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I've been using a Canon MG7550 printer for some years and it's worked really well. It's now showing error codes too often, so am looking to replace it.
We don't print much, probably 20 pages a week, but my wife has a small business and would like to print labels as she sells on Etsy. Ideally I'd like 1 printer which would do everything but we have toyed with a label printer and a A4 sheet printer
Any recommendations for an inexpensive printer which would do both?
We don't print much, probably 20 pages a week, but my wife has a small business and would like to print labels as she sells on Etsy. Ideally I'd like 1 printer which would do everything but we have toyed with a label printer and a A4 sheet printer
Any recommendations for an inexpensive printer which would do both?
Do not know what you want to spend however I would go down the laser route as you get a much better print with no clogging and the print is waterproof.
At the moment I have an Oki C612 which prints very well ( curls paper a bit but can live with it) and is used for normal A4 paper printing and A4 Teflon labels.
You will find most Laser printers will print on labels with no problems , had a few Xerox's before and they were also fine.
What you need to check are the specs of the printers to see what media they can handle e.g. paper size, and in your case the label weight.
If you click on the link below you can see all the specs before buying.
https://www.printerland.co.uk/product/oki-c612n/13...
At the moment I have an Oki C612 which prints very well ( curls paper a bit but can live with it) and is used for normal A4 paper printing and A4 Teflon labels.
You will find most Laser printers will print on labels with no problems , had a few Xerox's before and they were also fine.
What you need to check are the specs of the printers to see what media they can handle e.g. paper size, and in your case the label weight.
If you click on the link below you can see all the specs before buying.
https://www.printerland.co.uk/product/oki-c612n/13...
you should be able to get away with any printer at the volume you are talking. Inkjets are cheap to buy, but expensive to run irrespective of use, they can chew thru ink even when not being used.
Mono Lasers a quite cheap, but here again, cheap ones can be expensive to run.
Cheap Colour Laser printers are very expensive to run about 7-10p per sheet.
My wife prints training packs out. Not heavy use but enough to factor in cost and printing 500 pages at a time means speed is a major factor.
I bought a new laser (previous one started creasing paper when doing double sided) and in pricing them up I found something interesting.
- Cheap mono laser £100-150 cost of ownership for 50k pages = £1100-1200. (printer/toners/drums(where needed))
- Laser costing £350 - cost of ownership £700 for £50k pages with manufacturer toners.
- Jump to £500-600 printer and break even is around 75000 pages
That's Mono laser.
I use an Epson ink tank printer for when we need colour about 50 pages every time we print which has been good and a lot cheaper than cartridges, but soooooo slow 500 pages printed in half the time for the inkjet doing 50.
The best isn't any one type - especially if you are a low volume user- buy cheap and buy compatible cartridges would be my advice. -
Higher volume/speed uses look elsewhere.
Mono Lasers a quite cheap, but here again, cheap ones can be expensive to run.
Cheap Colour Laser printers are very expensive to run about 7-10p per sheet.
My wife prints training packs out. Not heavy use but enough to factor in cost and printing 500 pages at a time means speed is a major factor.
I bought a new laser (previous one started creasing paper when doing double sided) and in pricing them up I found something interesting.
- Cheap mono laser £100-150 cost of ownership for 50k pages = £1100-1200. (printer/toners/drums(where needed))
- Laser costing £350 - cost of ownership £700 for £50k pages with manufacturer toners.
- Jump to £500-600 printer and break even is around 75000 pages
That's Mono laser.
I use an Epson ink tank printer for when we need colour about 50 pages every time we print which has been good and a lot cheaper than cartridges, but soooooo slow 500 pages printed in half the time for the inkjet doing 50.
The best isn't any one type - especially if you are a low volume user- buy cheap and buy compatible cartridges would be my advice. -
Higher volume/speed uses look elsewhere.
sparkyhx said:
you should be able to get away with any printer at the volume you are talking. Inkjets are cheap to buy, but expensive to run irrespective of use, they can chew thru ink even when not being used.
Mono Lasers a quite cheap, but here again, cheap ones can be expensive to run.
Cheap Colour Laser printers are very expensive to run about 7-10p per sheet.
My wife prints training packs out. Not heavy use but enough to factor in cost and printing 500 pages at a time means speed is a major factor.
I bought a new laser (previous one started creasing paper when doing double sided) and in pricing them up I found something interesting.
- Cheap mono laser £100-150 cost of ownership for 50k pages = £1100-1200. (printer/toners/drums(where needed))
- Laser costing £350 - cost of ownership £700 for £50k pages with manufacturer toners.
- Jump to £500-600 printer and break even is around 75000 pages
That's Mono laser.
I use an Epson ink tank printer for when we need colour about 50 pages every time we print which has been good and a lot cheaper than cartridges, but soooooo slow 500 pages printed in half the time for the inkjet doing 50.
The best isn't any one type - especially if you are a low volume user- buy cheap and buy compatible cartridges would be my advice. -
Higher volume/speed uses look elsewhere.
I took over a role where the unit was printing off little booklets to post to staff around the area. If I took into account the time taken by my member of staff to print the damned things and then fold them (A5) with some degree of accuracy (you did not want to receive one of the last she folded in a day), the savings made when we got a little print shop to run them off was more than half price. That's not taking into account my time preparing a business case, then arguing it in front of a supervisor who hadn't bothered to read my submission. Mono Lasers a quite cheap, but here again, cheap ones can be expensive to run.
Cheap Colour Laser printers are very expensive to run about 7-10p per sheet.
My wife prints training packs out. Not heavy use but enough to factor in cost and printing 500 pages at a time means speed is a major factor.
I bought a new laser (previous one started creasing paper when doing double sided) and in pricing them up I found something interesting.
- Cheap mono laser £100-150 cost of ownership for 50k pages = £1100-1200. (printer/toners/drums(where needed))
- Laser costing £350 - cost of ownership £700 for £50k pages with manufacturer toners.
- Jump to £500-600 printer and break even is around 75000 pages
That's Mono laser.
I use an Epson ink tank printer for when we need colour about 50 pages every time we print which has been good and a lot cheaper than cartridges, but soooooo slow 500 pages printed in half the time for the inkjet doing 50.
The best isn't any one type - especially if you are a low volume user- buy cheap and buy compatible cartridges would be my advice. -
Higher volume/speed uses look elsewhere.
Outsourcing can be really quite cheap, even for shortish runs. Take the advice of the shop regarding cutting costs and the saving can be tremendous.
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