what printer to get?

[yogitree69]

 
I want to get a printer thats not too expensive.

I want to use it for printing photos taken from my digital camera. The camera is not top of the range, so i dont need an over the top printer.

I'd also like to be able to print onto cds and dvds with this printer.

And finally i'd like the running costs (ie ink) to be reasonable too!!

Thanks for any opinions in advance!!

[danman]

What digi cam you got m8?
1 of my printers (I have many) which I'm currently using is the Canon i865. Fast as f+++ really quiet, cheap to run compats are about £11 for a set of 5 carts and they last forever as they are individual tanks. Supports Pictbridge so prints straight from your camera. Special cassy to print to CD/DVD and also a special caddy for 6x4 paper that sits over the paper feed and with the turn of a know loads/unloads your 6x4 paper. With it in the load position your printer auto selects 6x4 which is neat and it also selects the right settings for cd/dvd media with the attacment in place. Print quality is sublime and for about £150 it's a steal. Go get one NOW.

[GSM Super Star]

The Epson C64 sounds perfect for you! You can get replacement inks for less than £20. The inks are all seperate too so if the yellow runs out you dont have to replace all the colours.

Printer can be found here: http://www.wightcomputers.co.uk/acatalog/Printers.html

[freakit]

i love my epson stylus 960. I paid $250 shipped for it brand new. I get the ink off ebay for $35 shipped. Photos are top notch and the label it prints on my xbox games are killer.

[aaronjon]

this epson R200 from :-
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&pro duct_uid=58681
looks good with direct to cd/dvd printing

[PH/\T B,5TARD]

I'll risk starting a "Printer war" here and say here that whilst the Epson's are a fine printers they do suffer more than the Canon range from blocked printheads...as for ink/carts try Cartex.co.uk..cheapest i've found and work fine in Canon's.
I waste more ink cleaning Epson printheads than I'm sure gets used in printing with them, something that the Canon dosen't suffer from significantly. I have in my toolbox old Epson catridges filled full of cleaning fluid but dont have any in there for the Canon...
As to the model of Canon I suppose it depends on how deep your pockets are the one that Danman suggests would be ideal.
Another thing to note (which may or may not affect you) is the Epson software, we have them running over the network @ work and the "status monitor" software gives all kinds of errors.