
What a home printer actually costs to run
You can buy a decent inkjet for £70 and spend more than that refilling it over a year. The maths is not complicated once you know what to divide by what.
The straight answers to the questions UK readers actually ask: which printer, how much it really costs, how to print from a phone, and what to do when something will not print.

You can buy a decent inkjet for £70 and spend more than that refilling it over a year. The maths is not complicated once you know what to divide by what.
PrintersBoth technologies have got better and cheaper. The real question is what you print, how often, and whether the machine will sit idle for weeks.
How-toIf your printer was made in the last decade, there is a good chance the phone in your hand can print to it without a manufacturer app. Here is how it works and the three things that usually go wrong.
ScanningThe scanner on top of your printer is probably better than you think. The settings that ship as the default on most machines, however, are not.
PaperPaper is half of a print. A middling printer on decent paper beats a flagship on the wrong sheet, and the choice is cheaper than any ink upgrade.
FixesMost home printer problems come from a short list: dry ink, wrong paper, a loose cable, a stale driver. Start here before you buy a replacement.
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