Re: OT: B&W Laser Printer

On Jun 12, 3:04 pm, dsi1 <d...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
David Kilpatrick wrote:
dsi1 wrote:

There have been some new color laser printers out out there recently
at remarkable prices too. However, my guess it would be cheaper use a
color inkjet for color work.

Not really true, the overall costs of inkjet ink and especially the
paper (unless a wrinkled flat looking result is acceptable) make colour
lasers very affordable. I use a Brother MCF-9420CN, admittedly this is
no way a $100-$150 machine, but it does everything - colour fax, colour
scanning over Ethernet from any machine (and pretty fast too) via TWAIN
Photoshop plugin, colour laser print, colour copying, mono print (with a
very capacity mono cartridge). It's replaced my fax, scanner, copier and
printer.

I also have a large Epson A2+ inkjet but the costs are counted in pounds
not pence, and the speed is no way comparable.

David

I'll have do some research on the operating costs of these printers. My
guess is that the toner cartridge replacement would be on the costly
side. In fact, how is it possible to sell to sell a $200 color laser
printer? Wouldn't the toner carts exceed the price of the printer? It's
a mystery. :-)

I already have several inkjet printers - not sure if I'd want to spend
the extra dough for color capabilities which is probably a reasonable
way of thinking if one looking at budget monochrome laser printers.
Another problem is that color xerographic copies tend to be unpleasant
to my eye and touch - but that's probably just me.-

I think you will find the overall cost of laser printer is less than
that of the inkjet. For day-to-day printing, laser wins hands-down as
it has much higher printing capacity from the laser cartridge
resulting in cheaper cost per page. However, the inkjet will shine in
the photo printing department. I have not seen any laser printed
picture that's worth framing :-) , but inkjet can generate stunning
photo, albeit using special photo paper and expensive ink cartridges.

The biggest disadvantages from laser printer, to me, is (1) the slow
start-up: it takes time to heat it up to operation, and (2) the higher
power consumption to run.
Cheers,

John
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