On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 21:20 -0700, Abhishek Daga wrote: > hi, > am looking for a mono laser printer (and/or multifunctional device) > where the primary criteria is economy in running cost.
In the past MFD units used to be prone to breakdowns, don't know about the reliability of the current crop. > my guess is that those toners that can be refilled with ease (as > opposed to buying new cartridge each time) drastically brings down the > cost. > is that correct? if so then what are the printers that allow for this? In my opinion stay away from after market refills. One botched experience taught me to go with the original replacement even though it costs more. The guy botched up the plate inside the cartridge, promised that a new plate would fix it. I ended up paying for the toner and a new plate around Rs. 1000 for printouts with a 1" wide dark grey band "watermark" on my printouts :( - whereas a new one cost Rs. 3100. > > Speaking of multifunctional devices, are they really compelling? > especially the ones which have Fax and PC fax? > the samsung multifunctional 4110 is only 2000 more than regular mono > laser but without a fax. The USP value depends on how much of each function you plan to use. Do you send/receive a lot of faxes? Suggest you make a matrix of the features and how much of each you will use and then decide. -- Arun Khan (knura at yahoo dot com) Try to be the best of whatever you are, even if what you are is no good. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
