Been using the kyocera FS1010/1020/1030 for a few years and am adamant they are the ideal consultation room printer with the third tray installed.
For the price, the kyocera 1920 is an excellent reception machine for small practices, though despite the price, the HP4000 series (currently 4250 and 4350) is still king. I'd basically agree with Peter and wouldn't buy a HP below the 4000 series. Lasers are following the bubble jet revenue model and as a result, quality is diving at the cheaper end. Sticking with any of the aforementioned models keeps you out of this crappy range. Regards, Simon > Michael Christie wrote: >> Thanks for the replies. >> We have two computers side by side on the front desk for receipts and >> Medicare forms. The 2 receptionists use this printer exclusively. Only >> very rarely do others in the practice need to use the frontdesk printer. >> Should we have a network printer or just a shared printer between the >> two using Windows print sharing? > > Michael, > > I'm impressed by the consensus that has emerged here. Kyocera models I > have praise for are the late FS-1010, the current FS-1020D, the FS-1920 > and the KM C2630, which is a big colour printer copier of the > floor-mount design that we use to produce our newsletters and do our > main print jobs. > > I own an FS-1010 and have GPs with 1010's, 1020D's and 1920's at the > front desk and in their rooms. I got onto them when I noticed the school > where we hire a computer lab used them. No one had a bad word: 'Oh, the > printers, yes, we've them for a couple of years. Trouble????' > > Oh, and I forgot, a practice with FS-680's that have been chugging along > since 2000! One of the GP's kept breaking paper trays because he didn't > know it had a single page tray that folded out at the front! > > I'm about to buy a network card for my 1010, and the cost from Harris > Technology is $151, plus delivery. I've just changed my original toner > at home after two years, and the replacement, said to be good for 6000 > pages, cost $120. The 1000 series have a 100,000 page print engine, > while the 1900 series has 300,000 page engine life and 15,000 page > toner, which is about 50% dearer than my FS-1010. > > I've seen one FS-1010 that had to be returned under warranty and one > failed network card, again replaced under warranty. > > > Brother, Epson, Canon and other low-purchase price laser printers have > much lower engine lives and smaller toner refills. Kyocera boast their > TCO is the lowest, and I haven't seen anything that would contradict them. > > Greg _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
