Bluebell
21-01-2014, 07:59 AM
Our very old and ancient printer gave up the ghost and we bought a new one - cost about £40 - 50 - although I can't remember exactly cos my hubby ordered it. But basically for the money it seemed really good value. It has scanner, photocopy, printer and fax. It also has air print so I can print straight from my i-phone. It also had really good reviews and said it was cost effective for printing.
It has been nothing but a disaster!! It is slow to print, prints multiple copies (like 10 copies of a 30 page document once when left to print) the colours for photos are dark and not true to the actual photo, it ran out of ink quickly which I thought was due to the multiple print error above but I have actually replaced the ink 3 times in the time I have had it (September) I phoned the helpline re the poor standard of printing and that we were going through ink so quickly and they said it was because I had to use their own brand ink cartridges. I bought a black one £25!!! and this was just before Christmas and it has run out already!! I haven't been printing that much over Christmas or since in fact. No learning journeys, no essays, no policies, no parent letters - I am so annoyed!!
Now I've got a list of things to buy (like my pushchair broke) and can't afford to get more ink, or anything else, until the end of the month because of being off over Christmas and having less money, and because Christmas this year seemed really expensive. I've got parents letters, children's ILP's, my register sheet and so on to print off.
I'm wondering if I should pay £25 each for a black and a colour cartridge or look to getting a new printer that is more cost effective!!!? This year I am studying so will have lots to print off, print a lot of paperwork for childminding - parents letters, children's documents and am on the committee of a pre-school so will need forms and so on for that.
I've complained to the company but they just said its not broken and I should have used proper ink.
What do you all use? - mine is a canon MX455. There are so many different types of printers out there! I'd quite like a scanner / photocopier don't need a fax. I always used to print a lot of photos but since using online journals don't need to and for family photos I'm thinking maybe it would be more cost effective to do it through an online company as the cost per print may be more cost effective.
It has been nothing but a disaster!! It is slow to print, prints multiple copies (like 10 copies of a 30 page document once when left to print) the colours for photos are dark and not true to the actual photo, it ran out of ink quickly which I thought was due to the multiple print error above but I have actually replaced the ink 3 times in the time I have had it (September) I phoned the helpline re the poor standard of printing and that we were going through ink so quickly and they said it was because I had to use their own brand ink cartridges. I bought a black one £25!!! and this was just before Christmas and it has run out already!! I haven't been printing that much over Christmas or since in fact. No learning journeys, no essays, no policies, no parent letters - I am so annoyed!!
Now I've got a list of things to buy (like my pushchair broke) and can't afford to get more ink, or anything else, until the end of the month because of being off over Christmas and having less money, and because Christmas this year seemed really expensive. I've got parents letters, children's ILP's, my register sheet and so on to print off.
I'm wondering if I should pay £25 each for a black and a colour cartridge or look to getting a new printer that is more cost effective!!!? This year I am studying so will have lots to print off, print a lot of paperwork for childminding - parents letters, children's documents and am on the committee of a pre-school so will need forms and so on for that.
I've complained to the company but they just said its not broken and I should have used proper ink.
What do you all use? - mine is a canon MX455. There are so many different types of printers out there! I'd quite like a scanner / photocopier don't need a fax. I always used to print a lot of photos but since using online journals don't need to and for family photos I'm thinking maybe it would be more cost effective to do it through an online company as the cost per print may be more cost effective.