All In One Printer..any good?

[pompeyboy]

I need a new printer and have been looking at one in the Studio catalogue..they have a Epson Expression Home All In One Printer(scanner,copier etc) in there for £49.99..what i'd like to know is if anyone has come across this before or have one..is it any good..i only want it for basic printing,scanner etc so for that price it seems quite good.

Regards

Steve

[jess5athome]

Hi, I have a all in one printer which prints,scans and copies documents and it is brilliant, However, with a capitol "H", please, please find out if you can use "non branded" ink cartridges with it. My all in one printer is one which is only sold by one of the high street computer/electrical shops the full name of which I don`t think I am allowed to use pee see something or other and it will only take the ink cartridges which they sell at a cost of around £25 each which is a lot more than non branded cartridges.
Best regards, jess5athome

[pompeyboy]

Hi Jess yeah good point there..the one i have at mo is getting on a bit..it is an Epson and it does use "cheaper inks" which only cost me £2.50 each and seem to last forever.

Steve

[Calverley Lad]

Whenever I'm out shopping with my wife, I tend to look at printer supplies 'on the cheap'.
Your local supermarket be it Asda, Tesco or Morrisons all sell compatible printer ink.
The combined colour/black packs are a bargain.
 Brian

[jess5athome]

Hi pompeyboy, The problem is that a lot of manufacturers are putting a "chip" on the cartridge so that the printer recognises it as "correct".
I even removed the chip from my old cartridge and put it on the new one and it would still not print, just kept stating that the ink needed replacing.
Aw well, you live and learn.
Regards, jess

[BumbleB]

I have an Epson Stylus Photo PX720WD and OH has an Epson Stylus SX215 - both take cheaper ink cartridges without causing any problems.

The only problem with my printer is that I cannot print card (for my card-making efforts) as it is not a straight-through printer, so I use the other one.

Both are printer/scanner/copiers.

[anne_p]

Don't know about this printer, but I have been stung in the past with the cheaper All In One's.
I use mine mostly for scanning.

When the message is displayed advising that the ink needs replacing, no other function on the menu can be accessed.
The only way to clear the message is to replace the cartridge

I am stating the obvious, but it means the scanner is unavailable if the ink has run out!

[Calverley Lad]

Just for the record mine is a non wi fi Epson SX 415, uses 3 colour plus black ink.
Ama*** have 3 packs of the 4 inks at @ £8 as a guide price, although I use the supermarkets own.
 Brian

[pompeyboy]

Thank you all of you..im off to the local computer shop tomorrow and see what they come up with..if they have compatible inks for this 'all in one' then i might give it a go.

Regards

Steve