Comments on: The Printer Problem – You Decide (Because I can’t)

By: Aaron J Lang

Aaron J Lang — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:22:09 +0000

‘s the call I would have made. And even if it turns out shit the new one will still be well within warranty. Good luck

By: Lucas

Lucas — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:05:59 +0000

Wow. For 157 quid you could have done a lot better than the photosmart! Still, I have a HP printer and never have any issues. You’ve just got to give it some love!

By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:22:46 +0000

I bought the iP4700. If it doesn’t work properly you will hear my screams.

By: Marius

Marius — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:20:24 +0000

Sounds like you talked yourself in the right direction. Why wait for a more expensive unit that does stuff you don’t need? Get the cheaper one and print like the wind, my friend!

By: Neil

Neil — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:50:26 +0000

Why not just buy a printer that prints not a jack of all trades (they are always a compromise
) I have an canon ip5000 and it’s the best printer I have ever owned both in terms of quality, reliability and anything else you care to think of. I run it off the back of an airport express which is also a fantastic piece of hardware.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:14:20 +0000

The all in ones tend to do all three tasks at a sub-standard level. Unless your trying to reduce electronics clutter or are in need of a low quality device to handle all three tasks for general office work, they are a waste of money.

If you were to price a comparable individual scanner, printer & copier the prices would likely add up to more than the 3 in 1 device. What would lead you to believe that because they are all incorporated in one device they would be better than a printer designed just to print, a scanner designed just to scan?

You don’t need another scanner, you don’t need a copier so why over spend for what you don’t need when there is a cheaper device that will do the job for you. I have a Canon IP 5000, having switched several years ago from Epson as well. It’s quality blew away the Epson products I was looking at at the time.

I can print remotely over our wi-fi network just as you said, if I have the computer it is hooked up to turned on.

Besides the money you save will get you half way to your donation to not have to grow a mustache next Nov.

By: Bob Hires

Bob Hires — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:33:38 +0000

Howdy!

I’ve always found that those “all-in-one” units generally suck. Instead of one reasonably good device you end up with three fairly crappy devices. Buy the iP4700!

Bob

You are still wrong about Photoshop! ;p

By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:31:35 +0000

We don’t have Kinko’s here. I have looked into DVD replication services but we’d have to order a few hundred of each disc, so we wouldn’t be able to offer anything close to the range that we’ve got now. Plus we’d never get them all sold, we only move a couple each month which is why we have to beg for cash when we need a sub £200 printer.

By: Jakob

Jakob — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:28:59 +0000

Always go for the not-all-in-1 option. That’s what I learned when I was trained to sell these things.

Vote: iP4700

By: Scott Redman

Scott Redman — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:27:11 +0000

Is it not possible, or financially viable, just to outsource the task of printing the DVD’s and their covers?

Send it off to Kinko’s and let them worry about inks and margins. Your talent should be spent doing things that are more productive, like creating new content, not screwing around with printers!