Printers > Less than 20 ppm Printers > From 50 GBP to 250 GBP

Advantages: Small and compact, able to print colour and monochrome, rechargeable.
Disadvantages: It can be difficult to get paper to feed straight, a bit noisy when printing colour.

I bought the BJC-50 as I wanted a small printer that would go into my case with my laptop computer for when I went into hospital. This printer was an ideal size for that purpose. I take it into hospital whenever I go in now so that I can keep up to date with any correspondence. It is very convenient as it can be charged and then used off battery leaving you with one less cable to cope with. One problem I did have was with my paper not feeding through ...
...which is the auto sheet feeder designed for this printer. Now my paper all comes through straight, no more wonky letters from me. One other disadvantage of this printer is that it is quite noisy when printing colour. I like the cartridge containers as they are simple to use and also quite clean, no inky fingers unlike some other print cartridges. All in all it is a good buy if you are looking for a compact reliable printer. ... Read review

Advantages: reliable
Disadvantages: none

...I did have a Canon 2400 which I put to one side,pulled it out a year later only to find it still worked Ok. However, things had moved on and I wanted some better results. how? I compromised a little on quality, bought a BJC 6000, saved a lot of money, have Canon reliability, and a better inkjet replacement system which saves money in the long run. Happy? Of course I am and I am sorry Canon for treating you so badly when you deserved better from me. ... Read review

Advantages: Portable, cheap to print, small size on desk
Disadvantages: Slow, only average print quality

...the software/driver for my desktop Canon at work conflicted with this one. Naturally I wanted to be able to use this at home (where my printing volume are low and my requirements more draft than presentation quality) and a more high volume one one my desk at work. But I couldn't! How stupid. Had to change my Canon printer at work for a different one (swapped with someone else in the office) then it was OK. You'd think Canon might have seen that one ...
...if you need this kind of thing. If you want high volume then buy a laser; if you want to print lots of images in colour etc then buy a photosmart or something. But I have a laptop and I occasionally had to travel for work so it was really useful to be able to print off, say, a presentation I was preparing without having to rely on a hotel's business suite or whatever. At home I only needed to print off the odd thing - a few pages a day, so the ... Read review

Advantages: Inexpensive and easy to use
Disadvantages: Slow

...text per cartridge. The Canon replacements are a bit expensive but luckily I was able to find compatibles for around one pound per cartridge over the internet and these work fine. Another minor issue is that the paper sometimes gets stuck in the printer, either because it is not lined up properly or not ejected properly and the printer sucks it back in, but this only seem to happen in you are printing lots of pages. ... Read review

Advantages: Very reliable and pretty cheap to run
Disadvantages: Err.............You'd bet better nowadays for the price we paid

...as well. Thank you magical Canon ink fairy. Set-up is easy-peasy. insert the disk and the software literally talks you through it. Which I think is a dodgy use of the word *literally* as it didn't actually speak. That would be scary. Anyway, the whole process was 5 mins fro start to test page printing. Print quality - is good. Now were a school so to be honest it isn't the most important factor. rarely do we have a 5 year-old criticising us for ...
...ones anyway. But, at the time it was the best Id seen from a *school* printer and I still think it passes muster today. You will get better - but you probably wont notice all that much unless you get really close. and thats a wierd thing to do. Ink - lasts!!!!!!!! We are a poor poor government institution. Nor far off being the poorhouse. we need printers that will print for ever. where that magical ink fairy gone now? and this one does pretty ... Read review