Printer choice

[ffutures]

After a lot of reflection I've decided to go with the Canon duplexing mono printer; at an effective price of £50 after cashback it works out at about 2.5p per page with the starter cartridge, 2p a page with high capacity cartridges. The last colour laser I looked at was very tempting, but in the end I think I have to accept that colour isn't something I need very often; I may buy myself a cheap inkjet for occasional colour work, I haven't decided yet.

The bottom line, I think, is that if this turns out to be a bad move I'm only out £50 (and possibly the price of an inkjet later), and have numerous family members who could make use of e.g. the mono laser if I do eventually decide I need colour for my main printer.

Later - looking at cheap inkjets, Staples are doing the HP deskjet 1000 for about £20 inc. VAT. Anyone know anything about them?

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[pbristow.livejournal.com]

A stray thought: One exception to the "all the same, same quality" rules is the difference between printers with scanners and those without. The ones with scanners will tend to give slightly better quality simply because they're *heavier*, so there mechanism iasn't so subject to random vibrations. Also, it's less like to gradually walk across your table and fall on the floor!

Almost all the printers bought these days have scanners in them, simply 'cos the price difference is marginal. The "printer only" versions tend to be bought more for kids bedrooms or cramped student accomodation. =:o}