Your Opinion: Whats the best Printer Scanner that you have used?

by askloz

Posted: 13 years ago 24 replies

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hey everyone,

I was wondering, whats in your opinion the best Scanner / Printer you have used, i'm looking for one that has it all in one, I'm not really looking for one that has a fax machine on it, but i'll take it if its better than anything else out there, that has a FAST print out in black and color/colour.

Price range I'm looking at, $200-400.00

cheers for any input you can provide...

All the best

Loz

askloz 13 years ago

No one?

Lexmark - Genesis S816 Wireless All-In-One Printer - S816

here's one i was looking at. Still in two minds which one to get.

Only prob with Lexmark, is their support sucks.
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money bubble 13 years ago

I have a kodak. does scan, copy, print & pics. Little thing, but works well & was only $50 at walmart. I'm pretty sure kodak has models with fax as well & the prices are very nice. If you go to the walmart website, I believe you can check out what they have in stock. Hope this helps
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- Kevin AKA Hubcap 13 years ago
  
  I have an HP Walmart special. It does everything I need it to---$35 on sale.
  
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waterotter 13 years ago

You may want to consider the replacement cost for ink-jet cartridges etc if purchasing an ink-jet printer.
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askloz 13 years ago

Thanks guys for your input...

yup i'm considering that too, cheap printers / scanners tend to have a high end price on Ink...

High end printers tend to have better technology for optimizing ink use...

thing is, which high end Printer / Scanner (4 in 1) should one get. uhmm.
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DomainSky 13 years ago

I would have to say Lexmark X2670. Why? Because it's the only one I've ever tried.
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- Mike Wright 13 years ago
  
  I have a Canon MP600 which is an office grade 3 in 1, takes compatible chipped ink cartriges ...has upto 9600 x 4800 resolution, never ever yet clogged up and has
  duplex paper feed plus CD/DVD media printing and copying capabilities plus usb and
  SD card inputs.
  
  Its very nice looking and is quite a heavy quality piece of equipment and is the best printer I have ever owned.
  
  Look in the current range for the capabilities you require.
  
  I <heart> my Canon !
  
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askloz 13 years ago

Cheers Guys,

do you use the Wifi scanner / printer, ie, just hook up the printer to the router?
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seasoned 13 years ago

I don't know HOW HP "is an icon". I've tried several, and they all seem to work fine. My ONLY problem is that there is a flaw with inkjet printers in particular. They tend to fail after about a month of being idle. It would be nice if they didn't have that problem. I have about 5 units at home, ALL inkjet! Someone STOLE my dot matrix ones. Anyway, I'm thinking about buying a color laser next.

Steve
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SShip 13 years ago

I use and like the Epson Artison 710, printer / scanner it's wifi - it was about $200 at Best Buy.
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askloz 13 years ago

Cheers Guys

@Steven, don't worry about the other guy above, he's trying to boost his post count.
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OK, can i extend the Original Post to ask...

INK!

What's the most affordable ink... i thank everyone giving their views, however, (my bad) no one has mentioned how expensive the ink is.

Cheers

Loz
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waterotter 13 years ago

Loz, it depends. You can refill your own at a fraction of the cost, but it can get a bit messy!

Some models allow for a generic replacement. It all depends on what you purchase.

To avoid the problem that Steve had, it's advisable to run your printer 1/wk or 2 just to keep the ink flowing.
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askloz

13 years ago

I know sweetie, Im also a Microsoft Certified Engineer, but I've been out of the loop in regards to the new stuff that's out there these days... I moved my career into Forex Trading; more money

I'm just asking what models are good for ink and prices.

Cheers

All the best

Loz

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Mike Wright

13 years ago

Originally Posted by askloz

I know sweetie, Im also a Microsoft Certified Engineer, but I've been out of the loop in regards to the new stuff that's out there these days... I moved my career into Forex Trading; more money

I'm just asking what models are good for ink and prices.

