I have really had enough of my Epson Stylus C46 ink jet. I do not print things very often, but every time I need to print something, the stupid thing needs a few hours of nozzle cleaning and general messing around until I finally get a mediocre quality print out of it. I'm sure i have spent more money on ink used to clean the nozzles than i have actually printing documents etc. :censored:
The Epson is a few years old and I cant really afford to get a laser printer, so could anyone advise whether newer ink jets suffer from this same drying out/clogging problem?
I went in to Staples and PC World today, and found an HP Deskjet F4272 in PC World for £35 which doesn't seem too bad, and an HP Deskjet F4280 in Staples for £68 with 3 years replacement product, a new cable and a ream of paper, which also seems like quite a good deal. I don't usually sign up for extended warranties and the like, and the 3 year replacement product service usually costs about £30 in Staples, which is pretty much the same price as i could spend on just getting a new printer anyway, should that one go wrong. Is it really worth spending the extra £30 for the extras with the F4280, bearing in mind that i already have paper and a USB cable?!
The choice out there seems a little bewildering. Some of the smaller Canon printers look quite good also, and there are a few Lexmark models which also don't seem too bad. I like the idea of the front loading paper with the HP models, but have heard reports of poor driver support. The printer will be going under the desk on a small shelf, and it was a bit of a nightmare trying to bend paper the right way to get it into the Epson's rear paper feed without it creasing.
I think the maximum we want to spend is about £70 and the other half made a good point about the all in one jobbies being only marginally dearer that just a printer, so we may as well get an all in one as I'm sure the copying and scanning could come in useful.
So, could you lovely Hexites please advise me on what to get and what to avoid with the above in mind? Thanks in advance for any suggestions! :bowdown: