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What's a good printer for minimal usage ?
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james_s:

--- Quote from: nctnico on February 05, 2023, 06:43:05 pm ---Still a laserjet is way more likely to just work compared to an inkjet. However I strongly suggest not to go for the cheapest laserprinter but buy one for business/office use. I have owned a laserprinter for nearly 30 years now. My current one is the second printer I got. I have tried inkjet because it would be nice to have schematics printed in color but I found out inkjet is just too cumbersome.

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You don't need an inkjet for color anymore. As I mentioned, my M254dw laserjet prints beautifully in color, even nice glossy color photos on plain paper. It's a bit bulkier than most consumer printers but it's more compact than the old business laser printers and it has a duplex mechanism for double sided printing built in. It has been a fantastic printer, best I've owned, cost less than $300 with free shipping when I bought it.
tooki:

--- Quote from: james_s on February 05, 2023, 06:42:08 pm ---
--- Quote from: tooki on February 05, 2023, 06:35:10 pm ---Nope, 950 pages. For real. Cheap lasers are super expensive to run.

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You have a strange definition of "super expensive".

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No, a standard definition called “page cost”.
tooki:

--- Quote from: james_s on February 05, 2023, 06:42:08 pm ---Maybe we are just looking at totally different use cases here, but I think my use is typical of someone with a printer at home using it for personal use.

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I have explicitly and repeatedly stated in this thread that despite the enormous page costs, low end laser printers can make sense for people who print very little. How many more times do I need to repeat this?!?
tooki:

--- Quote from: themadhippy on February 05, 2023, 06:32:00 pm ---
--- Quote ---And lasers are just as bad about including tiny “starter” cartridges. (In fact, they may be worse.)
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wouldn't call 1000 pages tiny ,yea its 40% of a new  cartridge,but 7 years on  the black tonner is still at 6 bars out of 10   cyan yellow and magenta at 8 out of 10.

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Entry level models often come with <500 page starter cartridges.
paulca:
Like a lot of things they went up in price.  £350+ now.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brother-HL-L3230CDW-Wireless-Connected-Printing/dp/B07FY1MNC3/

I think these are the OEM toners: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brother-TN-243CMYK-Original-Yellow-Magenta/dp/B07FXXKFSC/

3rd party sets are around £70.  I note they do say "1000" pages.  Still my originals are at 100% .... though I bet they sit at 100% for ages then suddenly drop to 50%.
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