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In the market for a new printer.

Wireless would be nice, and A3 would be useful.

Generally used for kids school projects, and printing of crap for the sake of it....
Mrs may well be doing a uni course soon, so a decent amount of text pages on the cards too....
Few engineering type drawings now and then.

Thinking about an Epson Workforce...
http://www.printerland.co.uk/Epson-Work ... 33274.aspx

Cartridges seem to a much of a much-ness price wise, but the machine appears to have a decent resolution (useful for the engineering drawings)

Any thoughts/recommendations?

We have an Epson Workforce 3 way wireless thing(2520 I think.....) and it seems very robust, takes a good lot of paper and have had no complaints so far. Good print quality, and stays connected to the wireless.............Unlike the HP one I had up until recently(which is why I bought the Epson!) which was disconnected from the wireless more than it was connected, and would even disconnect half way through a print! It ate up ink(which cost a fortune) and displayed angry messages if you attempted to use pattern/non HP cartridges, saying they were counterfeit. Yes for print quality, but no for reliable wireless connection and over bloated software.

I use an Epson. Best printer I've had in a long time

Mines the WP-4535 but it's been changed now to this one: http://www.printerland.co.uk/Epson-Work ... tAodnQ8ACA

Well worth the money for the extra features and the high capacity black cartridges last forever!!

Hi,

Good luck Hitch in your choice of printer. Previously I had an Epson and the best thing about it was when I threw it into the local recycling skip watching it explode into many pieces; I detested the thing; I would put new cartridges in then after a test page it showed the cartridge to be two thirds full; it ate cartridges like a Lancashire boiler.

At the moment I have a Canon MG6250 with intelligent touch system. I do little printing but this Canon appears better than the Epson regarding longevity of cartridges but I think all modern printers are sold cheap with profit being made on cartridges; I use compatible cartridges. Just looking at the cartridge sizes and feeling their weight indicates they aren't going to last long at all.

May I please suggest before handing money over that you do a web search for reviews from genuine printer owners; unfortunately I did the search on the Epson after buying and the reviews were terrible all complaining about ink consumption even those using OEM cartridges. My own thought is that its scandalous how printer manufacturers get away with charging rip off prices for their OEM inks?

All the printers I've owned have never got anywhere near the manufacturers claim for speed in pages per minute; this Canon seems to take ages to fire up before spitting out the first page?

Sorry to be negative but I don't like printers at all.

Kind regards, Col.

Good choice very cheap for an A3 printer but it will require constant ink refills like most printers,which is why I went for a continuous ink system-does it for me

Went for the Epson....Bigger and heavier than I was expecting.
Read lots of reviews from numerous sources.

Got the wireless and eprint setup without a problem....and had a paper jam first sheet... then i put the paper in the right way, and all is good now

I mostly prefer using Epson, it’s very cheap ( at least into my budget) so that’s great.

Hi all printers I too HATE the things with a passion but this hate all disappeared as soon as I got my wireless/usb/network colour laser . Much less changing cartridges, Toner doesn't dry out like ink and wireless is a very groovy thing (including mobile device printing). Also greener and cheaper for the planet, ink carts are a pain if not printing regularly wasted ink and paper and most importantly time/frustration. But If your printing is regular then ink colours are better for generally photo printing.

Prices have dropped loads got my Dell C1760NW Wireless Colour Laser Printer for £90 it is now selling on Amazon for £109, and it was £160 not long ago. no A3 on this one but other models in the range may have.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dell-Printer-Et ... B00A9E486O

this is a quote from seven forums to highlight the shelf life of toner compared to ink which usually has an expiration date of 2 years.

''My HP LaserJet is 14 years old, the original cartridge lasted 10 years.''

I have a Canon Pixma 7200 series A4, and I love it. An A3 model would be nice, but at £360, it will have to wait!