Recommend me a printer for under £100
- Thread starter Lamp
- Start date
Ingafgrinn Macabre
Can't get enough of FH
- Joined
- Jan 4, 2004
- Messages
- 3,155
Something like an HP DeskJet D2400 or D2500 series should do fine, but my experience is that if you're needing to print thicker reports, like >100 pages, an inkjet isn't really easy to work with. Takes a LONG LONG time to print, and the ink is expensive on a per-print basis.
The D2400 and D2500 serie printers are available from €35~€50 though, so the printer itself is cheap, but you won't be able to print a big report on 1 cartridge.
I've bought myself a laser (HP Color LaserJet 1600) 3 years ago, and never regretted it, although if I were to make the choice now, I would've bought a 2605DN I think, because it has a network port, and is even slightly faster, plus it has bigger starters cartridges
Tonercardridges can be bought for €60.-, which may seem expensive, but you'll last 10x the pages you'd do with an inkjet cartridge, plus the printer churns out 6~10 pages per minute, instead of per hour.
The D2400 and D2500 serie printers are available from €35~€50 though, so the printer itself is cheap, but you won't be able to print a big report on 1 cartridge.
I've bought myself a laser (HP Color LaserJet 1600) 3 years ago, and never regretted it, although if I were to make the choice now, I would've bought a 2605DN I think, because it has a network port, and is even slightly faster, plus it has bigger starters cartridges
Tonercardridges can be bought for €60.-, which may seem expensive, but you'll last 10x the pages you'd do with an inkjet cartridge, plus the printer churns out 6~10 pages per minute, instead of per hour.
Ingafgrinn Macabre
Can't get enough of FH
- Joined
- Jan 4, 2004
- Messages
- 3,155
20 pages per day is quite a lot for home usage.
A general black cartridge (HP 21, for D2400 series printer) can print 150 pages at 5% coverage. You'll be lucky if you manage 8% coverage, so it'll probably be nearer to 100 pages, so that'll be a cartridge per week.
A black toner cardridge on the other hand can print some 2000~2500 prints.
lol i got a lexmark z617 and its ok for ikkle stuff but it sucks for essays etc (god bless work for letting me print all that out on their ink bill!)
however, for a little home use printer t'aint bad and i think it was like £30 maybe more can't remember now, from tesco.
however, for a little home use printer t'aint bad and i think it was like £30 maybe more can't remember now, from tesco.
HP Deskjet F2180 All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier (CB597A) specifications - HP Home & Home Office products
Good quality documents print out at a rate of 7 ppm - drafts at 20 ppm.
Looks very nice if you get it in black.
Also a photocopier and a scanner (scanning quality is very good - not tried photocopier).
The best thing about it - I picked it up for 22 quid off Tescos and it came with a couple of cartridges too (not sure if that offer still exists though).
Why get it? 100 quid - 22 quid = 78 quid for food, beer and dvds!
Good quality documents print out at a rate of 7 ppm - drafts at 20 ppm.
Looks very nice if you get it in black.
Also a photocopier and a scanner (scanning quality is very good - not tried photocopier).
The best thing about it - I picked it up for 22 quid off Tescos and it came with a couple of cartridges too (not sure if that offer still exists though).
Why get it? 100 quid - 22 quid = 78 quid for food, beer and dvds!