Printers

[Mustang]

With printers available for home use that are getting very complex, what cleaning or "maintenance" do people do on them (if any)?

[TheBigYinJames]

With printers available for home use that are getting very complex, what cleaning or "maintenance" do people do on them (if any)?

Print at work

[Troll]

throw away at first sign of trouble

HTH

[DimPrawn]

A cheap £40 laser printer (recommend Brother) and when it plays up, chuck away and repeat.

[Spartacus]

What DP said. I bought a £19.99 HP printer last week and the print quality is as good as the £299.99 Epson it's replacing. It probably won't last as long but at £19.99 who cares?

[The Lone Gunman]

They are a throw away item. Even the nice wireless one I purchased recently.

[Mustang]

They are a throw away item. Even the nice wireless one I purchased recently.

My one is a multi-function as I wanted fax and copy facilities (scanning is useful too). Are you saying get seperate bits of kit for each of these instead?

[The Lone Gunman]

My one is a multi-function as I wanted fax and copy facilities (scanning is useful too). Are you saying get seperate bits of kit for each of these instead?

No, mine is all in one. I am betting that it will outlast the cost of a service contract and extended warranty period. If it does then it is a throw away item when it goes wrong. It will be more expensive to repair than to replace.

[AZZIK]

With printers available for home use that are getting very complex, what cleaning or "maintenance" do people do on them (if any)?

Its now cheaper to buy the printer with ink/toner, than to buy the ink/toner by itself! Buy>use>throw>buy>use>throw....i think u get it

[snaw]

Very environmental thread this one.