our epson has given up the ghost, there's a new one out, epson d92 and d120, anyone got one of these or know anything about them
we can get 2 full sets of refills plus 2 extra black for 19.00, good deal ?
all advice gratefully received ;D
If you pm me your email address, I'll send you a Word document with the reports Which? magazine did on both of these in March. I can't post them here as the tables don't format.
thanks for that, pm on it's way :)
Avoid the D92 I see am awful lot of them, there are numerous common faults which epson is aware of but choose not to correct.
The D120 on the other hand is a nice printer but bear in mind if you use compatible cartridges you will lose the status monitor so will not get any warning about low ink levels. Another point to consider is that if your printer was manufactured after 01 April 2007 then some compatible ink cartridges will not work at all (despite their claims) so once you have found a brand of compatibles that do work ok I suggest you stick with that brand.
The price on refills is good assuming they work.
thanks for that, baccy man, our epson has been brill, the cartridges, from hornsea, have worked well with it..maybe, when we get the new one, we'll buy a smaller pack to see how they go :)
There is an extensive (4 page) review of the D120 here:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/printers/review/2007/09/28/Epson-Stylus-D120/p1
Quote from: ceres on June 07, 2008, 17:59:55
If you pm me your email address, I'll send you a Word document with the reports Which? magazine did on both of these in March. I can't post them here as the tables don't format.
If the file is of a fairly normal format i.e. MS Office or Works, or its from any other standard word processor, I suggest you download Open Office. Start Open Office and load in the file, then export as a .pdf file. This is an international standard.
I think you misunderstood, sorry if I wasn't clear. There is no file in any format. It's subscriber only content published on the Which? website. Copying and pasting the relevant sections into a post here lost the formatting. So I copied and pasted them into a Word document which went to manics a few days ago. I don't need Open Office, thanks.
The point I was making is that a .pdf file is complete in itself and can be viewed on any system:-
http://www.ctc-cambridge.org.uk/Runslist1.pdf (http://www.ctc-cambridge.org.uk/Runslist1.pdf) , all formatting and images are correct.
You can even choose to print it at A4, A5 or A6 by setting your printer to the required size and "fit to page".
I moved from a Stylus 1290 to a cheap D92 as I work from home and print lots of invoices and forms etc. I have had it for about 6 months and personally I think it is great! It appears to be frugal with the ink, the software works fine, it's pretty quick and the print quality is very good. My only gripe would be that they are quite noisy but hey, for £30 including 4 inks I can put up with that!
QuoteThe point I was making is that a .pdf file is complete in itself and can be viewed on any system:-
Yes I know that. But I didn't have a .pdf file nor a file in any 'fairly normal format i.e. MS Office or Works'.
we've decided on the d120, thanks for the info, ceres, helped lots ;D
Good stuff!
I know you've already gone and got your printer, but for anyone else who might stumble on this thread....
I've just got the Lexmark z1420, and I'm mightly impressed. What makes it great, is that it's a Wi-Fi printer, so you can put it anywhere, and not tied to where you computer is (providing you have wifi at home). The print quality is good, not top end photo printer good, but very acceptable for an all round printer.
I just love being able to print something without having to be connected to the d**n thing!
Tim
Quote from: ceres on June 13, 2008, 21:07:21
QuoteThe point I was making is that a .pdf file is complete in itself and can be viewed on any system:-
Yes I know that. But I didn't have a .pdf file nor a file in any 'fairly normal format i.e. MS Office or Works'.
Ah! That's where Linux scores, we have a PDF virtual printer. Anything we see on screen can be sent to the PDF printer and is recorded as a .pdf file.
Well perhaps you could tell the Consumers' Association they need to redevelop their website in Linux!
Sadly, the message still doesn't seem to get through to webmasters that .pdf files are THE standard for files intended to be printed out. They're usually too busy trying to show how clever they are.
But Linux users do have the advantage of the virtual PDF printer.