PH recommended printer?
Discussion
Xerox laser printers do really well. Just bought a C415, scans, apps, prints etc.
This is to replace a Xerox 6605DN that I bought in 2014, but only selling now!
The earlier model is actually far more robust than the newer unit. It's a shame the software cannot be updated to the latest stuff.
This is to replace a Xerox 6605DN that I bought in 2014, but only selling now!
The earlier model is actually far more robust than the newer unit. It's a shame the software cannot be updated to the latest stuff.
Almost bought a Xerox laser. Ended up with a Brother L3550-CDW.
Clincher was availability of compatible toner for the Brother, double sided printing, and ADF for scanning
Very happy with it. If you dont need colour, B/W lasers are also highly rated.
Anything to ditch my hateful HP inkjet.
Clincher was availability of compatible toner for the Brother, double sided printing, and ADF for scanning
Very happy with it. If you dont need colour, B/W lasers are also highly rated.
Anything to ditch my hateful HP inkjet.
nuyorican said:
thebraketester said:
Friends don’t let friends buy HP
Brother is still the answer for home usage. Had ours ages and it just prints. Wireless printing works flawlessly.
What model please?Brother is still the answer for home usage. Had ours ages and it just prints. Wireless printing works flawlessly.
And do they come with toner usually?
Also, having not bought a printer for decades. I’m a bit concerned about the term ‘ink subscription’ whilst shopping around. I just one where I can go and buy a replacement toner when it runs out. No subscriptions.
Brother HL-L2370DN
They usually come with a half filled toner.
I mostly use an HP LaserJet P1102-w which actually has worked OK for me. The wireless is pretty useful as I can use it with all my computers as well as mobile and tablet. The HP cloud print app is crap so I bought a third party paid one, 'Printer Share' (Android), which works really well.
I also have an old Brother HL-2030 printer which is a good workhorse. Picked it up years ago on an Argos deal for £50 and it came with a decent amount of Toner in the supplied 'starter' cartridge, which lasted me about 2 years. I was able to get a third party refilled toner cart on ebay really cheaply and I've run with that since then. The only drawback is that the printer doesn't have much logic onboard so relies on the Windows driver to do a lot of the processing which normally would be done in the printer. That means you are at the mercy of them dropping specific driver support in a future version of Windows. Has worked well for me up to Win10.
I also have an old Brother HL-2030 printer which is a good workhorse. Picked it up years ago on an Argos deal for £50 and it came with a decent amount of Toner in the supplied 'starter' cartridge, which lasted me about 2 years. I was able to get a third party refilled toner cart on ebay really cheaply and I've run with that since then. The only drawback is that the printer doesn't have much logic onboard so relies on the Windows driver to do a lot of the processing which normally would be done in the printer. That means you are at the mercy of them dropping specific driver support in a future version of Windows. Has worked well for me up to Win10.
Doofus said:
I have an HP colour laserjet and it's excellent.
I have one colour (277 MFD) and one black and white (401).They've both provided faultless service for years (seeing the "hate" on here I decided to have a look...colour is 9yrs old, B&W 11yrs old!).
Looks like we're in a minority
I wouldn't use them for inkjet duties - have an Epson for that.
thebraketester said:
Something like this.
Brother HL-L2370DN
They usually come with a half filled toner.
Just be aware that model doesn't do printing over Wifi. You want models with a W in the model number suffix for that. Either of these would do the jobBrother HL-L2370DN
They usually come with a half filled toner.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/BROTHER-HL-L2400DW-Printe...
https://www.cartridgepeople.com/Product/View/42274...
DE1975 said:
Just be aware that model doesn't do printing over Wifi. You want models with a W in the model number suffix for that. Either of these would do the job
https://www.amazon.co.uk/BROTHER-HL-L2400DW-Printe...
https://www.cartridgepeople.com/Product/View/42274...
All 3 models are pretty much the same and will print over a USB printer cable connection. The difference is the HL-L2370DN can also print over a network with an ethernet connection, but not WIFI. The HL-L2400DW can print over WIFI but not Ethernet, and the HL-L2445DW does both WIFI and ethernethttps://www.amazon.co.uk/BROTHER-HL-L2400DW-Printe...
https://www.cartridgepeople.com/Product/View/42274...
I always recommend the basic Brother Laser HL-1112
It's a mono laser. Had mine just over 4 yrs now and it's great. Prints on demand, every time without issue.
The OE toner lasted an age, but the cheap replacement toners (from only £6 each) last the same - roughly 1000-1200 pages.
It literally just works and is the best IT investment I have ever made - Id buy a replacement in a heartbeat if needed.
It's a mono laser. Had mine just over 4 yrs now and it's great. Prints on demand, every time without issue.
The OE toner lasted an age, but the cheap replacement toners (from only £6 each) last the same - roughly 1000-1200 pages.
It literally just works and is the best IT investment I have ever made - Id buy a replacement in a heartbeat if needed.
I have a Canon ink jet and it's fine.
But like most ink jets, the issue is this : Turn it on. Whirr, whirr, whizz whizz, clunk, clunk, whirr, whirr, whizz, clunk, per ding, per ping, clunk, whizz, whizz, whirr, clunk, clunk. Finally, it's ready.
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k me, I could have chiseled my single page printout on a tablet of stone by the time the bd things are finally ready to print anything.
But like most ink jets, the issue is this : Turn it on. Whirr, whirr, whizz whizz, clunk, clunk, whirr, whirr, whizz, clunk, per ding, per ping, clunk, whizz, whizz, whirr, clunk, clunk. Finally, it's ready.
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k me, I could have chiseled my single page printout on a tablet of stone by the time the bd things are finally ready to print anything.The reason why recommendations are against HP is partly the fact they chip their cartridges so you can not use 3rd party ones, and partly in the past they also expired the cartridges on you, which is why I first moved away from them (actually don't they still do this?).
I went to Canon (poor quality and broke, then also had a Canon scanner which is where I discovered they do not like supporting new versions of OSes for older devices), Samsung (solid work horse, but now no more), and now Brother.
I went to Canon (poor quality and broke, then also had a Canon scanner which is where I discovered they do not like supporting new versions of OSes for older devices), Samsung (solid work horse, but now no more), and now Brother.
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