What's the best printer for upto £150?

[fred bolton]

My HP Deskjet 990CXi is in the final stages of it's long and hard life it has been an excellent workhorse for about 6 years but I now need to replace it but what with? Inkjet or Laser most of my printing is text but i do need a printer that will produce excellent results with photographs, speed is not really a high priority. So what is the best buy taking into account the ongoing costs of consumables?

[codprawn]

A laser won't give you the lovely glossy images an inkjet will produce. it will be chaper to run though unless you refill your own.

I find HP the most reliable but Epson give the best pics.

[BogMonster]

Buy one of the ones with individual inks. I have an HP Photosmart 8250 which seems good, though it "blew up" at just over a year old. A quick chat to a bloke in the local computer shop suggested a common fault, so I bought a new power supply for about 30 quid and it sorted the problem otherwise pleased with the printer. I had an Epson before but it blew up completely at about 18 months old with relatively little use so I won't be going for an Epson again in a hurry!

In my limited experience the really cheap photo printers are a con as the inks cost an arm and a leg, and the photos take so long to print you'll be able to grow a new arm and leg while you are waiting

[codprawn]

Funnily enough they are using modified ink jet printers to do just that - grow new body parts...........

[Richard B]

With your budget you can afford an inkjet AND a laser.... http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/alist/

[fred bolton]

Thanks for the response just bought a Canon Pixma MP610 £102.50 inc del. and it's brilliant it's supposedly one of the most economical printers ink wise that you can currently buy

[hobbit555]

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/124415
brought one of these the other day so far so good