There are so many printers on the market, all with varying features and benefits. So when it comes to buying a new printer it can be quite a job to sift through everything and find the right one for your needs.
The main issue for people when buying a printer is the price of the ink required to run it. Now most people fall into the trap of seeing a printer for under £50 that has all the bells and whistles on it, but soon discover that they aren't getting such a great deal when it comes to replacing the ink cartridges So how do we overcome this problem? Well the simplest answer to this question is to do your research first before relying on what the salesman in your local PC World is trying to sell you. There are some tips you can follow to make sure you get yourself the best printer for your money.
1. When looking for a printer you want to look at the type of cartridges it takes. This information should be found in the product specifications if you are browsing online. The most cost effective printers are the types that take individual cartridges for each colour.(1 cartridge for the black and 1 cartridge for each colour) This is the most cost effective way to print as you only replace a cartridge when that specific colour runs out, Whereas printers that use just 2 cartridges to print with (1 cartridge for Black and 1 cartridge for the 3 colours) are more expensive to run as once one of the colours runs out on the colour cartridge you are effectively losing the rest of the cartridge as the prints it produces will look odd as you are missing a colour.
2. What you will soon realise when you look at the price of printers that the cheapest ones like HP and some Canons are expensive to run. Hewlett Packard are notorious for have printers that run with 2 ink cartridges and the price of replacing them is nearly the same cost you paid for the printer! Also the standard ink cartridges for these printers don't tend to hold a lot of ink so if you're are a medium to high user you will soon find that the ink doesn't last very long and will have to look at upgrading your ink cartridges to XL ink cartridges which give you a lot more ink for your money, generally 2.5 times to 3 times as big. The only problem with this is that the average price for the XL ink cartridges is £25 - £30!!
3. We tend to find that the best printers to run are some of the Canon printers (the ones that take individual inks) and the Brother printers. Canons will give you amazing results with your photo printing and the speed and features built into the units is always impressive. The Brothers are superb printers for everyday printing and scanning of documents and printing from the internet. They are also very competitively priced for the features you get built into it. I hope this article gives you some advice and help when it comes to buying a new inkjet printer. If you require any further information then visit us at Everything Ink.or call us on 01626 337444.
