Wireless printer

mytime

I'm after a wireless printer nothing to fancy budget €60. i'm looking for one that i can get refilled ink cartridges. I've found both of these in argos

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/9313554/Trail/searchtext%3EWIRELESS+PRINTER.htm

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/9284872/Trail/searchtext%3EWIRELESS+PRINTER.htm

any adivce or choices would be great

okidoki987

Tesco have one on special offer for €50.
Not sure of make.

mytime

okidoki987 wrote: »

Tesco have one on special offer for €50.
Not sure of make.

| saw those all right they are hp 1050 and 2050 neither are wireless though thanks any way

JackNow

Ive seen a HP Wireless Printer 3050 in tesco for €49.99.
Might be worthe checking another Tesco.

Dozen Wicked Words

JackNow wrote: »

Ive seen a HP Wireless Printer 3050 in tesco for €49.99.
Might be worthe checking another Tesco.

Yep I got one, seems ok at the moment and genuine HP ink is cheap enough for it, not sure refills are going to be that much better value (though I am sure they will be cheaper). Easy enough to set up. Have only tried basic colour and black and white printing, dont think it will be much cop with photo printing but hopefully I am wrong!

Edit: Just realised the first printer OP quoted is the 3050, just with a different name. So the above is my opinion on his first option!

dilallio

Most of the budget HP Wireless Printers only work on WEP (less secure), so if your wireless router is set to WPA or WPA2 it won't work.

WEP is much easier for someone else to crack.

Dozen Wicked Words

dilallio wrote: »

Most of the budget HP Wireless Printers only work on WEP (less secure), so if your wireless router is set to WPA or WPA2 it won't work.

WEP is much easier for someone else to crack.

You have a good point, I only use WEP because I only have the mobile dongle and crappy little huawei d100, and live in the arse end of beyond, so if anyone is using my connection I can see them as they will probably be sitting next to me!

Did look on the HP forum and there is only one offered solution which may or may not work and thats to remove any spaces from your passphrase. Doesn't sound like a wonderful solution to me. Disappointing if they are expecting people to drop their security level to use their printer.

Funfair

I know this printer is a bit over your budget but when you look at the price of the ink you'll get back the extra yo yo's in no time..

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kodak-ESP5250-Wifi-Wireless-Printer/dp/B002MROEMY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1295183518&sr=8-2

Ink....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kodak-Colour-Cartridge-EasyShare-Printers/dp/B000WZCWMW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1295183518&sr=8-3

Why buy refills when you can get the real deal for that price

mytime

hi all thanks for the replys going to have a look around at the other tescos as getting to argos during the week is a pain.

just one more thing i spotted this in pc world on sunday http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/HP-Photosmart-eAllinOne-Wireless-Multifunction-Printer/300814/315

RE the kodak bit out of budget at the moment

ShooterSF

If you're still hunting I just got this on Amazon myself. You can avail of free shipping as it's over 25 pounds. It uses separate cartridges (I don't know if they're refillable) Costs about 45 euro.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/CN245B-Photosmart-Wireless-All-Printer/dp/B003OG3PPE/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Stheno

mytime wrote: »

I'm after a wireless printer nothing to fancy budget €60. i'm looking for one that i can get refilled ink cartridges. I've found both of these in argos

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/9313554/Trail/searchtext%3EWIRELESS+PRINTER.htm

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/9284872/Trail/searchtext%3EWIRELESS+PRINTER.htm

any adivce or choices would be great

I've the HP one from Argos that you linked to and am very happy with it, it prints pretty quickly, doesn't eat ink, and the photos that come out are pretty good too

DavyD_83

Picked up this all-in-one HP wireless printer in Harvey Normans at weekend for €50, which seemed pretty good to me.

http://www.harveynorman.ie/hp-photosmart-wireless-e-allinone.html

Not sure about the WEP/WPA stuff, parents got one a few weeks back and seems to bve working perfectly but not sure of set up.
Haven't gotten around to taking mine out of the box yet.

Although it does take 4 cartridges, not sure if thats a problem either...

mytime

i went with the kodak esp 5210 from pc world for €79.

http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/KODAK-ESP-5210-Multifunction-Inkjet-Printer/296653/314

thanks everyone

clickhere

Hi mytime i was looking at that printer in pc world, have you used it yet. Would you recomend it.

mytime

clickhere wrote: »

Hi mytime i was looking at that printer in pc world, have you used it yet. Would you recomend it.

Hi click i havent set it up yet will tonight or tomorrow will let you know how it I get on

mytime

Set it up this evening all was ok until the ink went calibrate. I only put a couple of sheets of paper in and it was 15 minutes doing nothing. Powered it off and but maybe 30 sheets in all was ok then.

Printed a couple of pictures on photo paper and scanned 1 page. Very happy overall and €25(in pc world) for a full set of genuine inks as well.;)

colm21

personally i believe that kodak printers are reliable printers and have good printing quality especially photos. plus the ink cartridges for kodak are the cheapest to buy and to refill.