Printer advice please

[Trackdayer]

Hi all,

I have a cheap black & white laser printer, 3 years old, just packed up. It switches on okay but won't print anything. I've tried the usual closing the lids on it, re-seating the toner cartridge and checking for jammed paper. Nothing. Just an orange light.

It's only about £40 new so probably not even worth taking it to a repair shop.

What would you do?

[633Squadron]

Buy another one.

I'm about to go for colour laser.


Spend a lot on Epson Ecotank inkjet- but if you don't use for a while - the print heads clog.


Going to bite the bullet - and get a decent branded colour laser.

[mmm-five]

If you only print B&W documents, get a B&W laser printer.

If you only print colour documents, with no photos, get a colour laser printer.

If you print photos regularly, and not much else, get a decent inkjet.

Or get a colour laser printer for home, and send your photos to Asda/Tesco/Costco/etc. out for professional printing.

I still use an Epson Photo XP860 (4-in-1) inkjet, and probably print something at least once a week - and it's not clogged up in the 6 years I've had it. Ink is very expensive though (almost £100/set), and I've probably paid more in ink than a decent colour laser would have cost for the same period & number of prints.

I'd treat the very cheap end of the printer market as consumables - whether that's a £40 laser or a £40 inkjet. You'd expect longer life & better performance from a £200+ one of course..but budgets sometimes limit our choices.

[tigger1]

Another vote here for a B+W laser printer if you only print B+W documents.

Laser printers are not good for images - but they're blindingly quick for text - and toner works out pretty cheap.

Bought one of these for about £90 12 months ago as we needed to be able to print "work stuff" at home - been a god send, and has worked seamlessly with laptops / chromebook / phones / ipad.

ETA: Linky
https://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id...

Edited by tigger1 on Thursday 13th May 08:04

[anonymoususer]

Whats the model of the OP's faulty one ?

[jimmyjimjim]

anonymoususer said:

Whats the model of the OP's faulty one ?

I'd be curious to see what some troubleshooting could achieve.

mmm-five said:

If you only print B&W documents, get a B&W laser printer.

This.

mmm-five said:

If you only print colour documents, with no photos, get a colour laser printer.

This.

mmm-five said:

If you print photos regularly, and not much else, get a decent inkjet.

This.

mmm-five said:

Or get a colour laser printer for home, and send your photos to Asda/Tesco/Costco/etc. out for professional printing.

This.

[loudlashadjuster]

+1

[Trackdayer]

anonymoususer said:

Whats the model of the OP's faulty one ?

Brother HL-1212W

I only print text with it, no photos

[imck]

Have you looked in the Status Monitor?
It may indicate why the Light is on.

https://support.brother.com/g/b/faqend.aspx?c=gb&a...