Make sure to compare the cost per page. Most low and mid range laser
printers have relatively high costs per page when compared to other
printers.
For instance, when I was last in the market for a printer, Most of the
printers I was pricing had toner cartridges that cost about $50-$70
each. With low end printers you would those cartridges would usually
have a yield of about 1500-2000 pages per cartridge. Spend a little
more on the printer and you get a printer that will get 5000-8000 per
cartridge. Spend a little more and you can get printers that will get
15000 to 20000 for the same $50-$70.
Of course it all depends on how much you print. If you only use or a
ream of paper a year, it might not be worth the extra cost to get a
higher end printer since you'll probably replace it well before it's
worn out and you won't be feeding enough toner into it to make up for
the added cost.
I personally try to get a mid range printer due to the nice middle
ground of having slightly higher yields as well as the printer having
extra bells and whistles that the low end printers usually lack.
Brian Cluff
On 01/24/2016 11:00 PM, Todd Cole wrote:
/I will second Brother Printers MFC line and ADS scanners are second to none
we have 5 printers and two scanners and only one repair in the last 5 years
and work with Windows OSX and Linux but the software is proprietary so
that is
the only draw back. At home I have a MFC-9440CN that I bought used three
years ago
/
/it is a color lazer that does not work well for pictures posters ect
but cranks out documents
/
/all day for little cost and easy to clean and fix if needed. I also
have brother HL-1440 black and white
/
/lazer that is much older and still works perfect and I have only opened
it to add a new toner
/
/
/
On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 10:24 PM, Wayne D <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
(I) have switched to "Brother" exclusively (3 lasers, 1 inkjet and a
ADS-2000 scanner. They all have performed flawlessly with no jams.
Inkjets SUCK if you don't use them consistently. The latent ink in the
heads and tubes dry out and trash the printer. If ever I decide (I)
need color again, (I) will be going color LASER. Yes, it IS much more
expensive, BUT at least I won't need to deal with dried out inks.
FLIP SIDE: EPSON inks supposedly are archive quality though and it
probably will be cheaper to become a heroin addict instead of buying
ink. Still, their inks I believe are rated 20 or 25 years if printouts
are stored properly AND 6 cartridges give better color accuracy.
Hope I helped. ;-)
On 01/24/2016 09:26 PM, Bob Holtzman wrote:
> My old HP gave up the ghost so I'm in the market. Reading the reviews it
> seems that HP quality has gone down the tubes lately, especially in the
> low and mid levels. Epson had decent reviews but 6 ink cartridges? Give
> me a break.
>
> I'd like some opinions from the group on printers in general and HP vs
> Epson in particular.
>
> TIA
>
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