Forum Home
PC World Chat
 
Thread ID: 139039 2015-02-28 02:11:00 Recommend a Printer ??? AppleFan (17097) PC World Chat
Post ID Timestamp Content User
1395328 2015-03-01 23:00:00 +1 for the Brother Laser printers. We've got an HL-2140, and it's been great :thumbs:

Also haven't had an issue with third party toners so far;have been careful with where we've gotten them though.
Nick G (16709)
1395329 2015-03-02 04:12:00 I have the HP Envy 4500 E (www.jbhifi.co.nz) from JB WIfi on special for $47 (odd how they now almost doubled in price) which I bought mainly for scanning documents, forms, birth cert's etc. Never really gave thought to ink costs - rather any costs of not really using it. So the inks dissappear? Or cause blockages?

HP have a cool "printables (www8.hp.com)" feature for instantly downloading forms, puzzles, news, recipes, cocktails, calendars, etc - may suit families with school kids. Plus plenty of apps - though I suspect as do the other printer manfacturers. My last HP printer (HP110) served well as a phone and mini coffee table, as difficult to sell on TM as too many for sale.
kahawai chaser (3545)
1395330 2015-03-02 05:19:00 Never really gave thought to ink costs - rather any costs of not really using it. So the inks dissappear? Or cause blockages?

The inks are liquid... The cartridges are not airtight. After opening, they dry up eventually. The ink in the printheads dries up too... then you have to use even more ink to clean them again when you get a new cartridge.

If you are printing regularly, you won't have a problem, but then you'll be buying new ink regularly, and your wallet might dry up instead.
Agent_24 (57)
1395331 2015-03-02 21:36:00 So the inks dissappear? Or cause blockages?


some printers (cough cough canon) do a print head clean/purge almost every time it turns on.
Thats just squiring your expensive ink through the head & into the waste
1101 (13337)
1 2 3