ive got this printer and although its a bit noisey at fast draft speed i get my inks from amazon - 20 pack blackand white for around £12.00

the adf is a bit hit and miss though but for the price and speed and quality it is okay

Thankyou for these, I will try anything and this seems less cost way.

I only need black so others would be stored for future use. Hope it starts working again, I have not even seen adf and fax in action yet.

I understand people have raised concerns on this printer about ADF, cartridges and being noisy. How people think of this HP 5740 printer?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/HP-Officejet-5740-e-All-Printer/dp/B00MWS2A56/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1486553931&sr=1-1&keywords=hp+5740

I have been looking at these 2 printers and need some help in deciding which one is better.

First let me say I've never used these just trying to be helpful. After that forewarning I think this is what you'd need https://www.amazon.co.uk/Head-Cleaning-Cartridge-SX600FW-SX610FW/dp/B007K7Z48Y or http://www.cityinkexpress.co.uk/cheap-printer-cartridges/epson/stylus-sx610fw/sx-series/cleaner/printhead-cleaning-cartridge/black

I should have mentioned my Epson printers model number it's

Epson Stylus SX610FW

Is there a cleaning cart for this? Just the black doesn't print anything the printer goes through the motion of printing but the papers comes out with nothing on it.

I have an Epson printer with fax, photocopy adf and wireless printing but black head has clogged up.

Big machine I don't want to throw away

Avoid Epson

nearly bought one but there is no ciss for this printer

£49 in pc world

Opted for an HP myself. I know there are issues with compatible cartridges with many inkjets, but it seems to me that if I have to use original ink, HP originals are cheaper (£45 for a full set) than Epson.(£85).
But there are many other points of view on this topic!
BTW, here is the Epson cashback deal which applies to a whole bunch of printers:
http://www.epson.co.uk/viewcon/corporatesite/cms/index/12436/

Thx. Will take a look

Worst printer.. Bought it even cheaper in pc world Last year.. Was in rubbish approximately 3 months later.. Useless with colors and printing

I bought the 2650 on a similar deal several years ago and it has worked fine with compatables although it does flash up a warning on the screen occasionally to tell me so.

Dell. Cheap as chips aftermarket toners

The Big Big difference between ink jet & laser is that the laser doesn't clean the print heads every time you turn it on wasting the ink, until it runs out altogether. If you don't use ink jet frequently enough then the heads clog up and when they can't be cleaned the printer is junk.

In terms of capacity you get 175 pages from standard ink cartridges and 500 from high capacity. From a laser you can add a nought on the end at least if not more.

Lasers are faster, and the print quality of text is better. On the downside Laser is bigger heavier, and they're not as good at photo printing.

Very cheap compatible inks on Ebay,I'm using a set of refillable cartridges on high print settings and it now works a treat,bought from Ink-girl £20 4 cartridges and 4x100ml ink/syringes etc

Mine lasted just a few months. Blue didn't work so replaced with new inks (both compatibles and new). Scrapped it in the end. Going for colour laser - sick to death of inkjets!!

Read the reviews and you'll see a large number have similar issues.

I bought one of these under this deal a week ago and although i can see lots of sellers of aftermarket inks the previous thread for this item now has a lot of posts saying that you cant use compatible inks in it. One compatible ink seller says that they work as long as you don't update the printer's firmware. I didn't anyway just in case after the HP/Canon(?) Debacle...with their firmware update disallowing it...i suppose it depends on what firmware your printer was shipped with. I'm going to take a look at cjhilton's suggested seller to see what's on offer there. Anyway, if you get this i suggest you do the same regarding the firmware until its clear. The software installation tries to get you to do it straight away. Considering blocking the printer's IP at the router from letting it get to the internet if that's possible.

Sorry for the brevity of the post but on my mobile and didn't want to wait the 2 hours until I got home. :smiley: