Caleb Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 last night got a new cartridge for my epson stylus photo 870, before even fitting the cartridge i fed some paper through but it dragged it off to the right causing it to the jam.ive checked for any thing that could of fallen down and had a fiddle with the slots and everything but the paper is still jamming.i know its an old printer and i got it free off a mate like 4 years ago but its always been good enough even for a4 colour prints on photo glossy paper etc.i need a printer really before tomorrow so can anyone suggest a way of fixing it or an alternative decent printer available from an electrical chain store etc . . . .i wont use scanners or copiers really either and usually buy them cheap ink cartridges due to the ludacris price of epson ones etc, so one with colour in one block and black in the other would be the most costeffective for me, not one for blue, one for cyan etc . . . cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 (edited) Printers are a sodding nightmare...but you get what you pay for. Its 3 cheap ones to one expensive one.At work, I use a HP Deskjet 5940 (not sure if you could find one instore though as its old). It uses the 2 colour cartridges for black and colour (so cheap - could save more money using non-official cartridges?) I only print documents on it, but I have done full A4 photos before with no problems (though it drains the cartridges!). Probably pick one up for £20 or so these days? You're probably better off wondering down to PC (sigh...) World and having a look round. Usually they have £20 ones that come with cartridges already But depends on how much you're willing to spend...Don't ask the staff though, you'll come out with a Packard Bell and a desk. Edited February 7, 2008 by anzo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Posted February 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 haha yeah cheers guess ill have to just go and look tonight. iveactually just bought a pretty cool desk so no worries there:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Posted February 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 ended up buying a pretty nice lexmark one from asda for 40 nickers, much better than my old one, can even proint directly onto envelopes HOW COOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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