A decent printer?

[JonMoss]

Hi all,

I am just getting to grips with our new garden office,which we are having built asap! :cool: One of the BIG requirements is a decent printer, but not one for printing photos....

It needs to print letters and also maps etc, invoices, estimates etc which will have colour, not just B&W. I currently have an inkjet and it does not impress me, so a laser jet MAY be the way to go....

If it had a fax and a scanner even better, and it must work with Macs.

Any help, recommendations and online retailers in the UK would be gratefully received.

Thanks!

Jon

[EOS_JD]

I was going to suggest a laser printer but for fax scanner capabilities look at one of the Canon/Epson all in one printers.

The printers are on their web sites.

[Oneslowz28]

I have a Canon Pixma MP530 all in one in my home office. I use it for printing everything but pictures. I have used it to print on site 5x7 thank you portraits from a bride and groom at there wedding. It did the job flawlessly.

[JonMoss]

Thanks for the replies guys! :-)

What I want to avoid is the "damp" look I get when printing stuff on my current Canon Inkjet - it may be the paper I'm using though .....

[EOS_JD]

Thanks for the replies guys! :-)

What I want to avoid is the "damp" look I get when printing stuff on my current Canon Inkjet - it may be the paper I'm using though .....


If you use an inkjet, plain paper just won't cut it these days. Even high end inkjets struggle with plain paper. A laser printer is the way to go in this regard.

Cheaper to print and cheap to buy these days. I use an R2400 Epson Inkjet for my images and an Epson C900 Colour A4 laser printer for docs (although it does a pretty decent job of printying images too)!

THe fax/scanner option is nice to have but if you can live without that get a cheaper laser from HP, Epson or one of the other manufacturers.

[Strnge]

I print everything on my HP Photosmart 2610xi It's a Printer, Fax, Scanner, Copier.

Inkjet all in one

I LOVE the photos printed off this thing. People always ask me who printed my photos when I show them my shots.

[EOS_JD]

Yes all modern inkjets should do pretty well with decent papers. But the OP doesn't want to print photos. I'd till suggest a cheap laser printer and buy a scanner/fax separate if you need them.

THe running costs of a laser are far lower.

[blackshadow]

Just got a Canon ImageClass MF4150 here. Laser printer/scanner/copier/fax machine - just the ticket for SOHO use. I'm very impressed with it.

[EOS_JD]

Just got a Canon ImageClass MF4150 here. Laser printer/scanner/copier/fax machine - just the ticket for SOHO use. I'm very impressed with it.

Just had a look and this looks like the OPs perfect solution.