Long term printer experience?

[FlyBear]

I would like to have a printer permanently connected to the computer on board for an office work and occasional photo printing.

Searching here on forum I found some usefull tips. But what about a long-term practical experience? How does a printer tolerate a marine environment?

 

[ITH]

Printer experience

Not exactly long-term, but I have had an HP Deskjet D1660 on board for a couple of years, with no obvious problems. The only issue has been with the inkjet paper, which needs to be kept dry-stored and uncrumpled, to avoid printer jams.

 

[GrahamM376]

For 3 years now I have HP 3-in-one which is fine as the print heads are on the cartridge and can be wiped with moist cloth to clear if not used for a while. Used to have Epson but it was a nightmare, possibly due to highish temps here, the heads were always gumming up and couldn't be accessed to clean - lots of ink wasted.

 

[chrisb]

printer

we are in brasil.epsom printer.cannot obtain ink cartridge because our model is not imported to brasil.Epsom when contacted said that printers bought in England are not available i9n rest of world so problem is notonly confined to Brasil

 

[TQA]

HP Deskjet 1420, sheap as chips and still churning away after 3.8 years.

 

[Zanziba]

Not Marine but:

I had a Canon that gummed up once and couldn't be repaired. The print head is in the printer and a new one was over £80... You can buy a printer for less.

 

[duncan99210]

We've had our Canon Pixma iP100 for just on 2 years now. It's a small printer (just over A4 sized footprint and 3 inches high) that has given excellent preformance throughout our trip so far. The only problem we've encountered is when using refilled/compatable cartridges - couldn't get the colour printing to work at all. Using genuine Canon cartridges it works fine, even after being left unused throughout most of the summer months.
I'd endorse the bit from ITH about keeping paper flat and dry - any dampness and the inks run and the paper jams!

 

[FlyBear]

The only problem we've encountered is when using refilled/compatable cartridges - couldn't get the colour printing to work at all. Using genuine Canon cartridges it works fine, even after being left unused throughout most of the summer months.

I utilized Canon Pixma serie printers for a lot of years, both in the office and at home. I encountered a similar problem with low-cost third party cartridges and found that only genuine Canon ink works well.

It seems, according to replies, that inkjet printer is fine for using onboard a small yacht. I was afraid there will be more technical problems with a printer itself. Simply to keep paper dry is underestable and (almost) OK

 

[ianabc]

easy to refill printer cartriges...

Easy with a universal refill kit, small bottles on ink and syringe.
Did it for years but now with the inexpensive refills not necessary in Canada.
New printers here are thirty pounds, refills fifteen pounds.

 

[Csail]

Been using a kodac esp3250 for ages....its very cheap on ink and it came out best in the reviews i read.Just keep the paper dry.

 

[vyv_cox]

I have had a Canon i80 aboard for about five years. I only use it rarely but its original cartridges still function when I do.

 

[DaveRo]

We have an HP D1460 USB inkjet - very cheap. It worked for a year with our Linux Asus eeePC then stopped. We don't know why because the diagnostics only work with Windows! New carts didn't fix it..

One of these days we'll be moored alongside somebody with a Windows machine, time on their hands, and a good internet connection (to install the drivers) - then I can find out what it thinks is wrong.

Dave
s/y Vigdis
in Nisyros

 

[E1_1966]

Flybear,
we use a mix of canons and HP's on the ships (slightly more tolerable conditions than a yacht). Currently installing 1606's for black and white and a hulking great print/fax/scanner.
The biggest thing to watch out for is that HP, and others, region lock the printers, so you cant use a cartridge bought in a different region! :-(
very annoying.
cheers
E1

 

[Cymrogwyllt]

Given up on inkjets. Colour lazer lasts much longer and much cheaper to run. Minor prob- next confuser update will need a new printer due to no driver issues unless I go compatability mode

 

[FlyBear]

...region lock the printers, so you cant use a cartridge bought in a different region! :-(

Thanks! That's very interesting information, I did not know about it, despite fact that I am working with various printers a lot of years (in offices, not aboard yet )

Do you know more details about individual regions?

 

[FlyBear]

Given up on inkjets. Colour lazer lasts much longer and much cheaper to run. ...

Well, this may be correct. It was my first imagination that inkjet will not last a marine conditions and I was quit surprissed almost everybody here reported no serious technical problems with injets aboard.

For me this is a good news. I would like to use a printer also for occasional photo-printing, so inkjet suites me better.