Printers

[strange_complex]

I really need to buy a printer. Quite urgently, actually. Please convey your printer-related advice to me via the poll below:

[Poll #757065]

I am also interested in views on the relative merits of straightforward inkjets, straightforward laser printers and 'all-in-ones' which copy and scan as well as printing. Do comment if you have thoughts on any of them!

Comments

[edling.livejournal.com]

More babbling: Might we worth having a wander through PC Plus's Peripheral Reviews (http://www.pcplus.co.uk/reviews/peripherals) to see if there's any useful information in there. I've not read the mag for ages but they used to be pretty good...

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the advice, but kind of too late - I've just finished installing my sexy new HP Photosmart 2575 All-in-One (http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/ho/WF05a/5043-5527-7369133-7369133-7369155-12209612.html)! (I wasn't joking when I said I needed one urgently!) It's ace, though, and pretty much fits with your advice - it does have a separate black cartridge, and I think the risk of the extra bits going wrong is worth how much use I'll get out of them - especially the copier.

I got five years out of my last printer, and that was a crummy old Epson, so I'm reasonably hopeful about getting a decent amount of service out of this one.