Ben
Have you tried ebay? I bought an HP 2100M laser printer in 2004 and had
the good fortune to get one that had been in someone's garage unopened
for a few years. (I didn't ask any questions) I paid £50 and since then
it's never let me down and is still on the original toner that came with
it! Prints as well as it did on day 1.
I use it on a print server plugged into my router so it prints from all
windows laptops and macs in the house.
Pat
On 17/10/2010 22:11, Ben Rubinstein wrote:
I've finally had enough of the hassle I go through with my inkjet on
those infrequent - but just frequent enough to be annoying - occasions
that I want to print. The problems are two-fold: firstly because inkjets
are never good for infrequent use, as the printheads dry up/clog.
Secondly because in a moment of madness I bought a Lexmark wireless
printer a couple of years ago, which is a terrible piece of trash, with
very poor Mac drivers, that falls off the wifi network repeatedly.
So I've determined to buy a small laser printer instead, and forego
colour in exchange for getting something that can reliably be switched
on and print after indefinite periods off; and relocate it to somewhere
that it can be wired into the router.
Unfortunately, it turns out that there are lots of choices of small
cheap mono laser printers these days; even when you narrow it down to
those with Ethernet. Brother, Samsung, Dell, Kyocera, Canon and perhaps
others all offer something in the < £150 range. Some even have WiFi as
well.
Does anyone have experience with any of these? Bad experiences as useful
as good - eg printers that don't play nice with Mac? Also if anyone has
experience with one of these that actually worked properly on WiFi, that
would be good, as it would give me more choices about where to put it.
All advice gratefully received.
Ben
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