Eben King wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Bob Stia wrote:
>
>> OK Sluggeers,
>>
>> What is your favorite printer, and why. Going to replace mine. Just a
>> desktop.
>> Doesn't get used that much. Some occasional color photos of garden
>> variety
>> stuff. Mostly forms and documents. Prefer parallel to usb.
>>
>> I have used Epson inkjets for several years and was always satisfied
>> with
>> them, until now. The present one is a Stylus C86. It is slow, uses
>> ink in
>> prodigious amounts, the heads always need cleaning, and the price of
>> the ink
>> is out of sight!! Let alone that sneaky microchip thing they put on
>> the ink
>> cartridges.
>>
>> If I cough up the big bucks for a laser will I eventually save it in ink
>> costs?
>
>
> Yes, The laser per-page cost is around $0.05, versus about $0.25 for
> an inkjet. And laser prints don't run when they get wet. Toner
> cartridges last a lot longer than ink cartridges too. Anybody know if
> color laser printers are quite expensive, like they used to be?
>
> No, I don't have a laser printer; my inkjet is one of these:
>
> http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelDetailAct&fcategoryid=118&modelid=6620
>
> = http://wombatlink.com/?588x15oocw
>
> Small, to go with my laptop.
>
We have a Ricoh DL4000N here, and it has been great. It was about $1500,
which was about the cost of the BW HP I was going ot get. the color
toner yields about 5-8K prints each and cost about $85 each. The BW
yields about 20-22K for us. Well worth the money.
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