JadeM
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Originally posted by MikeLamb
You can get replica cartridges for a couple of quid each.
I've been told the printers take about 7 or 8 different colour cartridges at a time, is this right 
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Dom
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Originally posted by PaulW
only problem i always had with epsons was if you dont use them often enough the ink in the heads will dry
hp are also good
haven't read all of the thread, but i can personally comments that this is the same with HPs. Infact it'll happen with any printer if left for a while (had it happen to a xerox, hp and an epson).
Eitherway, look at printer cart. before anything, as the printer will cost you £100 or so and then you'll be paying £30 for a cart. each 
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Dom
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Originally posted by JadeM
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Originally posted by MikeLamb
You can get replica cartridges for a couple of quid each.
I've been told the printers take about 7 or 8 different colour cartridges at a time, is this right
eh?
usually you have two, one black and the other the colour (RGB). You can get printers that take multiple colour cart. for RGB (3 seperate carts + black) or ymck (4 carts + black) etc
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JadeM
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Originally posted by Dom
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Originally posted by PaulW
only problem i always had with epsons was if you dont use them often enough the ink in the heads will dry
hp are also good
haven't read all of the thread, but i can personally comments that this is the same with HPs. Infact it'll happen with any printer if left for a while (had it happen to a xerox, hp and an epson).
Eitherway, look at printer cart. before anything, as the printer will cost you £100 or so and then you'll be paying £30 for a cart. each
Tell me your joking 
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Dom
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Originally posted by JadeM
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Originally posted by Dom
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Originally posted by PaulW
only problem i always had with epsons was if you dont use them often enough the ink in the heads will dry
hp are also good
haven't read all of the thread, but i can personally comments that this is the same with HPs. Infact it'll happen with any printer if left for a while (had it happen to a xerox, hp and an epson).
Eitherway, look at printer cart. before anything, as the printer will cost you £100 or so and then you'll be paying £30 for a cart. each
Tell me your joking
if you get propper ones yea. But like said you can pick them up for a fiver or so, but its a bit of a mixed bag whether there any good or not (worth it though).
And i would recommend the RX Epson series with a flatbed scanner built in. Photos are pretty good (not the best, but for a 130 quid printer not too bad) and the scanner is bloody useful, especially being a flatbed. Roommates RX is a bit slow on printing (30-60secs a sheet), but apart from that i cannot recommend it enough.
Though it's a bit annoying that it doesn't do double sheet printing unlike the HP i havem only useful if you happened to print out a lot of essays or documents etc
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Steve
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Originally posted by JadeM
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Originally posted by MikeLamb
Get an epson, Ink is expensive for HP's
Get this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Epson-Photo-R300-Printer-CD-DVD-Printing-Memcard-ETC_W0QQitemZ190076404804QQihZ009QQcategoryZ178QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
You can get replica cartridges for a couple of quid each.
That looks nice, and not too expensive  What is the difference between the 3 Epson's to make such a big price gap?
Steve does what kind of camera I have make any difference when choosing a printer?
no
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Steve
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dont get replicas or refills, especially if your doing photo printing, the ink will fade and most of the time the colour match is shocking!
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Colin
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All the cheap ink ive bought has been terrible!!
The faither says to get either a Canon Pixma iP5000 or a Epson Stylus Photo R320
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JadeM
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Steve can you explain the difference in quality between...............
Epson R800 - £191.60 and the Epson R1800 - £318.70
Thanks Jade
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JadeM
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Originally posted by Colin
All the cheap ink ive bought has been terrible!!
The faither says to get either a Canon Pixma iP5000 or a Epson Stylus Photo R320
Is it the Epson Willie uses atm?
[Edited on 25-01-2007 by JadeM]
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Dom
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look at reviews on google. Best thing you can do and then make up your mind from there 
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Colin
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No but he doesnt just want to print high quality photo's!! He uses it as a general printer/scanner/fax.
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Colin
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http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/computing/peripherals/printers/225560/reviews
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JadeM
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Originally posted by Colin
http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/computing/peripherals/printers/225560/reviews
That seems a good price 
BTW I want one that takes a memory card, how do I know which ones do and which ones don't 
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Liam
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It should say 'Memory Card Compatible' on the specs/information.
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