PRINTER BROTHER

[Gavmacp]

My father in law is looking for a printer. I am thinking of sending him to pc world as this will be easy to take back if anything goes wrong he is 85.
Thinking about recommending a Brother printer at about £100.
Has anyone got one and would you recommend or not?

[carlton23]

I have a Cannon I can recommend, a very neat and dependable printer. I got it from Argos about 3 years ago and is very neat and dependable for £39.99.

[carlton23]

pps: Also Argos don`'t `quibble` when you take things back.

[SlackAlice]

Depends what your FIL wants to do with the printer. If it's just general printing and occasional photo's then £100 is too much to pay.
You need to factor in replacement ink costs as well and to be honest PC World isn't particularly cheap.
Best buys are in the 'All in one' printers at the moment.

[VHG]

The "danger" with PC World is that they will try to sell loads of add-ons.

I was behind a old couple in the queue at PC World a few months ago who were buying a basic inkjet printer for about £29.99.

The attedant then managed to sell them a USB cable, a spare set of inks, and "insurance cover" (at about £15 - for a £30 printer) and the total cost came to about £90.

The couple stood there wondering how their £30 printer was going to cost them about £90.

I suggested that maybe the £15 "insurance" was not worth it on a £30 printer, and got glared at by the assistant and was eventually moved to another checkout.

[murraymints]

I had a brother printer/copier/scanner up 'till recently...v good..but now have a kodak as the ink is cheaper

[VHG]

I bought a basic Epson SX130 printer from PC Word for my mother about 6 months ago that cost £25 (reduced from £30).

It does print, copy and scan and while quite slow has been fine.

This is it at Argos

http://www.argos.co.u...artNumber/9371424.htm

Note that the biggest pain with inkjets is that the replacement inks can cost more than the printer (if you buy genuine inks). You can buy cheap clones, though I have had clogged heads using cheap inks.

A laser printer may be better if he does mostly documents as opposed to photos. They do cost more up front, but the toner lasts much longer.

[AlBags]

Does your father need/want the added complications of a combined printer/scanner/copier? I wouldn't have thought so.
You need one with a simple display .. light on .. light off.
And one that is easy to load paper, etc.
One of the big names .. and a low cost printer will be fine .. Canon, HP, Epsom, etc. £40 should easily cover it.