Printer for photos and general documents

[ChimpMaster]

It's printer upgrade time, and having bought a decent digi camera, I'm now interested in getting a printer that can do good quality pics up to A4 size. Main use will still be for documents but printing photos is important too.

An integrated scanner would be a bonus, but isn't necessary.

Can you recommend one at sub-£100?

[thelace]

Had one of these for a year now....

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/pro...oogle_hp_c5280


More than happy with it and it's about £60 from Amazon

[Durbs]

Bought one of these from John Lewis a few days back on a whim: http://www.johnlewis.com/230500555/Product.aspx seems very good so far.

Its got a little telly on it!

[ChimpMaster]

Do both of the above print photos up to A4 size?

What about cartridges - can you buy cheap versions or do you have to buy the official expensive ones?

[Durbs]

The HP one does, it also comes with little 10x15 or something photo paper.

As for cheap inks - i used to use refills and cheapy stuff but it knackered my last inkjet's print heads and had to chuck it so this time round i'm gonna just stick with HP stuff. Costs a fair bit but i've got a cheap laser for any volume print jobs.

Wouldnt use an inkjet for regularly printing photos anyway - Jessops is much cheaper and better.

[Durbs]

Must say, am impressed with what these cheap modern inkjets can do though - the one photo i printed as a test wasnt far off what i'd get if Boots did it.

[AtW]

Anyone here uses colour laser printers? I am tempted to get one - text and general colour business graphics, not photoes.

[xoggoth]

We've got the HP Photosmart too. Is ok except it does too much FANNYING ABOUT. Turn it on and it FANNIES ABOUT, chugging away recalibrating or whatever it does. Then when you want to print, it decides to FANNY ABOUT for a few minutes. Having zero patience, I much Prefer my cheap old Lexmark.

[pmeswani]

Anyone here uses colour laser printers? I am tempted to get one - text and general colour business graphics, not photoes.

I don't have one myself, but a mate of mine uses the Samsung Color Laser... am tempted to buy a Colour Laser printer with an integrated scanner once I start contracting again and claim it as a business expense.

[pmeswani]

Do both of the above print photos up to A4 size?

What about cartridges - can you buy cheap versions or do you have to buy the official expensive ones?

I got an Epson DX6050. Up until recently, I couldn't use a compatible cartridge. But now it seems to be ok. The DX6050 has an integrated Scanner built in. Not sure about A4 photo printing though. not tried it myself.