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| Thread ID: 145515 | 2017-11-21 21:50:00 | Looking for colour printer recommendations | Tony (4941) | Press F1 |
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| 1442332 | 2017-11-22 18:03:00 | Is that separate cartridges for each colour, or all-in-one? 3 seperate I think, its currently in storage and can't get at it to check for a few weeks. |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1442333 | 2017-11-22 21:55:00 | I have had a Konika Minolta magicolor 1600W laser for a number of years now (2012). To replace the toner when the original run out cost me about $453 in 2013 but the toner is still going strong. It is not wifi compatible. You do not have the problem of ink drying up when you do not use it for a week or two. My biggest problem is accidentally pulling the cords out. This might make good reading. www.consumerreports.org |
Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1442334 | 2017-11-22 22:42:00 | It's a pity you aren't keen on Brother, their laser printers for personal use would be up there on my list (cost, reliability and works in Linux) and checking out Amazon, their top selling brand for laser printer (the biggest online retailer is good for judging trends). They also have 4 years warranty. If you do look at them, any of the HL-L models would be perfect. As for Kyocera, once problems happen it seems to never end until you bin it but that probably applies to other printers too. Just I had 3 of them, different models and they all took turns at choosing different ways to die, a paper jam close to catching fire was my last straw with them, I'm sure things have improved though. |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1442335 | 2017-11-22 23:04:00 | My historical resistance to Brother which may be out of date, has been that the print quality has not shown up well in reviews and the consumables tended to be all in unit, which meant you couldn't replace just one colour, for instance. Maybe I need to revisit it. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1442336 | 2017-11-22 23:29:00 | I'm a big fan of brother, in fact I just bought a MFC-J5730DW to replace a MFC-7360N, and really love the new inkjet. Cheaper to run too, by quite a bit. If you look at a higher end inkjet, like a MFCJ6935DW, the consumables are so cheap. They are all seperate cartridges too. www.brother.co.nz Have a look at that. For a Mono laser- Brother hands down. For a lower end colour laser though, I would look at a HP LaserJet Pro rather than Brother though. Works out slightly dearer over say 50,000 pages, but you don't have belts/drums etc to worry about, and don't tend to get any degradation of print quality, where on the brother, you could potentially get that as a drum is getting toward the end of it's life, for example. I would highly recommend having an unbiased look at one of Brother's higher end inkjets if you need colour printing. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1442337 | 2017-11-23 00:35:00 | It's been a while since I properly looked at any inkjet output, but historically they were reckoned to be not as good as lasers for b/w. I have very little need to print high quality photos, so that is not an issue. My need for colour will be text/graphics related. I've always been a fan of HP, although another poster here said they have driver problems these days. My current b/w is a Fuji Xerox 255dw, which works OK but just has a lot of little niggles that have finally driven me over the edge. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1442338 | 2017-11-23 07:58:00 | I went from a Brother B/W Laser to a Brother MFC wireless colour inkjet, couldn't be happier Someone had to say it.... Now it's up to the thread to wear you down until you buy an inkjet |
Ofthesea (14129) | ||
| 1442339 | 2017-11-23 08:04:00 | I went from a Brother B/W Laser to a Brother MFC wireless colour inkjet, couldn't be happier Someone had to say it.... Now it's up to the thread to wear you down until you buy an inkjetMaybe I'll just unsubscribe... |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1442340 | 2017-11-23 20:50:00 | I've always been a fan of HP, although another poster here said they have driver problems these days. My current b/w is a Fuji Xerox 255dw, which works OK but just has a lot of little niggles that have finally driven me over the edge. HP's were once simply the best all around small business laser (I used to help repair them) . Seeing how the other brands were designed, it seemed obvious they were just trying to find a way to avoid patent issues HP's lasers back then were often just based on Canon designed hardware , many spare parts the same thing . :) I tend to sell Brother MFC's now, they do the job with no issues . I wouldnt compare modern Brother printers to those from 10years back . And remember , the common Brother lasers from back when were dirt cheap (and still are) . Dont let the quality of a $100 laser put you off the whole brand. :) HP cheapies were just as nasty & plasticy as any other cheapy Just jump online and look at some reviews, thats going to give a better idea of whats good for you. As you said Laser generally have better text on normal paper , as inkjet ink can slightly bleed into the paper as it soaks in . So inkjet wont be what you want Inkjet often better for photos (on photo paper) . That isnt cheap to print though . :-) |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1442341 | 2017-11-23 21:34:00 | Maybe I'll just unsubscribe... No please don't, just pulling your leg, and checking that you had an open mind |
Ofthesea (14129) | ||
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