Xann Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Last printer owned was a 9 pin dot matrix. Just used machines at work when necessary since. With the photo album now on computer and some redecorating coming up, I'm considering a purchase. What's good for photos? Anyone made pics or clever stuff for the house? Would an A3 printer be worthwhile, or is taking jpegs to a printers/photo store better? Your thoughts please gang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted February 24, 2013 Administrator Share Posted February 24, 2013 If you want it to be future proof, make sure it can do cloud print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted February 24, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted February 24, 2013 Replacement toners for color lasers are fooooooking expansive. 100 quid each are not uncommo and there are 4 of them. So if you go that route, look at how many pages you get per toner and how much they are. The price of the actual unit might be secondary in that regard. Other than that, I dunno 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted February 24, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted February 24, 2013 As for the cloud print, which is excellent for printing from your tablet or phone, a workstation with Chrome installed can act as a printserver if the device is missing the feature. A bit messier but doable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Personally, I use online photo printers for photos, the quality is good and it probably ends up being cheaper. I have a desk jet that has cloud print that is useful for printing documents etc, replacement cartridges are expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted February 24, 2013 Administrator Share Posted February 24, 2013 As for the cloud print, which is excellent for printing from your tablet or phone, a workstation with Chrome installed can act as a printserver if the device is missing the feature. A bit messier but doable. To do that you have to have a computer turned on all the time. If the printer itself can do cloud print, you don't need that. As we move to a post-PC world, this will become more important as people won't have a PC in their house to run the printer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted February 24, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted February 24, 2013 As for the cloud print, which is excellent for printing from your tablet or phone, a workstation with Chrome installed can act as a printserver if the device is missing the feature. A bit messier but doable. To do that you have to have a computer turned on all the time. If the printer itself can do cloud print, you don't need that. As we move to a post-PC world, this will become more important as people won't have a PC in their house to run the printer. Very true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b23avfc Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Canon selphy cp800, or a version.. amazing for 6x4s. Unfortunately to get the same quality prints at anything other than tiny.. at home.. is rather expensive to start with. I use labs for most stuff. Though you can run ink systems if you don't mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 Thanks all. Canon selphy cp800 ta. Ok, so making big pictures out of little pics isn't practical with domestic machines. This due to the price of the inks. Cheers, maybe won't bother then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 First all apologies if this is in the wrong place, i didn't think it deserved its own thread and this thread seemed most suitable. My dad has just called and is struggling to install the software for the new printer he has purchased. he has put the disk in the drive, he can hear it spinning but there is no pop up giving him further instruction. any ideas? i`m not sure if the operating system makes any difference, but its windows 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nath182 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 First all apologies if this is in the wrong place, i didn't think it deserved its own thread and this thread seemed most suitable. My dad has just called and is struggling to install the software for the new printer he has purchased. he has put the disk in the drive, he can hear it spinning but there is no pop up giving him further instruction. any ideas? i`m not sure if the operating system makes any difference, but its windows 7. Just open Computer and double click on the CD/DVD drive, there should be an Auto run Application file in there which will start the installer. Alternatively you can almost certainly go to the manufacturer's website and download the driver instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Thank you, hopefully I can sort it when I pop over later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 First all apologies if this is in the wrong place, i didn't think it deserved its own thread and this thread seemed most suitable. My dad has just called and is struggling to install the software for the new printer he has purchased. he has put the disk in the drive, he can hear it spinning but there is no pop up giving him further instruction. any ideas? i`m not sure if the operating system makes any difference, but its windows 7. Just open Computer and double click on the CD/DVD drive, there should be an Auto run Application file in there which will start the installer. Alternatively you can almost certainly go to the manufacturer's website and download the driver instead. Sorted, Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted May 17, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 17, 2016 Right, so what do people recommend for printers these days? Looking to spend around £100 on a printer without crippling toner costs. Would quite like something with a quick output but not that fussed about print quality. Mostly B&W with only the occasional colour prints. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted May 17, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 17, 2016 I've heard good things about this one Cloudprint is a good thing Not sure about toner costs though. The ones supplied with the printer are only half full at 500 pages. Worth looking into first. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted May 17, 2016 Administrator Share Posted May 17, 2016 Make sure it does cloudprint. It saves dealing with drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 29, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2016 My Mom wants a new printer for Christmas. She has one now but it's an old clogger, complicated to use and wired so it has to be used from the PC (which nobody really uses as they all have laptops) Any recommendations? My budget is only about £50 because they won't use it much so not worth ploughing loads of money in. Want it to be wifi/cloud print so it's easy to print from laptops/tablets etc Anything else I should be looking out for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted November 29, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2016 21 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: My Mom wants a new printer for Christmas. She has one now but it's an old clogger, complicated to use and wired so it has to be used from the PC (which nobody really uses as they all have laptops) Any recommendations? My budget is only about £50 because they won't use it much so not worth ploughing loads of money in. Want it to be wifi/cloud print so it's easy to print from laptops/tablets etc Anything else I should be looking out for? Colour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 29, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2016 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted November 29, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2016 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: Yes That rules out Laserprinters unless you can step up to 95 quid for the Samsung above Epson Expression Home XP-332 would be a good option then I think. Reviews look good and it has all the wifi/cloud bits and bobs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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