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| Thread ID: 146042 | 2018-04-06 22:14:00 | My new printer saga | Tony (4941) | Press F1 |
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| 1448213 | 2018-04-06 22:14:00 | I was going to update this thread (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) I started about looking for a new colour printer but the thread is closed (why????). Back in mid- December my old Fuji Xerox b/w laser printer started giving me low toner warnings. I'd been thinking about getting a colour printer for a while, so took this as a hint. After a bit of looking I decided on a Samsung C1810W, which I ordered from Warehouse Stationery online. To cut a long story short it never arrived and in late January I cancelled the order, got a refund and forgot all about it. Instead I got a Kyocera from Ascent which was ordered on the Monday and arrived on Tuesday. To my surprise in mid March the original Samsung printer arrived on my doorstep! Instead of just keeping it I did the decent thing and told WSL who said they would arrange a pickup. After 2 weeks I still had it so after taking advice from Consumer I emailed WSL to tell them the printer was unsolicited goods and was no longer available for collection. So I now have two printers, one of which I am trying to dispose of. The interesting thing is that I unpacked and set up the Samsung, and boy am I glad I cancelled the order. To bypass the main paper tray you have to pull it out and put one sheet of paper in a very fiddly slot. The duplexing is totally manual - which has to be surprising in a printer that sells for about $350. So the moral of all this is - WSL are hopeless, and Samsung printers aren't much better. BTW the Fuji Xerox is still going and still giving me low toner warnings - I wonder how long that will last? |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1448214 | 2018-04-06 23:19:00 | So the moral of all this is - WSL are hopeless, and Samsung printers aren't much better. Doesn't surprise me. Samsung always had crap hard drives too. Monitors? They seemed alright. I bought an HP printer. Nothing wrong with the lovely Epson, except 2 sided printing (auto) didn't work with Linux. So I now have HP printer number 3, they'd last oh a week or two and then the printhead (or two) would fail. I see it is a known issue on thier own website. Crap. So far number 3 is going OK, I kept the Epson though, I get tons of pages from a $11 cartridge and it never skipped a beat in the years I had it, so anymore printhead issues with the HP (and the warranty runs out) I'll put up with having the manual 2 sided business. |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1448215 | 2018-04-07 01:33:00 | I was going to update this thread (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) I started about looking for a new colour printer but the thread is closed (why????). They decided they didn't want "old" threads replied to, so in their wisdom they auto lock anything that hasn't been active (had a reply post) for a couple of months :illogical |
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| 1448216 | 2018-04-07 21:26:00 | The other thing I was mentioning on the other thread was problems with printing envelopes on the Kyocera. They also weren't too good on the Samsung. I bought some good quality Croxley envelopes and they seem to be OK on the Kyocera, so that solves that, Interesting though that the old Fuji Xerox happily prints the cheap envelopes. Possibly the longer paper path on the colour printers? | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1448217 | 2018-04-08 22:17:00 | The other thing I was mentioning on the other thread was problems with printing envelopes on the Kyocera. They also weren't too good on the Samsung. I bought some good quality Croxley envelopes and they seem to be OK on the Kyocera, so that solves that, Interesting though that the old Fuji Xerox happily prints the cheap envelopes. Possibly the longer paper path on the colour printers? It may be due to some printers needing to bend the paper/envelope in very tight radius's (to do the 180 or 90 deg turn) . Some Envelopes wont bent around a small radius nicely. Some printers just cant cope with some of the claimed compatible paper sizes & envelopes |
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| 1448218 | 2018-04-09 02:57:00 | How much are the toner carts for the Kyocera ?? | paulw (1826) | ||
| 1448219 | 2018-04-09 04:10:00 | According to the one website I looked at a 3000 page cartridge is about $175. I don't know if they are available more cheaply or whether you can get refillables. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1448220 | 2018-04-09 07:10:00 | Just put a generic black in my Brother that has a claimed 2500 pages cost me $40 from Computer food. I have used their own cartridges for years in my old inkjet days. | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1448221 | 2018-04-09 09:37:00 | Just put a generic black in my Brother that has a claimed 2500 pages cost me $40 from Computer food. I have used their own cartridges for years in my old inkjet days. I didn't check whether black cartridges are cheaper. When the time comes I will be be checking whether I can use Cartridge World for replacements. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1448222 | 2018-04-09 22:21:00 | Just wondering id a Epsom Inktank printer would be better as the refills bottle are about $20 ~ 25. Unfortunately living in the tech 3rd world here Epsom seems to have a monopoly on these printers and charge a premium. Elsewhere you can buy HP, Canon and brother ink tanks. These are not to be confused with inkjet printers. | paulw (1826) | ||
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