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Julia

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After about six years my printer/scanner has just died. Canon, and has been trouble free until now.

Any recommendations re replacement? It doesn't get heavy use.
I noticed one advertised this evening which is printer/scanner/copier/fax.
Anyone used this combination? Anything in particular for or against?

With thanks.
 
It depends what you want it for...for my law degree I print out hundreds of pages of stuff a week, hence all i wanted was a printer which does black and white very well, prints fast, is reliable and fairly cheap ink wise.

N.T
 
Not hundreds of pages by any means. Probably copy ten pages a month.
Print about the same from the web. Scan photos into files and scan documents to attach to emails.
Low volume over all.
 
There all sort of throw away units with the inks bieng more expensive than the printer is...office works had a mono (no color) laser printer only, for under 100 bucks last week, with a replacment drum cartridge worth 140 bucks.
 
newbie trader said:
It depends what you want it for...for my law degree I print out hundreds of pages of stuff a week, hence all i wanted was a printer which does black and white very well, prints fast, is reliable and fairly cheap ink wise.

N.T
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Been there done that and costs a packet. Where did you go to school before Uni?
 
At the moment we have 3 printers/scanners/fax/copying devices (whatever you want to call them) - Canon, Hp and Epson...all three are very good and personally I couldn't recommend one over the other, although at the end of the day when you see the $79 machines you really do get what you pay for if you know what I mean...so do some research and don't generally go for the cheapest model and make sure you look at the price of refills (how many pages you get out of each refill etc).

N.T
 

Did they outsource them to your school to build the printers?
 
newbie trader said:
I'm not really sure what you mean sorry!

N.T
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Sorry, don't mean to confuse you N.T. You were talking about the cost of your law degree. Is the cost of your undergrad photocopying more expensive compared to your "high school"? Oh, I was just interested as to where you went to high school? Maybe I'm being too intrusive. You know the whole networking thing? Your not with that?
 

Oh no your right I just wasn't 100%. Umm I wouldnt have a clue what my LLB will end up costing...and yes it is quite expensive but im not sure how it compares $$ wise. Sorry bit all over the place tonight. Marist Brothers is where I went to highschool. Haha no youre not being intrusive at all I dont mind.

N.T
 
I use a HP Photosmart 3310 All in One (Printer, Scanner, Fax, Copier) and I am very pleased with it. It is a few years old so there would be more up to date models.

What I particularly like is that it has 5 individual colour cartridges as well as a black. The colours cost about $16 each and the black about $31, but has 3 times the volume of the colours.

Because of the individual colour cartridges, my ink expenditure is a lot less than my previous printer, which just had two cartridges - a black and a colour with 3 internal chambers for the 3 primary colours. The later cost about $50+, but the problem was if any of the 3 colours ran out the cartridge was effectively useless even though the other two chambers were only partially depleted.

If I were buying a new printer, I would look closely at the cost of consumables and not be swayed by the up front cost only.

I haven't looked at lasers recently, but be careful with the apparently lower cost of laser ink cartridges compared to ink jets when measured on a per page printed basis. Unless things have changed, you need to print a lot to get the saving, as the ink cartridges have limited life spans and may end up expiring before you have got near their print potential if you don't print much.
 
Julia,

I find the Whirlpool Forums a great resource for all questions technical.

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/

If you select Discussion Forums and then the topic of interest, in this case Computers and then Peripherals, you will find very knowledgeable people there. Like ASF, you can browse without registering, but you must register to ask your own questions.

I have got answers there to almost every technical issue I have had, whether it be a glitch in a product or a general question like what is the best modem to use.
 
newbie trader said:
I love UQ its great especially the campus itself! I know people who have changed from QUT to UQ because they arent getting the 'university experience' from QUT.

N.T
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Yeah that sounds all good but what about moot practice. I'll put money on QUT smashing a UQ moot court team 80% of the time and the litigation experience of QUT lecturers as opposed to UQ's cloistered academics. Just got to look at history for guidance on that one. In actual reality law schools specialize. It's just a question of where you line up and if you are willing to join the imbued queue and work for at least 80 hours per work for indebted ****-licking servivtude and for little reward for at least 5 years after you graduate. Then of course you'll be fine, and that's not without connections. If not, DIY and make your own world! Just my advice
 
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