Request: Info on color laser printers

Post #309,987 by mvitale 6/22/09 12:46:02 PM Reply	Request: Info on color laser printers I'm considering upgrading my printer from the slow ink-jet I have now to a faster color laser printer. I'd like to keep the price under $1000, and will of course keep an eye on the cost of toner refills, but that's not necessarily the driving force. I would like good speed and quality, and would prefer a printer where there's at least two, if not four, toner cartridges. Computers in the house include 2 XP machines, 1 Vista, and 1 OSX machine. I don't think the Linux box (this server you're using now) will ever need to print anything. Is there anyone with any kind of first-hand knowledge about this piece of hardware that they'd like to share? -Mike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #309,988 by crazy 6/22/09 12:53:12 PM Reply	I got Brother HL-4040CN. http://www.google.co...Brother+HL-4040CN 4 color cartridges, easy to swap. Fast, cheap, good looking, pick 3. Not a lot of use, but has been very good for what i asked it to do.
Post #309,993 by Andrew Grygus 6/22/09 2:17:36 PM Reply	Well, it's not a laser . . . . . but I'm pretty happy with the results from my Xerox Phaser 8560 solid ink (hot wax) printer. I think you can get them for under $700. Of course a full set of wax blocks costs about $350 but that lasts me about a year. After the warranty is up you can buy 3rd party wax blocks for under $200.
Post #310,002 by folkert 6/22/09 3:35:23 PM Reply	These are VERY good. The dye and material used to print with are nice. I've worked with some people on these (back before GRCC) and these printers were GREAT back then. From what I've heard/seen they are even better now. I'm a betting you'll like it too. Samples are typically available from places that sell them.
Post #309,999 by SpiceWare 6/22/09 3:00:15 PM 6/22/09 3:56:52 PM Reply	Happy with my Xerox Phaser 6120 I paid $350 for it in April 2007, it was on sale at CDW at the time. Has a network jack, USB and parallel. Macs see it just fine via Bonjour, handy for when my folks visit and need to print something off. I had my dad install Bonjour for Windows on his work laptop so it can print to it as well. It has 4 toner cartridges - I haven't seen a laser printer that didn't have separate cartridges. Toner cartridges cost more than ink jet, but last significantly longer. It came with a 4500 page black cartridge and 1500 page color cartridges. The color lasted over 1 1/2 years. I replaced all 3 with hi-capacity carts (4500 pages) at the end of 2008 for $500. The 1500 page carts would have been $250, but I opted for twice the cost for 3 times the toner. http://www.office.xe...er-6120/enus.html It's an obsolete model now, replaced by the 6130, which lists at $450. http://www.office.xe...er-6130/enus.html I have had 1 issue with it - something fried the network port. When it happened a few ports on my wireless router went out as well, so I thing something in the router went bad. I now have the printer hooked up to my MacBook Pro via USB and shared it for when my folks are over. I also replaced the router with a dual-band Airport Extreme. I used to check my toner levels by pointing my browser at the printer. The USB drivers don't show toner level (at least the Mac version doesn't), so if I want to check levels I use the printer's control panel to print a status report. Edit: the control panel does have gauges for each color Edited by SpiceWare June 22, 2009, 03:56:52 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #313,853 by Nightowl 9/10/09 1:32:52 PM Reply	Not sure if you are still looking... But I have a HP Color LaserJet CP1215 and I'm very happy with it. It also uses 4 different cartridges. Brenda ___________________________________________________________________ When asking God for a break, be sure to specify what KIND you want!

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