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Need a decent home printer. Any advice ?

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Need something for general home printing, but on a shoestring budget. I guess it could be B&W, although colour would be nice. But critically, it needs to be available to print via my WiFi network, as nothing will be physically connected to it.

I currently have an HP which is absolutely horrendous!! hate it with a passion. Its terribly unreliable, always disappears from network, and despite showing plenty of ink in RECENTLY PURCHASED cartridge, refuses to print properly. Did I mention that I hate it ? So please, no HP recommendations.
 
Budget?

Brother J105 ./ J200 are great value for money. Original ink is affordable, and ink doesn't dry up. A relative recommended it to me, so I did some reading and people seem impressed.
 
Makro has a cannon on special for r599, can print from wifi, print and scan from phone, can fax, replacement cartridges are around r500 for colour and black twin pack
 
Samsung is my recommendation. 2 year warranty is nice. If you're in CT, Im selling a Canon MX350 , just needs ink.

PIXMA MX350
 
Are Canon printers any good ? The terrible experience with HP has left me psychologically scarred
 
Canon all the way,ink is easy to get hold of and affordable,the printer just keeps on going.
 
Ok, but there are so many variations, it's very confusing. I just need something that can print. If it can also scan, that would be nice. But not essential.
Canon all the way,ink is easy to get hold of and affordable,the printer just keeps on going.
 
Go Epson Inktank bro, they start at R999 incl inks.
 
Ok, but there are so many variations, it's very confusing. I just need something that can print. If it can also scan, that would be nice. But not essential.
The cheapest Canon printer is R500 get the all in one for R700. Canon PIXMA MX494
A full set of ink cartridges the XL versions will be R700.
 
I bough the Canon MX490 a bit more than a month ago and I am very happy with it. Just need to replace the cartridges now so will check on the prices tomorrow.
 
Samsung is my recommendation. 2 year warranty is nice. If you're in CT, Im selling a Canon MX350 , just needs ink.

PIXMA MX350

HP recently took over the printer part of Samsung's business I think...at least that's what the merger of their driver databases into HP's site tells me.
 
HP recently took over the printer part of Samsung's business I think...at least that's what the merger of their driver databases into HP's site tells me.
Yes, forgot about that. I'll still recommenced the Samsung's until I see a pattern , which Im hoping doesn't happen.
 
Have an HP Ink Advantage 3835 and was just wondering if I was the only one having issues with WiFi printing. Oh and don't get me started on the scanning over WiFi.

I'm organising a laser printer (toners are expensive but the yield is fantastic on those). I'm going to look at setting up the printer on the network, maybe hook up a raspberry pi Zero to it to create a network attached printer that is more reliable.

I was also told to go Canon, stuck with HP and well....should have maybe listened but going laser printer now.

If someone just decided to make the printer cost more but have very cheap inkjet cartridges and decent printer drivers, they would likely invade the market for home printers. I'd rather pay more upfront but know the cartridges are dirt cheap and refillable. Plus it is more environmentally friendly encouraging refills.
 
I use the Samsung M2070. There's also a wireless version: Samsung M2070w
 
Have an HP Ink Advantage 3835 and was just wondering if I was the only one having issues with WiFi printing. Oh and don't get me started on the scanning over WiFi.

I'm organising a laser printer (toners are expensive but the yield is fantastic on those). I'm going to look at setting up the printer on the network, maybe hook up a raspberry pi Zero to it to create a network attached printer that is more reliable.

I was also told to go Canon, stuck with HP and well....should have maybe listened but going laser printer now.

If someone just decided to make the printer cost more but have very cheap inkjet cartridges and decent printer drivers, they would likely invade the market for home printers. I'd rather pay more upfront but know the cartridges are dirt cheap and refillable. Plus it is more environmentally friendly encouraging refills.

Mono laser is the future! (Well at least as far as cost and maintenance goes)
 
Go Epson Inktank bro, they start at R999 incl inks.
This... Not enough people know about Ink tank printers. R1k for a printer. R150 per color bottle(R500 a set) and they print roughly 4000+pages afaik...
I used one at a prior company of mine and they just kept on going. Didn't have to refill it once in the 8months we had it before I left...

Have an HP Ink Advantage 3835 and was just wondering if I was the only one having issues with WiFi printing. Oh and don't get me started on the scanning over WiFi.

I'm organising a laser printer (toners are expensive but the yield is fantastic on those). I'm going to look at setting up the printer on the network, maybe hook up a raspberry pi Zero to it to create a network attached printer that is more reliable.

I was also told to go Canon, stuck with HP and well....should have maybe listened but going laser printer now.

If someone just decided to make the printer cost more but have very cheap inkjet cartridges and decent printer drivers, they would likely invade the market for home printers. I'd rather pay more upfront but know the cartridges are dirt cheap and refillable. Plus it is more environmentally friendly encouraging refills.

Ink : takealot.com
These bottles are 70ml's. A quick google found this :
"The standard cartridge holds 11 ml of ink and prints 220 pages. The high-capacity cartridge holds 16 ml."

Printer: takealot.com
Thats R1500 for a entry-level Epson printer and 4000pages(Excluding the default ink bottles that comes with the printer. If that is half a normal bottle, then you can print a metric shit ton with low cost.)


From there one can go into the eco tank series which prints a lot more from one bottle.
From the epson website : "14,000 pages in black and 5,200 pages in colour"
Go have a look at their series.
https://www.epson.co.za/for-home/ink-tank-system
 
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My advice for toner buying would be at Firstshop. They are much cheaper. My printers one colour cartridge is R1000 at retail stores and mos other places. They sell the same original toner for R650
 
Id recommend a b&w laser printer regardless of brand if you will mostly be printing documents. Toner lasts ages and they print fast.
 
I have the MF6 series, and stuck a generic black toner cartridge in yesterday.
Quality seems fine. Not had long enough to see how many pages though. At R300 odd, pretty good deal.
 
I bough the Canon MX490 a bit more than a month ago and I am very happy with it. Just need to replace the cartridges now so will check on the prices tomorrow.
I bought both replacement cartridges from the cartridge depot for R650 so all things considered not a bad deal.
 
Do the generic toners work well enough though and do just as many pages as original. Generic for inkjets are usually not as great as original.

Sorry for the late reply. Just as good as original toner and they don't give issues.
 
Sorry for the late reply. Just as good as original toner and they don't give issues.
Awesome, I've organised an HP P1005 laser jet, so knowing a generic will work is great.

I was planning on refilling the original toner
 
Need something for general home printing, but on a shoestring budget. I guess it could be B&W, although colour would be nice. But critically, it needs to be available to print via my WiFi network, as nothing will be physically connected to it.

I currently have an HP which is absolutely horrendous!! hate it with a passion. Its terribly unreliable, always disappears from network, and despite showing plenty of ink in RECENTLY PURCHASED cartridge, refuses to print properly. Did I mention that I hate it ? So please, no HP recommendations.

That's weird because we only have HP in our office (One large format DesignJet T120 and an OfficeJet 6950), and have had a very good and stable experience so far. Both are WiFi enabled, the OfficeJet can do double sided printing and scanning over the network. Also, at least Windows 10 automatically configures it if you are on the same network, you don't need to fuss around with drivers or setting up the network address and whatnot.

I know this is just my experience, but are people really mostly having issues with HP printers?
 

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