Bargain for the price (Brother DCP 135C)

Member Name: Clare7

Product:	Brother DCP 135C
Date:	21/08/09 (43 review reads)
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Advantages: Ink lasts a long time, 3 in 1 printer, good scanner

Disadvantages: the price of the ink, screen would be better if it had a backlight

I bought this printer purely due to its size. When I switched from a laptop to a desktop pc I bought myself a new desk, with a shelf to hold a printer. The shelf was not very wide and therefore I had difficulty finding a printer which would actually fit. I looked through the entire range of printers Argos were stocking at the time and none of them would fit apart from this one.
If by any chance you are looking for a compact printer to fit in a tight gap this printer will cause you a problem, before I made the purchase I worked out it would just about fit, with no room either side. When I got it home I encountered a problem, the power lead (which is a huge kettle lead) is on the left had side of the printer, I had to cut a hole out the side of my desk to get around this problem!

I purchased my brother DCP-135 for about £30 in January 2009. It came with the ink I needed which lasted about 6 months, It lasted quite a long time for the amount of print outs I made.

I had to purchase more ink 2 months ago, it cost me £40 from Staples. If Argos had still been stocking the printer for £30 I would have gone and bought another purely for the ink it came with. It seems stupid that the ink is more expensive than the printer itself. When I need to purchase more ink I am thinking of either refilling the cartridges I have now or buying some cheaper replacements.

Onto the printer itself, for £30 it was a bargain, I've got a scanner, copier and printer all in one, it saves a lot of space, it's easy to use and to me (the untrained eye) the printouts are of a high quality. Bear in mind I have only been printing word documents.

It has a little screen on it to provide you with information, the only trouble with this is, I wish it was backlit, its just a normal screen, kind of like a calculator, and very difficult to see unless you've got it somewhere very light.

Summary: Would reccomend it if you dont mind the ink prices!