All In One Printer

I'm going to be buying an all-in-one printer in the next few weeks. I checked my email, and ebuyer have one for £39.99. It's called a Lexmark X1150.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=49378

I'm really sorry to keep asking you guys stuff like this, but I know nothing about printers, so I'd like to know if this one is any good. I'm looking for an all-in-one printer (perferably black) between 40 and 70 pounds. It'll probably be mainly used for printing black and white text for uni work, but will do colour too.

I don't know if printer/scanner/copiers do this, but do they all need the computer to be on for them to copy stuff?

Basically, is the one I found any good, and if not, does anyone know of a better one for my uses?

A friend has one,he swears by their print quality but says the ink costs can be a little sore on the wallet.

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Originally Posted by invalidpagefaul

the ink costs can be a little sore on the wallet.

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that seems to be the case with most printers these days tho. depends on how much printnign you're going to do, if you're doing a lot it may be worth factoring in the price of ink cartridges into your choice, if you're not going to do loads then the cheaper the printer the better

i recently got a few dell A920's from bigpockets when they were going cheap & sold them on, these are just rebadged lexmark X1150s & the print quality on these was excellent so its a decent enough printer

NB - just in case if you want to use it a lot as a copier you have to have the PC switched on to do so, so it doesn't operate as a standalone copier. that was the only thing i found that wasn't ideal

Lexmark are generally regarded as poor build quality and unreliable.

Personally i would steer cleer.

And your friend needs to bear in mind that the initial purchase cost of a printer pales into insignificance when you consider the total cost of running it over 3 years (buying cartridges). If he is gonna print alot, then you have to wonder if it is worth pumping a few hundred quid (3 years of print cartridges) into a poor cheap printer or would it be better to pump that money into a good quality, reliable printer.

I only buy HP and most of their models ranging from old-new are very reliable in my experience.

Butuz

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=62805

this one here looks ok i think this i the one for sale in argos for £70 5 stars rated by a few people.

I'm currently considerring an all in one myself and have been reading several reviews on different ones.
I almost bought the dell 920 the other day (£55inc on dell this weekend - see bargain hunt) but decided against it as replacement ink is expensive.
Currently I am toying with getting the Cannon MP360 - looks decent, I have a friend who has one and "compatible" ink carts are £2 each, so much cheaper in the long run than the lexmark/dell (if you do a fair bit of printing)

ebuyer link

I am VERY impressed by that cannon above. Here's a quote from one of the reviews:

"Best of all just purchased 2 BLK. & 2 COL. cartridges inc. vat & postage for under £10."

The ink seem very cheap, so although the printer was more than what I intended to spend, that should balence out the costs.

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Originally Posted by ajbrun

The ink seem very cheap, so although the printer was more than what I intended to spend, that should balence out the costs.

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Yep, and in the long run work out ALOT cheaper ;)

I'm pretty certain now that this is the one I'll be getting (unless there's a similar one, but cheaper), but I have a few questions:

1. Does it come with a USB cable included?
2. Will having USB2.0 make a big difference?
3. Can you copy without the PC being on?

Thanks

P.S. - I'm REALLY shocked at the price of the ink. My parents printer (HP deskjet 895Cxi) uses ink that costs about £20!

1. No (but they cost about £2)
2. Not alot
3. Don't know, can find out for you later if no-one else answers.

If anyone's interested in a cheaper one, there's one at www.Jessops.com for £89.90 inc delivery. Cheapest ebuyer does is £92.90 inc delivery.

Or get one on special order here

I own a HP-PSC 1205, and it's very impressive. A large black ink cartridge for it from eBuyer is £11.46, a large colour cartridge is £19.23 and a small colour cartridge is around £13. It can also copy standalone in black and colour and you can choose the quality (photo or normal paper) and size of the output (100% or fit to page). I think it cost me £70 when I bought it and it's well worth a look. There are some lower models which have a smaller profile and a slightly cheaper build quality which cost about £20 less.

I just found a review that says it can copy stand-alone.

After reading a few reviews, I've seen that some printers have 3 separate colours, not just one colour cartridge. Does anyone know of a printer similar to the MP360 that has 3 separate colours cartridges? I just don't see the point in getting more ink if only the red has gone :).

If you wanted to replace all 3 it'll work out more expensive then just replacing the one cartridge.

Ah, OK, I'll stick with the MP360 then. Thanks everyone :).

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Originally Posted by ajbrun

Ah, OK, I'll stick with the MP360 then. Thanks everyone :).

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My girlfriend has the MP360, and its really very very good.
After recently buying a Canon i865 myself, i swear by them.

Print quality is superb, and the ink is so much cheaper.
Ive printed about 50CD's, with front and rear inserts for the cases, some full A4 photos, along with some of the "normal" sized ones, and the ink has only moved a few mm. The cart's are also clear so you know your not being screwed over by the chip like with epsons. :)