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| Thread ID: 80920 | 2007-07-09 08:48:00 | Looking at laser printers. | Cicero (40) | PC World Chat |
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| 567350 | 2007-07-09 08:48:00 | I have a Canon printer ip4200. I mainly print documents in grey scale,but for all that it consumes all the colour cartridges at an alarming rate. I have brought this up b4 and problem wasn't resolved. So thinking of getting a laser black printer. What our thoughts on this matter? |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 567351 | 2007-07-09 08:57:00 | I've just bought a canon mp450 colour inkjet. It's black text printing is nowhere near the quality of my 10yr old laser. If I didn't want the colour option, I'd definitely have gone with a laser (the old one was a winprinter with no xp driver). I would have bought a colour laser but didn't want to overspend. One toner cartridge is likely to last you a hell of a lot longer than any ink cartridge too. |
mmmork (6822) | ||
| 567352 | 2007-07-09 09:01:00 | I've just bought a canon mp450 colour inkjet . It's black text printing is nowhere near the quality of my 10yr old laser . If I didn't want the colour option, I'd definitely have gone with a laser (the old one was a winprinter with no xp driver) . I would have bought a colour laser but didn't want to overspend . One toner cartridge is likely to last you a hell of a lot longer than any ink cartridge too . You seem to have all that I don't want . I want black laser,full stop . |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 567353 | 2007-07-09 09:11:00 | If you're after specific laser models, no I can't help. I was just putting in my :2cents: that it is a good idea to go for the black laser and I'd have done the same in your position. | mmmork (6822) | ||
| 567354 | 2007-07-09 09:25:00 | Have a LaserJet 1015 and the toner is running low already after printing so many pages, and at least better inkjet. But toner cost around $100 to replace. Which is still better than inkjet. | PedalSlammer (8511) | ||
| 567355 | 2007-07-09 09:53:00 | Canon LBP-3300. Does duplexing, 21ppm, excellent print quality. Silent when in standby mode, and fairly quiet when printing, so it's suitable for home use. I bought one about 5 months ago, and have never looked back - partially because I paid around $220 for it - currently retailing around the $400 mark. | somebody (208) | ||
| 567356 | 2007-07-09 13:20:00 | I have just retired a Brother HL1250 laser printer after 10 years and over 50,000 pages, bits were getting too dear for this dinosaur, and have replaced it with a Brother Hl 2040, which I bought on a promo at half price of AUD 79 - Laser carts cost $75 and are good for about 3000 pages - Able Business Machines do good deals on Brother Equip, and I have found from experience that they are economical and reliable. | KenESmith (6287) | ||
| 567357 | 2007-07-09 20:58:00 | I see brother do a cheapy at DSE but seems not good to buy Brother at low end? | Cicero (40) | ||
| 567358 | 2007-07-09 21:13:00 | Brother's laser printers don't seem to be anywhere near as bad as their inkjets | Greven (91) | ||
| 567359 | 2007-07-09 21:26:00 | If you can, buy a laser that includes a new drum as part of the toner unit. In the past I have had poor economies with cheap lasers, where the drum was not automatically included within the toner unit, after a year the drum needed replacing and then the cost was within $30 of a new printer. One was Brother and one was Panasonic. Ended up giving them away when they were only just a year old. So I bought a laser that used a "drum+toner" refill, and its still as good as the day I bought it. I do have a throughput of 20,000+ pages a year though, possibly more than you. |
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