On 01/03/2012 04:07 PM, geoff wrote: > I use a Brother laser printer and am very impressed. Just one warning tho... > the pages you expect from a toner cartridge is never anything like what they > promise. It's a bit like the mpg promises on new cars - only under > 'controlled circumstances'. so if you take the page count and halve it you > won be far wrong. inkjets suck and are expensive. Lasers are great but arent > as cheap as they promise but are still the best option.
The real measure of printing expense should be the cost per page, not the cost of supplies like paper, cartriges, energy to run the printer and initial cost. Inkjet cartridges are often cheaper than Laserjet cartridges, but yeild far fewer pages before they must be replaced, so the cost per page in a inkjet mixed color, black and white, text, graphics and photo print environment can range as high as $ .25 to $ .50 per page. A workgroup Laserjet printer, whether color or mono, with a higher duty cycle and higher print volume per month can reduce the cost per page down to as little and $ .01 to $ .02 per page. I'm now taking a close look at the HP Laserjet Pro M1536dnf, which is essentially an HP 1415, but in a mono black and white printer. It's much faster than the HP 1415 and supports duplex printing, (eg auto prints both side of a sheet of paper). The HP 1415 has a 30,000 maximum pages per month duty cycle compared to the HP 1536 8,000 pages per month duty cycle. However, the HP 1536 mono is much faster at 26 ppm compared to the HP 1415 color 12 ppm. There lots to mull over; before, I decide, but I need a working printer soon. I can pick up the HP1536 for around $ 250.00, while the HP 1415 would cost me around $ 375.00. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlcx4YA1c0o http://www.hp.com/united-states/campaigns/laserjet/hp_laserjet_m1536.html Regards, LelandJ > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, 4 January 2012 7:39 AM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: [NF] -- Home Color Printer > > Thirded. We have had them for years. no problem. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul McNett"<[email protected]> > To:<[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:56 AM > Subject: Re: [NF] -- Home Color Printer > > > On 1/3/12 10:55 AM, Michael Madigan wrote: >> The Brother all-in-ones are outstanding. They never break down. > Seconded. They also have great Linux driver support from the vendor. > > Paul > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

