Thane/Gaffer,
Got the pointers to Lexmark. Went and looked (badly!).....studied the
E260DN.
I see it for ~$169US. That's close to the ~$179US I see for the Brother
HL5370DN.
My bad. I do not see any sales for the E360DN; and, at ~$400US I'm back
thinking. I also scanned the opinion areas for the Lexmark lasers. Yes,
many
indicated 'built like a tank', but everyone bad marks the cost of the
toner cart.
(and the print counter chip tech in the cart.! But, I suppose everyone
does this
now).
Good thing the E360DN has that nice LCD screen. I went blind reading the
E260DN
UM about all the possible 'status/msg' displays. But, I did like the
status display
being on the front of the printer.
I was happy to see that Lexmark offered a GBit print server. To bad it
is external only,
and, it only costs $612US. Ouch! That is more than I paid for my pair
of GBit switches.
I get it. Lexmark is certainly commercial class.
Gonna think some more about my Brother HL-2070N. If only I could get an
IPC for it.
Thank you both,
Duncan
On 06/22/2011 17:23, DSinc wrote:
Thane,
Thanks for the look/see. Yes. But, color adds another extra cost with
supplies.
I will drill down on the E360dn. Network is required.
Would like to end up with a printer that finally
does 10/1000tx. My printer is my last 'slow boat' on my lan ATM.
Looking..................:)
tnx,
Duncan
On 06/22/2011 16:10, Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 04:58 PM 22/06/2011, DSinc wrote:
Thane,
Where you thinking of the E260d (p/n 34S0100)????
Duncan
Hi Duncan,
I'm not sure if the sale holds in the US, but both the E260d,
E360d, and E460d are all on sale until the end of June for about half
price (well, I guess no half, but it's signicantly off). Given that,
I'd probably go with the E360d just because it's rated for 6000 pages
per month compared to 2500 pages per month for the E260d. They are
both decent printers, however. Heck, the C544dn is only $100 more
than the E260d, and that'll give you colour as well.
T
On 06/22/2011 14:34, Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 03:27 PM 22/06/2011, DSinc wrote:
Gaffer,
Caps again? Power supply? Darn! This never entered my thoughts.
Thank you.
I recall. But, trying to take this thing apart is a major pain. I
think
this printer was built as a complete toss-away! I'll think some more.
Until the "GO" button fails, I can still get prints out of it ATM!
At this point, believe I will trundle the printer up the road to a
Brother
Certified service station (local). Yes, I suppose the repair bill
may be
2x what I paid for the printer, but, I still have a spare drum module
and a spare toner cart. for it. And, I don't believe I can do a
swap/return.
Am now looking at the Brother 5370DW as an upgrade/replacement.
If it were me, I'd look at Lexmark over Brother.
T
