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Don't want to spend more than £50, ideally less (currently out of work) for printing out copies of my CV and other docs I might use for interview prep, incl copies of previous work to show prospective employers.
Will be running it from a Dell Inspiron laptop
Any recommendations?


 
Posted : 01/04/2011 7:32 pm
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Kodak for the cheap replacement cartridges, it'll cost a little more for one of these.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/kodak-esp-5210-multifunction-inkjet-printer-06747734-pdt.html

But you get an all in one printer scanner and copier for this price. We've been running its smaller brother for a couple of years and it's been brilliant, the prices of the cartridges mean we use genuine ink all the time and it prints brilliantly!


 
Posted : 01/04/2011 7:43 pm
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In honesty, if that's all you want it for, I'd go to the local library and pay 10p/page to print a dozen copies on their laser printers.


 
Posted : 01/04/2011 7:49 pm
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Ye id do what cougar says, ink cartridges seem bad atm price wise

or get something off morgan copmuters, possibly a BW laser or something if its a long term issue


 
Posted : 01/04/2011 7:51 pm
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Just don't buy a Lexmark. Mines a nightmare


 
Posted : 01/04/2011 8:29 pm
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Last Lexmark I had any regular dealings with, it was more cost effective to bin it and but another one than replace the ink cartridges when it ran dry.

HP and Canon get a bad press for pricing printer ink per ml at just under the going rate for unicorn semen, but Lexmark are (well, were) in a league of their own.


 
Posted : 01/04/2011 8:34 pm
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Yep Kodak is king.


 
Posted : 01/04/2011 8:40 pm
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HP 4580 here, wireless one. Works well. Cartridges about £15. And they seem to last well though.


 
Posted : 01/04/2011 8:51 pm
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I've got a Canon 3600 or something and that is fine.


 
Posted : 01/04/2011 8:52 pm
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Kodak ESP3250 here, very happy with it, both scanner and printing.


 
Posted : 01/04/2011 9:10 pm

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