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| Thread ID: 46107 | 2004-06-13 23:21:00 | What laser printer to get? | forrest44 (754) | Press F1 |
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| 244210 | 2004-06-13 23:21:00 | I'm thinking of getting a laser printer (the inkjet is seizing up a bit). Looked on PriceSpy.co.nz and they are all the way down to about $270. What ones are pieces of rubbish and what ones are good value/good quality? Any personal experiences? Are Laser printers costly to mantain (EG new ink)? Forrest44 PS who can remember when the last laser group test was in the PC world magazine? |
forrest44 (754) | ||
| 244211 | 2004-06-13 23:48:00 | Laser is much cheaper to run than inkjets. If you don't need color printing, I would highly recommend to go for laser. I think Brother laser printers are pretty good as I'm using one now and has been good do far :) It depends on which model you chooose. HP tends to include the drum in their cartridge which mean every time you change the toner, you get a new drum as well to give you the top quality printout. Each toner cartridge is around $150+ Brother on the other hand doesn't, that means you need to change the drum after so many printouts. A drum will cost you around $300+ and the toner itself is around $30+. |
SKT174 (1319) | ||
| 244212 | 2004-06-14 00:40:00 | Throw "laser printer" into the forum's search box with godfather as username and posted within the last two years and check out those threads. One of them that may be useful to you is this one (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz). | Susan B (19) | ||
| 244213 | 2004-06-14 00:49:00 | I've been very happy with my Brother HL 1430. It's perfectly fast enough for home use and the print quality is more than adequate Some people swear by Brother others swear at Brother, but its the same for most things |
bonzo29 (2348) | ||
| 244214 | 2004-06-14 01:20:00 | I use a Brother HL-1430 also, it works fine for the home office. The interesting thing is that for the price of the replacement drum and toner cartridge you can buy a complete new unit. It seems economical to use the brother till it runs out of toner then throw it away and get a new one. Dear oh dear what a throw away society we live in.... | Sb0h (3744) | ||
| 244215 | 2004-06-14 01:28:00 | between me a friends we have 2 brother hl1440 and one brohter hl1430 and are very happy with them. toner is about $120 per pack and i fond you can run abotu 6 packs of reflex paper on one toner pack. as for price per page i have been told that on inkjet you pay about 8-12 cents per page for paper and ink, with laser you get down to 2-5 cents per page for paper and ink. |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 244216 | 2004-06-14 01:33:00 | I just bought a Brother 1430 to replace my Brother 1240 which needs a new toner cart and imaging drum. Together both of these would have cost around $380 but a new printer only cost $286 from Aquire.. | paulw (1826) | ||
| 244217 | 2004-06-14 01:35:00 | How much do you want to spend??? If you are looking for a cheap one I would reccomend the Panasonic KX-P7100. Cost is under $500. I have been useing one for past six months without any problems. Remember though you will have to buy a new toner cartridge soon after as they ,like most others, come with a demo cartridge. About $150. Jack |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 244218 | 2004-06-14 08:53:00 | The Brother HL1430 is exellent value. The "Ink Tech" people say that they recondition the cartridge, which includes toner and wipers etc. They say that the printers are shipped with a 3000 page cartridge, they convert it to a 6000 page cartridge when they service it for $90+GST. They say that it is important to replace the wipers to prevent damage to the drum. |
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