Colour laser printer of choice?
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From: Sara on 30 Mar 2010 08:28 In article <81e636Ff0kU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Arthur <arthursstuffforsale(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 29/03/2010 21:35, Jonathan White wrote: > > The Register did a recent group test of desktop colour lasers. The one > > that came out best was the Xerox Phaser 6125. Can be had for about 150 > > quid. Had the lowest running costs of the 6 printers they tested. > > I have the similar Xerox Phaser 6130 and am very happy with it so far. > When I got it (www.printerbase.co.uk) there were big discounts on the > 6125 but no OSX drivers. > Arthur I haven't used that printer, but I do get all sorts of stuff from that website and have never had a problem with them. -- Sara Hurrah - the weather has cheered up
From: Jon B on 1 Apr 2010 04:52 The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Recommendations for a good cheap laser printer. And how long the > cartridges last and what they cost. > > Anything decent for under �200? If you are doing any kind of duty loads through them, put a bit of effort into researching cartridge costs on the machine. I was looking at �300ish printers for one of our offices, but worked out that the �600 Xerox Phaser 8560 (iirc)[1] paid for itself in cheaper consumables within 2 years. Of course this all depends on the amount of prints you do, but it wasn't a vast quantity. Note also a lot of the colour printers come with half life cartridges, and the printers are �200, and a full set of toners & drums [2] can set back as much as �1000. [1] If you're anywhere near Edinburgh it might actually be for sale [2] HPs are usually combined with the toners, but Brothers are seperate, so watch that stinger. -- Jon B Above email address IS valid. <http://www.bramley-computers.co.uk/> Apple Laptop Repairs.
From: Adrian on 1 Apr 2010 05:08
black.hole(a)jonbradbury.com (Jon B) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > Note also a lot of the colour printers come with half life cartridges, > and the printers are £200, and a full set of toners & drums [2] can set > back as much as £1000. > [2] HPs are usually combined with the toners Not necessarily on colour lasers. Our LJ2820 has separate toners & drum. <checks status page> After 2,600 pages (900 mono only), the original drum is saying 43% life left (nowhere NEAR the 20,000 life quoted), the original black toner is about to expire, whilst the first set of replacement colour toners reckon about 60-65% life left (yellow/magenta - 570 pages done) or 55% (cyan - 700 pages done). For that 2820, a new drum is £140, black toner £60, colours £70 each. |