A4 Bleed Printers?

[markmullen]

Could anyone recommend a colour printer that is capable of printing right to the edges of A4 paper?

Alternatively I wondered about using an A3 printer and trimming the results down to A4.

It is for low volume (1 or 2 pages at a go) so looking to spend no more than £3-400

[deckster]

Almost any modern printer does borderless printing, unless I've misunderstood your requirement. Certainly you don't need to spend anything like £300.

As to recommendations - well, sort of like cars it's hard to buy a truly bad printer these days. Steer clear of the £40 cheapies and you'll be fine (although if you insist - I've just upgraded to a Canon Pixma MP640 and it's the dog's danglies).

[clonmult]

deckster said:

As to recommendations - well, sort of like cars it's hard to buy a truly bad printer these days. Steer clear of the £40 cheapies and you'll be fine (although if you insist - I've just upgraded to a Canon Pixma MP640 and it's the dog's danglies).

I've got an Epson SX200 - it was around £40, is a reasonable scanner/copier, and can print full bleed A4, and can look pretty damn good. Done a couple of full page A4 photos taken from my DSLR, and stunning would have been a better description.

[markmullen]

I wasn't sure if colour lasers would do borderless?

Thanks for your help guys.

[deckster]

markmullen said:

I wasn't sure if colour lasers would do borderless?

Thanks for your help guys.

To be fair you didn't specify laser! I know Dell do one that claims to be borderless but have no experience beyond that.

[markmullen]

deckster said:

To be fair you didn't specify laser!

Oops! Sorry about that.