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| TopLoser:
--- Quote from: tom66 on February 02, 2023, 11:15:29 am ---I've got 4 year old Brother Colour Laser (HL-3140CW). It works perfectly and is still running on the factory supplied toner. Print quality for mono is excellent, and while colour is not photo-quality, it's not bad at all! My biggest complaint is the build quality is very optimised, a lot of plastic parts, for instance the lifting arm for the toner door is all plastic, as are all the mountings. But for occasional use that's probably fine. --- End quote --- I have 2 of these, bought one new from Amazon for £95 delivered and it was so good I bought another when they were on offer again. They take aftermarket cartridges, I just bought a set of 5 (3 colour and 2 black in one pack) for £47 - they work just as well as the original Brother ones. Don't believe the nonsense that lasers are more expensive than inkjets to run - just make sure you buy a laser that has a range of aftermarket cartridges available. |
| rstofer:
A few years back, I bought an HP Color Laserjet MFP M277DW for somewhere around $400, give or take. It came with minimal capacity cartridges. Just for demo purposes, I suppose. A set of high yield color cartridges (3) costs $330 and the black cartridge is about $90. These are HP cartridges. So, figure about $420 to replace the cartridges on a $400 printer. The good news is that this is a low use printer/scanner/copier/FAX and the cartridges are rated for about 2600 pages. Low usage doesn't affect cartridge life or functionality. I also have a couple of HP black/white LaserJets (P2055x and M401DW) and they are a lot more economical. All 3 are great printers but, in terms of just cost/page, I don't recommend any of them. But they work well and Windows discovers them and does whatever magic is required for drivers. They are easily connected to Linux using the CUPS port 631 stuff. I don't think you can get a lower cost printer than something like https://www.amazon.com/HP-DeskJet-2755e-Wireless-Printer/dp/B08XYP6BJV There are literally hundreds of printers with prices all over the map. You will have to do your own homework. |
| Ranayna:
So, i'd like to play devils advocate here. Provided you are ok with having the printer connected to the internet and setting up an HP account to use it, you should take a look at an HP instant ink printer. If you *ever* might need to print a photo or something in color, these can be a good deal, if you print very litte. These printers start at around $50, and the smallest instant ink subscription is $0.99 per month, allowing to print 10 pages per month, and if you do not print, you can collect pages for three months. The big advantage this has over buying cartridges normally: You do not not need to care that the ink drys up, or gets wasted with cleaning programs. Once your cartridge is near empty, you get a new one. |
| Monkeh:
--- Quote from: Ranayna on February 06, 2023, 08:14:43 pm ---You do not not need to care that the ink drys up, or gets wasted with cleaning programs. --- End quote --- Until the stupid thing doesn't work when you need to use it. |
| magic:
American problems :-DD |
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