Printer and Scanner

Drumpot

Hi,

Can anybody recommend a good printer/scanner for my office. I need a reliable one , preferably with ink cartridges that arent excorbitant.

No Preferance for make, just want a good printer. Was using an Epson SX100 which I found ok. Happy to spend between €100 - €190 if needs be, but if anybody has cheaper alternatives , thats fine.

Ones I was looking at:

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/9294185/Trail/searchtext%3ESCANNER.htm

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/9294147/Trail/searchtext%3ESCANNER.htm

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/9293595.htm

Just googled printers and these came up (have no particularly knowledge or preferance), just thought I would give people an idea of exactly what I want.

Also, it would be preferable that the scanner works quickly and that its a user friendly model.

Kgrant1

I use the HP officejet 6500. I find it very good. it has a document feeder so you can scan multiple pages and the scan quality is good.
It takes 4 separate inks and i think i spend about 15 euro on each. the printer itself should be out there for about 140 euro i think, should come up with a google search

Kgrant1

sorry-meant to say it also has an optional fax line

Drumpot

Bought the Officeject 6500 wireless but just cannot connect up the Pc to the Printer . .

The printer is online, all diagnostics ok . .

I have tried turning on/off router/printer and pc.

I have tried the HP diagnostics programme that states that "the HP software required to connect your printer over the network could not be found on this computer."

However I installed the entire disk that I got with the printer!

Any suggestions would be welcome until I can login to the HP support forum that is currently not letting me login! FFS!

Kgrant1

Drumpot wrote: »

Bought the Officeject 6500 wireless but just cannot connect up the Pc to the Printer . .

The printer is online, all diagnostics ok . .

I have tried turning on/off router/printer and pc.

I have tried the HP diagnostics programme that states that "the HP software required to connect your printer over the network could not be found on this computer."

However I installed the entire disk that I got with the printer!

Any suggestions would be welcome until I can login to the HP support forum that is currently not letting me login! FFS!

Try and download a driver for the printer online, Hp release updates and the driver on the cd may be out of date/have fixes releases. Go to www.hp.com and search for the 6500 driver

Drumpot

Kgrant1 wrote: »

Try and download a driver for the printer online, Hp release updates and the driver on the cd may be out of date/have fixes releases. Go to www.hp.com and search for the 6500 driver

Thanks . . Tried that . . Seems to of worked . .

I suppose I should prob buy a USB connection in the event that my Internet ever goes down!

Kgrant1

Drumpot wrote: »

Kgrant1 wrote: »

Try and download a driver for the printer online, Hp release updates and the driver on the cd may be out of date/have fixes releases. Go to www.hp.com and search for the 6500 driver

Thanks . . Tried that . . Seems to of worked . .

I suppose I should prob buy a USB connection in the event that my Internet ever goes down!

No problem-yeh always good to have a backup!

Overheal

HP Officejet 6500 or 8500. I think they both do fax? I havent checked in a minute.

I know almost all the new HPs support Apple Airprint too, which is a nice plus if you have any iPods or iPads, as well as most of them doing HP ePrint.

Ink is virtually always cheapest when the cartridge type is New. Buy them and Stock them. As they get older they get produced less. And when they're discontinued you'll end up paying more for the ink than you would a blood transfusion per volume. Stock up Early, when the cartridges are cheapest. Universal Rule.

Kgrant1

Overheal wrote: »

HP Officejet 6500 or 8500. I think they both do fax? I havent checked in a minute.

I know almost all the new HPs support Apple Airprint too, which is a nice plus if you have any iPods or iPads, as well as most of them doing HP ePrint.

Ink is virtually always cheapest when the cartridge type is New. Buy them and Stock them. As they get older they get produced less. And when they're discontinued you'll end up paying more for the ink than you would a blood transfusion per volume. Stock up Early, when the cartridges are cheapest. Universal Rule.

the 6500 and 8500 both have a fax line. imo the 6500 is far better value than the 8500. the 8500 is really just a deluxe version of the 6500 but not really worth the money for the extras.