On Dec 3, 2009, at 9:02 AM, t...@io.com wrote: > Last year about this time three or four models of Color Laser Printer > were available from $200 - $300 with free shipping, and ethernet and > postscript built in.
The problem with cheap color laser printers is that you pretty much buy the thing all over again (and then some) every time you replace the toner; and they ship with low capacity "starter" cartridges. A couple of years ago I contemplated a Xerox printer that a professor here got for $189 on a super deal. Really sweet sharp output, it was small, quiet, fast... Then I priced the frakking toner: $465 to replace all 4 colors with hi capacity cartridges (2.5K pages). It was $265 to replace 'em with normal capacity cartridges (rated at 0.5K pages...yep 500 pages. The cartridges were about the size of a baseball.). Ironically, one of the cheapest printers (in terms of output per consumables) we have gotten has been our $12K HP large format inkjet. 1200 DPI up to 53" wide and as long as the paper roll lasts (they use printers like these to print billboards), but when we first got it we ordered a second set of ink tanks because, well, it was an INKJET, duh, and we would crank through ink at inkjet rates. Those ended up being nearly a two year supply, printing hundreds of posters... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
