Worthwhile Home Printer with Reasonable Ink Costs etc? Dick Smith $100 Voucher to Use

uniqualz on 04/10/2015 - 18:42

Hi All,

I've got a $100 Dick Smith voucher to use, and I figure the only way I'll ever buy a decent printer for my home office is with this 100 bucks chucked in from my tech-phobic, very generous mother-in-law.. God bless er. I'm almost as crap as her with printers though.. Too many to choose from. Can anyone recommend a ripper for my home office? Multi-function is kinda good for me, but I hear they're often crap. I also have little kids who print a fair few photos and chew thru the ink, so cheap(ish) ink would be great too..

Thanks SO Much,
UQ

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  • Davo1111 on 04/10/2015 - 22:46
    +1

    The only way you'll find reasonable ink is if you can find aftermarket cartridges that actually work.

    Even then it's still going to be expensive.

    IMO get a laser B&W and get the print colour at school/officeworks etc

    I also have little kids who print a fair few photos

    BigW, target, etc

  • GaelicAU on 05/10/2015 - 12:54
    +1

    +1 to Davo's comment.

    Stick with a laser printer. I have found inkejets to be troublesome to use, and if you dont use the inks often, they dry up.

    You could probably pickup a Brother B&W laser, with duplex (doubled sided) and wireless for about $100.

    More expensive, but if you can afford it, I would recommended getting one with a scanner and ADP (auto document feeder). They can come in very handy.

    As for colour - as Davo said. HN, Big W and all those places print high-quality photos from digital files at a very affordable price (usually between $0.10 - $0.15 for a 4x6").

  • uniqualz on 05/10/2015 - 14:59

    Brilliant. Thanks lads.

  • uniqualz on 05/10/2015 - 15:00

    What about refilling ink cartridges at home? Is that possible?

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