Printers > From 250 GBP to 450 GBP Printers

Advantages: Light-resistant print-outs, print quality
Disadvantages: Ink use, price

SUBJECT: Epson Stylus Photo 2000P I got to use this machine a couple of months ago during a week. This may not seem long, but keep in my mind I used for 8 hours almost every day, so I got a pretty good idea of what it is capable. Special feature: DY INK +++++++++++++++++++++ Before summing all the different features of this machine, I'll start by explaining the particularity of this machine. It doesn't use regular ...
...a strong chemical combination. Epson claims that the print-outs are light-resistant for... 100 years! Impressive, but how will we check it? Apart from that, it just like an ordinary printer: - 1440*720dpi: good comapring to the competition, but already surpassed by the other Epson Photo's. - 7pl dots: idem - 6 colors: black, 2 shades of red, 2 shades of blue, yellow Paper +++++ This a A3+ printer. (A3+ is a bit larger than A3) All A3 printers ... Read review

Advantages: 6 colour printing
Disadvantages: price of cartridges, appearance

...recommend you use the real Epson printer cartridges as the cheap ones often leak and clog up your printer heads. In my case this situation is always followed by about half an hour of cleaning them with cotton buds and toilet roll! So if you can afford the real thing, get them! Bearing in mind they may set you back at least £20 a time - and depending on how many photos you wana print off, this could prove costly! But if its quality you are after than ...
...a 6 colour printer - perfect for all those budding photographers! However, in all due respect, the quality of compatible cartridges depends on the manufacturer themselves - im sure there are better ones out there than the ones i used - you'll just need to shop around. Asking for recommendations from friends and retail staff could be wise move. The printer driver was easy to install, although it can be slow if you are using Windows 2000 or below. ... Read review

Advantages: Prints Fast, Good Quality
Disadvantages: Cannot print on 110lb cardstock

I have had my HP Laserjet 1600 for a couple of months now and at first I wasn't to pleased with the colour quality, but after it got broken in it started getting better. I use it quite a bit, sometimes printing 500 sheets a day, so it seems to stand up to the work load that I put it through. One drawback to the HP Laserjet 1600 is if you're printing card stock it cannot print on 110 lb paper. I should have checked into this before purchasing it but ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap, fast, refillable toner, small.
Disadvantages: Envelopes can get jammed.

...such a regular basis. The samsung was in my budget and had all the benefits of a laser printer in a small box. The printer was easy to setup and came with drivers for windows Vista and Xp. I am a Mac user and it was plug and play for me (with Leopard). The toner had to be inserted which is done within seconds. Being my first laser printer I was impressed with the printing speeds, long gone have the days of waiting 30mins for a journal to print. ...
...The printer is relatively small (as far as laser printers go) and will fit on almost any desk (Dimensions (WxDxH) 35.8 cm x 29.9 cm x 21.7 cm). The printer has a relatively small paper capacity at 150 sheets, although this is ample enough for home use or smaller offices. As its only a Mono laser printer photos are not expected to be printed although simple graphs and small pictures in documents print out nice enough. The printer is shipped with ... Read review

Advantages: Looks good and reasonable quality
Disadvantages: Running costs

The HP Colour LaserJet 2605 is a good little printer; the colour printing is good quality and fast. It is the ideal home or small office printer, the paper tray on the LJ2605 is small so required topping up constantly with paper. The LJ2605 is easy to use and the instructions on the led screen are simple and easy to follow, the screen is a little on the small side though. You should be able to pick this printer up for less than £300. 00 Toner ...
...are retailing for around £50.00 each……. and this is the main drawback with this machine, the toner packs are quite small so you don't get much for your money and to replace all four colours is going to cost almost £200.00. Being an Hewlett Packard makes it easy to maintain, parts for this printer are reasonable priced and readily available, having said that I have had no real problems with this printer although the little paper holder on the output ... Read review