Topic: inkjet printer advice

[andyhx]

Hi folks; HP deskjet 840C seems to have died - power pack ok (checked with the scanner) but no life in the printer. Is there anything i should / could check easily before asking the next qn??

Next qn is can anyone recommend a reasonably priced wireless inkjet colour printer for documents and photos which is used infrequently and doesnt cost the earth in ink??

Oh and while i'm on, i have a scanjet 4300 scanner which doesnt work with Vista Home Premium - anyone got a fix??

Thank you.

Andy

[Rik]

Hi Andy

Is the printer making any odd noises, or generating any Windows error messages?

Look at the HP Photosmart series, wireless and wired ethernet, Bluetooth, two paper trays, auto-duplexing and decent scanner. I spend about £100/year on original inks, printing 5-6,000 sheets.

That would fix the problem with the 4300 too.

[andyhx]

thx Rik; printer shows no sign of life at all...one day it worked the next it didnt (well when i say next it was a week or so later).

I'll have a look at the HP Photosmart printers.

Cheers

[Rik]

I suspect a circuit board or the ribbon connector has failed. It's just possible it has an internal fuse, of course.

[andyhx]

Web search for internal fuse hasnt yielded an answer ...yet :-)

[andyhx]

And the Canon Pixma MP 640 gets good reviews too...

[Clive]

I would go for a laser.  Best move I ever made!   

[D-Dan]

Canon gets my vote, too. Laser are fine if you aren't printing photos, but inkjet are better general purpose printers. I used to have one of each, and would switch depending on what I was printing.

Steve

[Rik]

I still do, Steve - in fact I'm worse, I have a MFD for day to day work, a laser for long runs (or higher quality) and a dedicated Canon photo printer. Then there's the Dymo Labelwriter.

[Simon]

 

[Rik]

I missed out a couple more.

[Simon]

I'd love to see your 'office'.  It must be like the backroom of the BBC News!   

[Rik]

Let's put it this way. When we moved here, I appropriated the second bedroom, and I've filled it.

[Simon]

[Clive]

Canon gets my vote, too. Laser are fine if you aren't printing photos, but inkjet are better general purpose printers. I used to have one of each, and would switch depending on what I was printing.

Steve

I only use mine for printing newsletters and I'm impressed with the speed.  Also, a toner cartridge costs just £29 and does 2000 copies.  Having said that, I printed off a couple of photos for Mrs Clive yesterday and they were not too bad!