Two questions in one ...

1. Are hazard flashers included in an MOT test?
2. What's the FOAK's recommendation for a photo printer/scanner?

 

JFG for VOSA and look it up.

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AFAIK, although there's no requirement for hazard lights, if fitted,
they must work. Easy solution is to remove the button.

Almost any HP Photosmart. We've had a PSC2100 series for quite a while
now and are very happy with it. This appears to be the equivalent in the
range to the one we have:

http://www.johnlewis.com/Computing/Printing+and+Scanning/+Printing+and+S
canning/+Printers+/230222100/Product.aspx

Out of stock online, but might be available in store.

 

If they are fitted they must work

I have an Epson Stylus DX4800 which is good, but Epson consumables are
not the cheapest

When you buy any printer, look at the cost of the consumables as well as
the cost of the printer itself

 

My dad's hp photosmart 3210 is pretty decent. Copier, printer,
scanner, card reader, lcd display (handy to print from card), network
port.

It's quite quick, and looks pretty good on the prints too.
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/ho/WF05a/5043-5527-7369133-7369133-
12229140-12229166.html

 

And then buy cheap clones of consumables.

Ali

 

Ali Hopkins scribbled on the back of a napkin:

And then buy cheap clones of consumables.[/QUOTE]

This is not necessarily a good idea for quality photo printing. You
want at least decent clones of consumables, or if you're printing a
lot, a continuous ink system (which is a lot cheaper to run than
cartridges).

 

SD scribbled on the back of a napkin:

What are you trying to scan? Colour prints?

Generally you're better off scanning the neg as most mini-lab prints
from the usual suspects (ie, not a pro lab) are pretty crap. Flatbed
scanners suck dead donkeys when it comes to scanning 35mm so you'd be
looking at a proper film scanner.

Budget recommendations are either the Minolta Scan Dual IV (especially
if you scan transparencies as well) or the PlusTek OptikFilm 7200i
(which gets good reviews and is very cheap for a dedicated film scanner
but doesn't have the D-max to scan transparencies properly).

 

And then buy cheap clones of consumables.

I've given up with printing my own photos - I can't compete with the
photobox prices!

 

2} I have a Canon Pixma MP760. All in one and I'm extremely pleased. Scans
35mm negs as well!

Quite cheap to run using compatible cartridges as they are very cheap on
ebay. Also the colours are all separate. and it has 2? black carts.

Recommended 10/10 by me.

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Erm. Well, it passed.

Giving it the once over beforehand - I pushed the hazard switch, as
you do. It wouldn't go off. push; push; push for ages - it goes off.

MOT done, trundle home.

Oh, well, that WD40 must've worked. <push>

Can I get the bloody thing to turn off? Can I arseholes.

Screwdriver fun tomorrow, then, or my trip to Kent on Sunday could be
a little awkward.

I guess it didn't get tested - or I was very lucky.

 

Well, it wasn't - it was as good as a trip to see one's sibling can
be. Even my great-nephews talk to me now.

It might be a slow wallowy old barge - but the big lump's definitely
got a certain charm about it.

Those fork bushes need doing soonest, though.

 

Went for the MP800, in the end. Gold Award winner in Digital Photo
mag, and only £185 from dabs.com - £250 from Jessops.

Ta for all the help, chaps.

 

and b&w. (the MP800 does negs, too, handily)

Given some of the pictures were taken in the 1930s, getting hold of
the neg could be tricky.

 

SD scribbled on the back of a napkin:

Check out the quality of the neg scans, though.

Crap filing system, eh?

I know that particular problem.