Hi
I am in the market for a inkjet printer, budget max $200
Used for school work, some colour printing, want scanner with it as well.
Do not want it to cost a fortune to run though, any recommendations please ?
thanks
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wellygary: The words "economical" and "inkjet" should never be used together, :)
If you are going to use it mainly for B+W you can get a brother B+W laser with a scanner for $150,
if you are desperate for colour and only use it ocassionally buy a seperate cheap colour inket
mattwnz: Speaking to a professional printing company, you either buy an expensive inkjet printer, where you benefit from cheaper inks. Or you buy a cheap inkjet printer (eg $200 would be cheap) and you then endure expensive consumables.
Fred99:mattwnz: Speaking to a professional printing company, you either buy an expensive inkjet printer, where you benefit from cheaper inks. Or you buy a cheap inkjet printer (eg $200 would be cheap) and you then endure expensive consumables.
Even the pro wide format printers, the ink is expensive, and a lot is wasted priming/purging when changing cartridges (or in the case of Epson - when changing from matte to gloss media).
More in the case of Epson - if you can find the Japanese model name for the same model printer that they sell in Japan (they give different model name / numbers), then find Japanese online retailers, the same cartridges are sold in Japan for 1/3 NZ price. They won't work in same model / different name printers sold outside Japan though - as they're chipped not to.
HP/Epson/Canon have been running a global cartel for a long time.
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