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Cheap laser printers

posted by [personal profile] purplecthulhu at 03:43pm on 23/07/2006
Anybody got any experience of the Lexmark E120N which, at 92 quid, seems quite a good deal for a cheap laser?

Any other recommendations for a cheap mono laser?
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posted by [personal profile] drplokta at 03:39pm on 23/07/2006
1. What is your expected use (pages per month)?

2. Why do you want a laser rather than an inkjet?
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posted by [identity profile] purplecthulhu.livejournal.com at 04:25pm on 23/07/2006
Tens to low hundreds of pages per month, largely text and the occasional diagram/map.

Inkjets have always struck me as unreliable - the ink is prone to dry or clog if not regularly used - and the consumables are an overpriced ripoff. I don't have much need for colour, and in the unlikely event that I do, I can use the machine at work.
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posted by [personal profile] drplokta at 04:43pm on 23/07/2006
If you get the right inkjet (HP Business Inkjet range), the consumables work out cheaper than laser printer toner for plain black pages. For that kind of use, I recommend you look at the HP Business Inkjet 1200 range -- Plokta is currently printed on a 1200 dtwn. You can get a 1200d (d for duplex) for a bit over £100, and it should be cheaper to run than the Lexmark laser.
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posted by [identity profile] purplecthulhu.livejournal.com at 05:33pm on 23/07/2006
What about consumable lifetime? Low usage seems to be a problem with them, with the tendency to gum everything up...
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posted by [identity profile] despotliz.livejournal.com at 04:20pm on 23/07/2006
I asked for recommendations over here. I went with the Brother HL-2030, which was quite cheap and works fine so far with both Mac and PC. I was slightly annoyed that it didn't come with a USB cable.
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posted by [identity profile] purplecthulhu.livejournal.com at 04:26pm on 23/07/2006
The network connection on the Lexmark is a positive feature for me as I don't necessarily want the printer tied to one computer. Having it as a networked printer sounds eminently sensible, so I can print from the laptop over wifi if necessary.
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posted by [identity profile] non-trivial.livejournal.com at 04:46pm on 23/07/2006
If the Lexmark has a network socket, I'd definitely go with that. I've got a Samsung Ml-2250 for about the same price, which I'm very happy with, but apparently the Mac support for it isn't great.
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posted by [identity profile] xnamkrad.livejournal.com at 05:02pm on 23/07/2006
I had a Sharp laser which worked well for a few years. I found out that it paid to look around. I could buy the toner at approx 30% cheaper via a direct mail order company than buying in the shops or even directly from Sharp.
For text and even mono graphics it was faster than the inkjets I have today (but these do have more uses).
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