Which printer?

Tom Collins · 28th February 2008, 14:09

Bonjour.
My wife wishes to buy a new printer for work. She wants a colour laserjet printer capable of printing on textured card. She doesn't want to pay the earth either.

Any ideas, recommendations?

smcaul · 28th February 2008, 14:27

Yep, unless her work are paying for it don't get a laserjet!!! I had one and after the toner ran out it would have been cheaper to replace the whole machine then it was to replace the toner, even with refill kits!!! My new HP inkjet does equally as good prints as the laserjet did. I had a Xerox Phaser 6100 by the way - never again!!! And just as another point they are very big and heavy compared to an inkjet!!!

ragitty · 28th February 2008, 14:42

Tom I have just purchased a HP photosmart D7160 to be used in my showroom, was very impressed with it so bought one for use at home, I normally use epson, but when mine finally gave up I decided after seeing how good the hp printer was, to get one instead of another epson.

Not expensive Tom, around £80 + V.A.T. from Viking Direct or £104 including V.A.T. from pc world.

Tom Collins · 28th February 2008, 14:55

Thanks for the replies.
She is fully aware of the the cost of running a laserjet. The main reason she wants one (and yes she will be paying for it, she's self employed) is the speed. When she has to print out a hundred or so cards, waiting for one to pop out every minute, takes all day.

smcaul · 28th February 2008, 15:28

I would think then that she really needs to look at which lasers will do her weight of card/paper. The one I had was very particular over paper thickness and would jam easy if the paper was too thick. I was using it to print brochures on glossy 160gsm paper, which was the most it would take.

mykl · 28th February 2008, 15:29

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Originally Posted by collit

When she has to print out a hundred or so cards, waiting for one to pop out every minute, takes all day.

collit

Not 100 minutes then

Tom Collins · 28th February 2008, 16:04

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Originally Posted by mykl

collit

Not 100 minutes then

Well, er, yes. It just seems to take all day.

Simon W · 7th March 2008, 21:59

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Originally Posted by collit

Bonjour.
My wife wishes to buy a new printer for work. She wants a colour laserjet printer capable of printing on textured card. She doesn't want to pay the earth either.

Any ideas, recommendations?

Shame it has to be colour. I've got a little £99 Samsung black & white laser, the ML-1210. I've had it for 4 years or so and it's never gone wrong - not once. It steams though pages at a rate of knots and quality is very good on decent paper. It's a little gem.

Colour lasers can be a different kettle of fish. The heavy duty ones are not cheap to buy and toners can be very expensive. They're probably less prone to ink problems though - all the Epson inkjets I've used have suffered from ink drying up and clogging the print heads.

I have a Samsung CLP-500 colour laser which produces very nice quality print (really good with top notch paper) and is extremely quick once it's powered up and loaded your file into the buffer. I don't think it's made any more but there's one here for £245
http://www.shopgenie.co.uk/UK_fiche/...000098204.html

Some info on Samsung range here:

http://www.samsung.com/uk/business/b...lour/index.htm

Prices here:

http://www.shopgenie.co.uk/UK_hardwa...8_Samsung.html

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Tom Collins Posted a thing or two Mondeo 2.0 cdti Ghia Auto Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Leicester Posts: 1,731 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the replies. She is fully aware of the the cost of running a laserjet. The main reason she wants one (and yes she will be paying for it, she's self employed) is the speed. When she has to print out a hundred or so cards, waiting for one to pop out every minute, takes all day. __________________ In vino veritas [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Does Magna Carta mean nothing to you? Did she die in vain?

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smcaul Loves to post Rover 75 Saloon CDT Club Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Southampton Posts: 481 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yep, unless her work are paying for it don't get a laserjet!!! I had one and after the toner ran out it would have been cheaper to replace the whole machine then it was to replace the toner, even with refill kits!!! My new HP inkjet does equally as good prints as the laserjet did. I had a Xerox Phaser 6100 by the way - never again!!! And just as another point they are very big and heavy compared to an inkjet!!!

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smcaul Loves to post Rover 75 Saloon CDT Club Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Southampton Posts: 481 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I would think then that she really needs to look at which lasers will do her weight of card/paper. The one I had was very particular over paper thickness and would jam easy if the paper was too thick. I was using it to print brochures on glossy 160gsm paper, which was the most it would take.