Buying a new printer
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| 1 | Advice please, I will use it mostly for printing black and white documents needs to be cost effective on ink, do find buying ink expensive, thanks treens2 - 2021-08-13 18:10:00 |
| 2 | A black and white laser and take your rare colour prints to a bureau. ronaldo8 - 2021-08-13 18:14:00 |
| 3 | Yes laser (non colour) printer is cheap to run. Maybe a separate ink jet for the odd colours prints and for doing scans. It will depend on how many prints you are doing a month for which printer. duncb - 2021-08-13 21:40:00 |
| 4 | if all your mostly going to use it for text then go for a b&w laser printer - if you add scanning / copying into the mix then look for a laser printer / scanner / copier Me - i have a brother DCP-1610w ....it was quick and easy to setup & can be connected via wifi if i want it away from the computer which at times ( kids photocopying ) can be a bonus , its toner ( ink ) can do roughly 1500 pages and being a laster .... it needs a drum unit - that can do 10,000 ... going from the blurb on the box - ive had my printer almost 3 years and have yet to replace the drum but aftermarket toner & drum are around $14+shipping and the drum $28+shipping so works out great costwise Edited by trade_menow at 11:24 pm, Fri 13 Aug trade_menow - 2021-08-13 23:23:00 |
| 5 | treens2 wrote: Do your research properly. lythande1 - 2021-08-14 08:34:00 |
| 6 | I have always stuck with Brother laser for black printing. The toner (ink) cartridge is separate from the drum and I find that by the time I need a new drum it's cheaper to by a new (cheapest) printer. A system that has served me well for very many years. Other brands of laser printer combine the drum and toner, so you end up buying a new drum every time you need toner. raewyn2 - 2021-08-14 10:02:00 |
| 7 | For a colour inkjet consider the epson eco tank - it has integral ink tanks that you fill from bottles - ink cost is way cheaper than ink cartridges. The printer itself is more expensive but per page printing cost is a lot less jazzyemery - 2021-08-21 16:48:00 |
| 8 | Yes, eco tank printers are great, our Epson has been faultless and cheap to run for about 5 years, there are now several others on the market. shinedog - 2021-08-21 17:32:00 |
| 9 | Just cost me $25 incl postage for 6 full sized cartridges for our Canon PIXMA printer. Ink is only expensive if you buy OEM . There's really no need to throw away money like that. nice_lady - 2021-08-21 17:42:00 |
| 10 | I have an HP ENVY 5020 & Its The Best one i have ever had. ferrit47 - 2021-08-22 10:29:00 |
| 11 | ferrit47 wrote: This is the sort of thing you need to look at. lythande1 - 2021-08-22 11:11:00 |
| 12 | lythande1 wrote: Cost per cartridge is often dependent on the specific printer's firmware restrictions. Most printers are ok & I suspect it's mostly Ink printers that can be restrictive on genuine cartridges. mrfxit - 2021-08-23 08:16:00 |
| 13 | lythande1 wrote: Generally the most reliable brands are Canon/ HP/ Brother & Epson Wouldn't touch kyocera or Lexmark unless it was near new & perfect working condition, then throw it away when it gives any trouble. Edited by mrfxit at 8:22 am, Mon 23 Aug mrfxit - 2021-08-23 08:21:00 |
