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Colour Inkjet Printers
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I've been using a colour Epson 740 printer for several years but now it's playing up all sorts, I think it's almost had it.
but the one thing that really doesn't want to see me get ride of it is the fact the ink for it is dirt cheap - like from £1 per cartidge.
Buy a new printer isn't a problem what is - are the cost of new ink.. all the latest printers have chips in them to make it hard to refill or get compatiables and by the looks of it instead of paying £2 for completely new ink it's going to be more like £24 for some of the newer models - much more pricey!!
I remember on holiday seeing people that had modded HP printers to use these huge bottle of ink instead of the normal dinky cartidges ... what are you lot all doing about your printers? Any cut price solutions out there?
but the one thing that really doesn't want to see me get ride of it is the fact the ink for it is dirt cheap - like from £1 per cartidge.
Buy a new printer isn't a problem what is - are the cost of new ink.. all the latest printers have chips in them to make it hard to refill or get compatiables and by the looks of it instead of paying £2 for completely new ink it's going to be more like £24 for some of the newer models - much more pricey!!
I remember on holiday seeing people that had modded HP printers to use these huge bottle of ink instead of the normal dinky cartidges ... what are you lot all doing about your printers? Any cut price solutions out there?
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You'd think someone in China would make an inkjet printer that took loads of cheap ink at once - that would be a consumer people would love to buy even if the printer cost a bit more to begin with
I looked up my Epson 740 and it's about 6 years old now - so think it's lasted about as long as should be expected for an inkjet??
I remember paying about £150 for it back then so £60 aint too bad for an even better 4 colour printer, I just can't figure out why there is so many different ypes of Epsons!!
PC World is the cheapest place of all to get the printers I'm looking at - certainly when you take into account I can just drive there a few miles down the road compared to Postage and Packing for the online retailers.
http://www.eddiem.com/photo/CIS/cis.htm
I have a Canon pixma which cost 40 quid from ebuyer and the cartriges are 20 quid for colour/black and white. It prints photo though. And i have a belkin print server so i can print without connecting it, the peak of lazyness.
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But I recon once setup a printer would actually be less prone to playing up as ink wouldn't dry because everything is see thru so you can alway make sure the printer is topped up with ink and you need only top up the colours which are being used up. I recon once you got the continous refilling system working it should bring down the cost of the ink to maybe £2 per refill, plus you're not wasting ink priming the heads as you do when you install a new cartidge. Some sites say doing this wastes 10% of the ink inside the cartidge.
I don't think I really need the added expense of a 6 colour printer .. do I?
I'm really surprise no one in the far east has simply made a basic no nonesense inkjet printer that take loads of ink
Everything about modern printers revolves around making the most money on the ink sales
There are two possible ways to save ink costs , one is the system as shown or there are new cartidges designed to be removed and filled with a syringe really easily
Printer coming in at £57 - my last inkjet printer was £150 and before that £500 - so they're getting cheaper .. LOL