidgits]

cool - thanks.

does it do photo printing?

[MElliottUK]

yep boarderless but at £45 i wouldnt expect it to be the best