Re: [H] Recommendation for New Printer

[Bryan Seitz]

+1 to Brother printers.  My bros make good printers!

On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 08:46:14AM -0500, Joe User wrote:
> Why will you never buy HP printers again? (& to answer your question: I've
> never gone wrong with Brother - well over a decade of various models with
> various clients - reliable & low cost per page)
> 
> On 5/23/2018 8:09 AM, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
> > I've had this HP 8600 for years.  The nice part is that I bought the 2nd
> > paper tray so that I can print either normal paper or shipping labels by
> > selecting an option and not have to switch paper.  It's giving me problems
> > now (I may be able to get it working again), but it brought to mind the
> > fact that I'll never buy an HP printer again so I'd need some
> > recommendations on a new printer if I should happen to need a new one.  I'd
> > like to get one with either two paper trays integral or paper trays that
> > can be swapped.  And reasonably priced printer carts (Ha-Ha).
> > 
> > What do you guys use?
> > 
> > Thanks...Steve
> > 

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Re: [H] Recommendation for New Printer

[FORC5]

definitely suck on photos and why I kept a 
inkjet around but I can not even remember th 
e last time I needed to print a color photo 
that needed quality.

gonna look at the phasers, got me interested
fp
On 5/23/2018 12:32 PM, Greg Sevart wrote:

I've had a couple Samsung color lasers that each ended up giving problems after 
a few years, and the support is awful.

I had a Brother monochrome laser (I used it ONLY for shipping labels) that 
started popping the breaker when it was plugged in. Not even a year old. Called 
support, I felt it was a safety issue, but they wouldn't replace it.

I use Xerox now, specifically the Phaser series. Color lasers normally suck at 
printing photos, but these impressed me. Plus, I remember as a kid always 
wanting a Phaser color laser printer.:)

But make no mistake, all printers suck:http://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers


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Re: [H] Recommendation for New Printer

[Winterlight]

I use to struggle with printers... until I got a Okia-Data color 
laser. It's not really a consumer product but my Oki ALWAYS works for 
me. I remember seeing their dot matrix printers in medical offices 
where I had clients, and they never had problems with them. So in 04 
I bought my first Okia-Data color laser printer that worked 
flawlessly for ten years. Of course, it was a personal printer, and I 
print very little. After ten years the cost of replacing toners and 
fuser(s) exceeded the cost of a new one so I, with great reluctance, 
disposed of my old Oki color laser, and bought a new one. The new one 
prints better color pictures but ruffles the edge of envelops. 
However, every single time I push print... it prints and that is what 
is most important to me.



At 01:32 PM 5/23/2018, you wrote:
I've had a couple Samsung color lasers that each ended up giving 
problems after a few years, and the support is awful.


I had a Brother monochrome laser (I used it ONLY for shipping 
labels) that started popping the breaker when it was plugged in. Not 
even a year old. Called support, I felt it was a safety issue, but 
they wouldn't replace it.


I use Xerox now, specifically the Phaser series. Color lasers 
normally suck at printing photos, but these impressed me. Plus, I 
remember as a kid always wanting a Phaser color laser printer. :)


But make no mistake, all printers suck: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers



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From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On 
Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski

Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 8:09 AM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Recommendation for New Printer

I've had this HP 8600 for years.  The nice part is that I bought the 
2nd paper tray so that I can print either normal paper or shipping 
labels by selecting an option and not have to switch paper.  It's 
giving me problems now (I may be able to get it working again), but 
it brought to mind the fact that I'll never buy an HP printer again 
so I'd need some recommendations on a new printer if I should happen 
to need a new one.  I'd like to get one with either two paper trays 
integral or paper trays that can be swapped.  And reasonably priced 
printer carts (Ha-Ha).


What do you guys use?

Thanks...Steve

Re: [H] Recommendation for New Printer

[Greg Sevart]

I've had a couple Samsung color lasers that each ended up giving problems after 
a few years, and the support is awful.

I had a Brother monochrome laser (I used it ONLY for shipping labels) that 
started popping the breaker when it was plugged in. Not even a year old. Called 
support, I felt it was a safety issue, but they wouldn't replace it.

I use Xerox now, specifically the Phaser series. Color lasers normally suck at 
printing photos, but these impressed me. Plus, I remember as a kid always 
wanting a Phaser color laser printer. :)

But make no mistake, all printers suck: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers



-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of 
Steve Tomporowski
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 8:09 AM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Recommendation for New Printer

I've had this HP 8600 for years.  The nice part is that I bought the 2nd paper 
tray so that I can print either normal paper or shipping labels by selecting an 
option and not have to switch paper.  It's giving me problems now (I may be 
able to get it working again), but it brought to mind the fact that I'll never 
buy an HP printer again so I'd need some recommendations on a new printer if I 
should happen to need a new one.  I'd like to get one with either two paper 
trays integral or paper trays that can be swapped.  And reasonably priced 
printer carts (Ha-Ha).

