New Printer?

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Nov 1, 2014 11:06:29 GMT andy01424 said:

Always loved epson! cheap refills had a tank system on it for ages but got fed up when cats knocked it over,usually when refilling with a syringe,you push to much air or fluid to hard which breaks the inner seals in cartridges hence they weep,paid £40 for my AIO RX215 4 yrs ago not had one problem.... cost me £13 for 4 sets of ink for mine,that canon on ebay there £18.99 each for originals[1 set] inks,as for the guy in cart world he is spining a story for a sale


ther inks start from £8,.99 each for that canon www.cartridgeworld.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=canon+mg3250


ok epson ! lol think this just an upgraded version of mine
www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/printers-ink/printers-scanners/all-in-one-printers/epson-expression-home-xp-215-wireless-all-in-one-inkjet-printer-21650992-pdt.html


and heres the cost of cartridges on fleabay
www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=EPSON+Expression+Home+XP-215&_from=R40&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.XEPSON+Expression+Home+XP-215+cartridges&_nkw=EPSON+Expression+Home+XP-215+cartridges&_sacat=0

I have to say I did thoroughly research the epson range you mention (up to ones costing about £64 at currys - about 1% differnence in which score compared to the canon) and decided they weren't for me ) but interesting what Q says about printers being a 'throwaway market' there fore wise not to spend too much..

Also the epson's don't have duplexing at the cheaper end. The canon's do

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Epsons (plus others I'm sure) have a built in expiry date, in the form of a page count, when it reaches a certain score you get an error code which deciphers as 'needs service' what it ACTUALLY means is the 'ink well' (for excess ink) needs replacing/emptying, its an easy enough job to do BUT you have to reset the error message and currently I can only find that it needs to be a dealer fix, costing more than a replacement printer.
My previous one lasted 2 years before the dreaded message (I was doing LOTS of printing at the time) this one is now 3 years old so I'm expecting it to happen soon, hence I only bought 2 sets of cartridges last time, so I'm now looking for my next one in anticipation of that

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That sounds like just what happened to my old printer Q. Glad I didn't pay too much for my new one

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I consider £30 - £40 for 2-3 years use to be just about OK, but it is a shame in this current recyclable world that they should force us to dump things that would carry on for a few more years