Re: Laser printer recommendations

Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@xxxxxx> wrote:

Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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I was going to suggest a HP Laserjet 4100, which is what I got earlier
this year. They don't get much cheaper to run than this, and it has a
monthly duty cycle of about 120,000 pages. The first cartridge did 12000
pages, and cost £23 to replace.

Blimey.

I'm not sure I'd want to buy anything else from HP - I've been very
unimpressed with the longevity of the hardware, with the crapness of the
software, and with the uselessness of the support.

Their old Lasers are pretty solid lumps though.

The /old/ ones, yes. Nothing past a LJ4, though.

Oh yes, the LJ5s. Solid as a rock with one at home and several at work
over many years.

I am almost decided on getting a laser. I looked at the HPs, but the
thing that puts me off is the reports of them telling you they are out
of toner when they are far from it.
We have a couple of large HP lasers at work and although they work fine,
I can't say they are anything special.

I am getting close to getting the samsung 2160N as it seems to tick all
of my boxes, and has a cheap running costs. It is apparently not that
fast but I am not in that much of a hurry, and it is not great at
photos, but I have a canon inkjet for that.

Either that or another canon inkjet.


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