What do you guys use?

Thanks...Steve

Re: [H] Recommendation for New Printer

[FORC5]

GOOD POINT, I agree.
fp
On 5/23/2018 7:45 AM, Steve Tomporowski wrote:

Plus firmware updates that will stop you from printing with 3rd
party cartridges.  Personally I don't want to give money to a company that
tries all the tricks in the book to make you pay large amounts of money for
their ink.


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Re: [H] Recommendation for New Printer

[Steve Tomporowski]

The specs on Brother and the reviews look better than anyone else.  Why I
don't like HP:  Horrendously expensive ink (about 2x everybody else),
wireless you can't rely on (which seems to still happen in the 8720
model).  Plus firmware updates that will stop you from printing with 3rd
party cartridges.  Personally I don't want to give money to a company that
tries all the tricks in the book to make you pay large amounts of money for
their ink.

On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 9:46 AM, Joe User  wrote:

> Why will you never buy HP printers again? (& to answer your question: I've
> never gone wrong with Brother - well over a decade of various models with
> various clients - reliable & low cost per page)
>
>
> On 5/23/2018 8:09 AM, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
>
>> I've had this HP 8600 for years.  The nice part is that I bought the 2nd
>> paper tray so that I can print either normal paper or shipping labels by
>> selecting an option and not have to switch paper.  It's giving me problems
>> now (I may be able to get it working again), but it brought to mind the
>> fact that I'll never buy an HP printer again so I'd need some
>> recommendations on a new printer if I should happen to need a new one.
>> I'd
>> like to get one with either two paper trays integral or paper trays that
>> can be swapped.  And reasonably priced printer carts (Ha-Ha).
>>
>> What do you guys use?
>>
>> Thanks...Steve
>>
>>

Re: [H] Recommendation for New Printer

[FORC5]

curios about that too, I always had HP 
printers with good luck butt got tired of 
inkjets and bought a laser color the Brother 
was the best bang for my buck and had good 
service with it. Only complaint it wants to 
replace the cartridges way b4 they need it 
but found the code to reset the count, been 
almost 18 months since reset and still 
printing fine. ;-)

fp


On 5/23/2018 6:46 AM, Joe User wrote:
Why will you never buy HP printers again? 
(& to answer your question: I've never gone 
wrong with Brother - well over a decade of 
various models with various clients - 
reliable & low cost per page)


On 5/23/2018 8:09 AM, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
I've had this HP 8600 for years.  The nice 
part is that I bought the 2nd
paper tray so that I can print either 
normal paper or shipping labels by
selecting an option and not have to switch 
paper.  It's giving me problems
now (I may be able to get it working 
again), but it brought to mind the
fact that I'll never buy an HP printer 
again so I'd need some
recommendations on a new printer if I 
should happen to need a new one.  I'd
like to get one with either two paper 
trays integral or paper trays that
can be swapped.  And reasonably priced 
printer carts (Ha-Ha).


What do you guys use?

Thanks...Steve


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***
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 ancestor.
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Re: [H] Recommendation for New Printer

[Joe User]

Why will you never buy HP printers again? (& to answer your question: 
I've never gone wrong with Brother - well over a decade of various 
models with various clients - reliable & low cost per page)


On 5/23/2018 8:09 AM, Steve Tomporowski wrote:

I've had this HP 8600 for years.  The nice part is that I bought the 2nd
paper tray so that I can print either normal paper or shipping labels by
selecting an option and not have to switch paper.  It's giving me problems
now (I may be able to get it working again), but it brought to mind the
fact that I'll never buy an HP printer again so I'd need some
recommendations on a new printer if I should happen to need a new one.  I'd
like to get one with either two paper trays integral or paper trays that
can be swapped.  And reasonably priced printer carts (Ha-Ha).

What do you guys use?

Thanks...Steve

[H] Recommendation for New Printer

[Steve Tomporowski]

I've had this HP 8600 for years.  The nice part is that I bought the 2nd
paper tray so that I can print either normal paper or shipping labels by
selecting an option and not have to switch paper.  It's giving me problems
now (I may be able to get it working again), but it brought to mind the
fact that I'll never buy an HP printer again so I'd need some
recommendations on a new printer if I should happen to need a new one.  I'd
like to get one with either two paper trays integral or paper trays that
can be swapped.  And reasonably priced printer carts (Ha-Ha).

What do you guys use?

Thanks...Steve