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| Thread ID: 118191 | 2011-05-24 04:04:00 | Printer advice needed | tuiruru (12277) | Press F1 |
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| 1204442 | 2011-05-24 12:01:00 | At work we charge .12 for double sided A4 black and .75 for double sided colour. Not sure what our cost is. stapling included. Our machines will print black if the colour cartridges are empty. Take into consideration these are not office machines but production machines. |
plod (107) | ||
| 1204443 | 2011-05-24 12:06:00 | I'm not 100% sure, but as a general rule printers won't print if any of the colours are empty - inkjet or laser. There have been some models in the past that have, but not a lot. All my Canon inkjets can print when out of ink, BJC1000SP, i450 and Pixma iP2000 Of course, doing such a thing is not a good idea, it can overheat the print head. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1204444 | 2011-05-24 20:19:00 | www.ascent.co.nz www.ascent.co.nz Compatible Black Toner TN240BK Compatible Black Toner for the Brother: HL-3040cn and HL-3070cw Colour Laser Printers Online Price: $80.44 Incl. GST Approximately 2,200 pages TN-340BK Brother Black Toner TN340BK Brother Black Toner for the Brother: HL-4150cdn and HL-4570cdw Colour Laser Printers Online Price: $143.69 Incl. GST Up to 2,500 pages, I found it makes no difference whether you look at inkjet or laser. What matters is how many pages you get from a cartridge or toner and what that cartridge/toner costs. So far I've had excellent results from my new inkjet, and blue ran out yesterday, the thing is still printing too. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1204445 | 2011-05-24 23:34:00 | I work with a couple of HP colour lasers. A low end one at home and a middle of the road one at work. Both can be set to ignore the toner out indication. I have found with both that I easily get a few months extra life from the cartridges before you notice any degradation in the output. | AvonBill (11358) | ||
| 1204446 | 2011-05-25 03:05:00 | I work with a couple of HP colour lasers. A low end one at home and a middle of the road one at work. Both can be set to ignore the toner out indication. I have found with both that I easily get a few months extra life from the cartridges before you notice any degradation in the output. That's useful to know - thanks. |
tuiruru (12277) | ||
| 1204447 | 2011-05-25 03:08:00 | I found it makes no difference whether you look at inkjet or laser. What matters is how many pages you get from a cartridge or toner and what that cartridge/toner costs. So far I've had excellent results from my new inkjet, and blue ran out yesterday, the thing is still printing too. Fair enough - but how many copies a year are we talking about? |
tuiruru (12277) | ||
| 1204448 | 2011-06-05 02:38:00 | Hi Just to tie up the loose end of this thread we, for various reasons, ended up purchasing and OKI C310 dn from Ascent (www.ascent.co.nz). Interestingly it seems to have jumped 30 bucks since buying it on 29 May. I've never really used a colour laser much, certainly not since 2007, but this seems to do everything that was wanted (including duplexing - no stapler tho' :rolleyes:) - now it's just down to reliability and on-going long term costs. Thanks for all the input!! |
tuiruru (12277) | ||
| 1204449 | 2011-06-05 06:20:00 | Fair enough - but how many copies a year are we talking about? Going by what I've used so far in 4 1/2 months, it must be 3000 pages a year approx. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1204450 | 2011-06-05 06:25:00 | we ended up purchasing and OKI C310 dn Oki Black Toner Online Price: $132.19 Incl. GST Approximately 3,500 pages .037c Cyan Toner Online Price: $$149.44 Incl. GST Approximately 2,000 pages .074c ------------------------------------------------------- Mine: Black Ink Cartridge Online Price: $14.98 Incl. GST Approximate yield is 1035 pages. .014c Cyan Ink Cartridge Online Price: $12.98 Incl. GST Approximate yield is 865 pages. .015c |
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