Stigman(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Friday, 7th June 2002, 00:53
A friend told me that Toys R Us are doing a cheap USB printer £25 quid, which comes with cartridges and a USB lead. I had a quick look on their site and it seems ok.
Just thought Id mention it.
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Ascomdog(Elite) posted this on Saturday, 8th June 2002, 14:58
Cheers for that.
My current printer gave up the ghost so I was in need of a cheap printer as I don`t need an all singing, all dancing model at the moment.
Been to my local Toysrus and picked one up for £24.99. Thing is, the one I got is slightly different from the one advertised on the site. The model I got is the P1200 which is 600 x 300 dpi black and 300 x 300dpi colour which is more than sufficient for what I need at present. It is also parrallel port and you don`t get a cable supplied.
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MicoMan(Elite) posted this on Sunday, 9th June 2002, 00:23
Is it a Lexmark?
Expensive ink
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duder(Elite) posted this on Sunday, 9th June 2002, 11:11
They are made by HP
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Paull(Elite) posted this on Sunday, 9th June 2002, 11:40
They are made by HP...Ahh that`s the sauce of them!
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Ascomdog(Elite) posted this on Sunday, 9th June 2002, 15:03
Sorry, forgot to mention it`s an Apollo made by HP.
I is a fick man!
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Paull(Elite) posted this on Sunday, 9th June 2002, 16:20
Apollo G accepted
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MicoMan(Elite) posted this on Monday, 10th June 2002, 10:24
So how much are replacement inks for it? Original and clones?
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Foolish_Mortal(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Thursday, 25th July 2002, 18:55
My friend bought one of the Toys-R-Us Apollo/HP printers a week ago, and is having problems already!
The printer only came with a colour cartiridge, so I got him a b&w one (HP compatible). However, the printer is not letting him print colour pages as b&w, and therefore is wasting ink - you HAVE to use the colour cartridge. You also have to swap out the cartridge`s each time you want to print b&w or colour - this sounds crazy to me!!
Anyone else having problems with this machine? Maybe it`s a duff printer?
Thanks,
F_M
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The G Man(Elite) posted this on Thursday, 25th July 2002, 23:25
Foolish_Mortal , I have the Apollo P2100 which Toys R Us were selling previously. If it has the same driver software as the 1200 , there is a setting on the setup panel where you specify which cartridge(s) you have installed (i.e. black , colour , both) - it could be that this is set incorrectly on your friends printer and is ignoring the black cartridge. Pity they aren`t still selling the P2100 - that was a bargain @£24.99 - usb , cable supplied and with colour and B&W cartridges - I bought 2 as the whole new printer was cheaper than replacement cartridges!
