uk answers please
2007-01-27 22:06:41 · 13 answers · asked by rachie 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Printers
i only even get them refilled and to me thats steep
2007-01-27 22:20:43 · update #1
thankyou to everybody for your replies/advice. i decided on a epson dx5000 there was a good deal, and i have done allsorts already its neat!! so thanks!!
2007-01-29 10:46:20 · update #2
I know a good site where you can get really cheap ink for most printers. It's not official ink though, but just works just as well. When you get the ink carts through, they look the same but have Japanese writing on the packet. But if you don't mind that the site is www.ijtdirect.co.uk. PS I don't work for them, my dad recommended the site! Hope this helps.
2007-01-27 22:24:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You could try a Canon Pixma iP 3300, it has some good software and the best is it has the separate cartridges Black/Red/Blue/Yellow, like that you only change the colour you need, you do not waste the other colours like in a lot of printers, it also has an Impression Rapid that uses less ink for the things that are not so important. It costs about £50 or £60 at present I think, but you may find the older version the iP 3000, and that is as good may be a fraction slower. Oh and the cartridges are made by a lot of different firms, so you will find cheaper one on the market.
2007-01-27 22:18:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We were using lexmark, then found out that it'd be cheaper to buy a new printer then to just get the ink! Now we have Epson Stylus DX4050, the ink is about £7 and the whole lot was about £50 with two free ink cartridges, whereas the Lexmark was almost £30 for one cartridge.
2007-01-27 22:24:52 · answer #3 · answered by floppity 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ok, you want Cheeeeep. I have an Epson 320 photo, My ink cartridge costs... Would be £6.50 for 'Epson' originals
However...I use a 'Continuous Ink Supply System', my 'cartridge full (13ml) works out at forty pence. Once you have the system (costs about £20 for the hardware) you get 600ml of ink at a time, for £20.... 600/13 = 46 cartridges for £20 ok, so its 44 pence....
http://www.inkexpress.co.uk/index.php?p=ecom&dowhat=fullinfo&prodid=450
Theres the idea. Shop around, use 'Continuous Ink Supply System' as a search term, pair up a printer with a system, and you are away. You can get systems for Epson, Canon, HP, but only specific printers. All this panic about 'voiding warranties etc goes out of the window, when you realise that by the time you have used 600ml you can buy ...how many....new printers????!!!!!
2007-01-28 08:58:00 · answer #4 · answered by johncob 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's why a lot of small businesses are switching over to laser printers and even many home users. They aren't that expensive, the print quality is far better, they print faster and the price per sheet is less than 1/4 the cost of an ink jet printer. Toner cartridges are not cheap but they last for more than a thousand pages so you rarely have to change them.
I own a computer service company.
2007-01-27 22:21:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-16 15:25:39 · answer #6 · answered by hayakawa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try The Epson CX3700 Aa the cartridges are 4 seperate ones...so if one colour runs out you only need to replace that paticular colour
2007-01-27 22:19:07 · answer #7 · answered by §§ André §§ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you buy your ink cartridges on line they are so much cheaper, also even cheaper than that, is to get them refilled...a lot of places do that now!
I would never pay the extortionate prices they charge in the shops for new cartridges.
Hope that helps
2007-01-27 22:13:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have several printers and the cheapest one for ink is an old
Canon i250.
Still works very well too despite old age and tenthousands of
print-outs.
2007-01-28 02:53:12 · answer #9 · answered by swenson0 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i use a canon i250, can get TESCO printer ink cartridges fro £3 Black, £5 colour that fit it, very good printer too.
hope this helps
heres a link for the cartridge from tesco for canon i250 £2.97 per cartridge
2007-01-27 22:13:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