Colour Lasers?
Discussion
Need some advice as I'm having trouble deciding.
Currently we run a Kyocera laser printer which over the past 10 years has given faultless service and a Canon inkjet that has been remarkably adequate.
The Laser is on it's last legs and the colour printer doesn't print quality enough to do photo's. We could really do with freeing up some space too and I'm wondering if colour lasers make econimic sense?
The laser currently prints say 50 - 100 pages a week and the colour gets used hardly ever, although it it was quality enough I'm sure it would get used more.
Has anyone done this type of merge before - is the colour from a laser good enough for photo's? Is toner prohibitively expensive - drums?
The beauty of the Kyocera is that it has a drum for life.
TIA
Currently we run a Kyocera laser printer which over the past 10 years has given faultless service and a Canon inkjet that has been remarkably adequate.
The Laser is on it's last legs and the colour printer doesn't print quality enough to do photo's. We could really do with freeing up some space too and I'm wondering if colour lasers make econimic sense?
The laser currently prints say 50 - 100 pages a week and the colour gets used hardly ever, although it it was quality enough I'm sure it would get used more.
Has anyone done this type of merge before - is the colour from a laser good enough for photo's? Is toner prohibitively expensive - drums?
The beauty of the Kyocera is that it has a drum for life.
TIA
My opinion from using various colour lasers is that they're great for adding colour to presentations and things along those lines. I wouldn't ever use one to print photos though.
And when you compare the cost of a decent mono laser with a decent colour laser, the difference will more than cover a high quality (A3 if it's desirable) photo inkjet and another desk/table to put it on if necessary.
And when you compare the cost of a decent mono laser with a decent colour laser, the difference will more than cover a high quality (A3 if it's desirable) photo inkjet and another desk/table to put it on if necessary.
LexSport said:
...And when you compare the cost of a decent mono laser with a decent colour laser, the difference will more than cover a high quality (A3 if it's desirable) photo inkjet and another desk/table to put it on if necessary.
Cheers, will the difference cover thecost of a small extension though
Walls are bulging here!Even better idea....
Buy a Samsung ML1510 from PC World/Staples for £49.99, toner refills are only £12 and will last for ages.
Use the Kodak Picture Centres at Tesco/Asda/Jessops to print photos. They only work out at 5-10p each and are far superior than all but the most expensive photo printers around.
After doing that you'll probably have enogh money left for an extension too!
Buy a Samsung ML1510 from PC World/Staples for £49.99, toner refills are only £12 and will last for ages.
Use the Kodak Picture Centres at Tesco/Asda/Jessops to print photos. They only work out at 5-10p each and are far superior than all but the most expensive photo printers around.
After doing that you'll probably have enogh money left for an extension too!
I just bought a Samsung CLP-500 (colour laser with duplex unit) from PCWorld for £199. It's good, but it's not really at the same level as inkjets for photos though. Plus it's a beast of a printer that I struggled to fit in the Tuscan (had to de-box it just to stand a chance of getting it home).
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