Cheers

All the best

Loz

In the UK on ebay, I usually get four full sets of compatible chipped cartriges for my
Canon MP 600 for around £30, roughly $10 or less a set ... way below Canon carts. I
would repeat that it has never yet clogged up even with long periods of non use. It
also seems hugely more economical on ink cart usage than my previous Epsons.

If you do loads of printing, then laser printers become more cost effective .... and
most of the cheap new ones are an economical writeoff if you need a replacement
fuser drum/assembly. Toner cartrige prices are roughly #30 to#50 per colour ....but
you do get a lot more pages out of a full toner cart. Note that many new lasers only
come with say 25% of a full cartrige .... so you end up spending money sooner than
you might hope. Check on ebay for prices etc.

PS. Over half the time, my Canon is used free standing without any computer connection!

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seasoned

13 years ago

Originally Posted by askloz

I know sweetie, Im also a Microsoft Certified Engineer, but I've been out of the loop in regards to the new stuff that's out there these days... I moved my career into Forex Trading; more money

I'm just asking what models are good for ink and prices.

Cheers

All the best

Loz

I'm sure she knows that. But giving SPECIFICS is difficult and may become obsolete.

As for ME? I WOULD take waterotter's advice, but I am usually not home. 8-(

Mike,

They are ALSO not likely to get jammed with toner/ink like inkjets are. The optical drums are what make the cartridges so expensive. They SHOULD have put a fill hole in the cartridges, but didn't. But you CAN trade them for refurbished ones.

BTW almost every copier, has used those drums for DECADES! They were developed by a company that NAMED itself for the technology basically, or did they do it the other way. The company was xerox. If you ever went to the stores like 40 years ago to make a copy, THEY used those drums! As long as they stay out of the light, they can last a LONG time! over 90% of the time they were replaced it was because of a SCRATCH! That can leave a line on the page.

So it is silly, but HP basically took the WHOLE unit. One only good for MAYBE 5000 pages, and one that could be good for a MILLION, and put them into the cartridge. And that even shortens the life of the drum, because exposing it to light shortens its life.

Steve

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askloz 13 years ago

Whats that printer model, the one that does 3D printing, well, the illusion of it being in 3D, I can't place the name of it now..

yeh, Cannon was one of my first choices, Epson, then HP, then last resort, Lexmark.

Wasn't it Cannon that had the 3D printing model?

Cheers again guys for your input.. awesome stuff

Loz
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askloz 13 years ago

K, I've settled for this one

Canon U.S.A. : Consumer & Home Office : PIXMA MX860
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- Mike Wright 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by askloz
  
  K, I've settled for this one
  
  Canon U.S.A. : Consumer & Home Office : PIXMA MX860
  
  That particular model has very low availability in the UK .... maybe
  it's in high demand or is being superceeded by a newer model.
  
  Best to check on http://canon.co.uk for models etc and then off
  to the shopping comparison sites
  
  Just a printer-related tip>
  I do quite a bit of website site design/development stuff. So, when
  for example I was doing stuff on Money Loaf , I just used
  my trusty Canon to printout the webpage and made notes on the
  printout ... which is better than just a "todo" list in many ways as
  the "todo" notes are then in context.
  (might be of interest to other site developers )
  
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mjarel 13 years ago

For me Hp products rocks.
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- MichleJohn 13 years ago
  
  i am also using HP and prefer to buy HP products....
  
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Virtualghost 13 years ago

Have had lexmark but love my Kodak also it does last longer for ink comes separate black and colored cartridge and very reasonalble price cartridges and ours is well used daughter prints out everything from college as that's how assignments handed out through their website,as well as mark finals etc.Plus with it being wifi she can access it from laptop anywhere.
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- QuickSurf 13 years ago
  
  Hard to beat the quality and reliability of Brother machines. I've had one of their all-in-ones for a few years with no trouble.
  
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askloz 13 years ago

I cant stand HP products, the way they build their PC's aren't good at all, they restrict airflow in the mobo's.
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richardjmartinez 13 years ago

i used the HP printer but as i used it by time i notice that Canon Printers had a best quality prints as i observed
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