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I am going to need a cheap and cheerful laser printer for some documents and contracts soon. Mono is fine, but I probably want duplex, over wifi would be advantage. Not looking to print a lot, just some papers every few days or weeks.

What about the cheaper ones from ebuyer (around £55), or used ones instead?
Is there any catch at that price seeing that some cost £500 and some into thousands?

Not looking for inkjet before anyone suggested that. When I do it will be Canon PRO1 or similar, but not for junk.
 
I've got a Samsung laser printer for bulk text printing - I reckon I've saved the original cost in ink/toner alone over inkjet printing! IIRC, mine came from Staples for around £80 a couple of years ago. I tried a cheapo toner cart but it went back to 7dayshop for a refund (no quibble at all) and a genuine was sourced from Amazon. Doesn't automatically duplex but can be set to print odds then evens so it's easy enough to get double sided collated sets.
 
I've got a Samsung. They start around £50 - £60, with wireless for another £15 or so. It's seems reliable and print quality is fine. OEM cartridges cost nearly as much as a new printer, but I use third party ones without any problems. Usually cost about £12 - £14.
 
Dale_tem said:
If you are getting a wifi printer and you have apple products, get one with airplay, print direct from your iphone or ipad, absolutly excellent!

I have one of these and it is excellent...

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/printers-ink/printers-scanners/laser-printers/hp-laserjet-pro-p1102w-wireless-monochrome-laser-printer-07317030-pdt.html?gclid=CJ_u-rjTjrkCFUXKtAodbyoAUw&srcid=198&cmpid=ppc~gg~~~Exact&mctag=gg_goog_7904&s_kwcid=AL!3391!3!20455700419!!!g!47258676139!&ef_id=UQ@YngAACqCUNOJ3:20130821133314:s

And toners for £11 off ebay which will do 1600 pages at 5% (a bit less in real life) which works out about 1.5p per page.
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In the price range you are looking at, I wouldn't bother looking at anything other than HP.

The printer linked to above is from the tried and tested 1XXX range. Been putting them in exec offices and the like as private utility printers for years. Reliability is outstanding and running costs (TCO) is just right.

Had too many issues with Dell's, Samsungs, Epsons and others at the cheaper end of the market.
 
Would second (or third) the Samsung machines (who I believe make the Dell models too).
 
I have a bitter taste in my mouth from Samsung. A £7000 printer which still couldn't print 10 days after it arrived due to parts being unavailable. Sent it back for a Canon.

My parents had a Samsung colour laser, packed in after 4 years, swapped to a Lexmark.

I have been told Samsung desktop printers are OK, but parts and supplies for their bigger ones are in short supply.

HP may cost slightly more, but they last a long time.
 
I've had HP and Samsung. The first HP was excellent, the second one failed out of warranty and wasn't cost effective to repair. The Samsung has been fine, so far.

I do think build quality was far better in the early days of home lasers, when they were still quite expensive. I suppose they're built to a price point now, to be good enough to compete at that level and no more.

Years ago, the thinking seemed to be that inkjets were inexpensive to buy, but costly to run, and lasers were the other way round. The manufacturers probably subsidised the price of inkjets from consumable sales.
 
Thanks for replies.

I had some second thoughts if I could possibly print some leaflets with the laser colour printer? Would some of the above printers (one or two were colour) give me good enough print quality at reasonable price. Maybe 50-100 a month.
 
The only possible problem would be getting the right paper. You can't use inkjet photo paper in a laser but you can buy reasonably priced photo paper for it if you need that for better quality leaflets, check Amazon. I've not seen (or looked for) double sided paper.
 
You don't use photo paper for lasers do you? Different technology.

Look at the price per page, cost of toners etc for black vs colour and then look at getting them printed by a local printer.

Our main printer £7000 is purely black and white to keep the cost down.
 
daugirdas said:
I had some second thoughts if I could possibly
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Typically for leaflets, you want them full bled (printed to the edge of the page). A laser printer won't fulfil that. You will likely find yourself trimming the pages.

For leaflets, I would almost always get them done professionally.
 
Please note you cannot use inkjet photo paper in a laser printer it is not designed to take the heat a laser printer produces and you will get paper jams or worse.
 
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still considering (have the time to do so) but I am probably back to cheap and cheerful mono HP printer. If there are any great 'back to school' offers coming up please let me know.

I just couldn't believe when I printed from iPad over wifi. No messy cables nothing. Airprint / google print is the way.
 
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Long story short - I bought Samsung M2825DW from printerbase, with £25 cashback and free spare toner it is a great deal. Print quality is very good, so you I could only recommend one.
 
I know the OP has bought a printer but this one just popped up reduced on Amazon - a Brother Colour Laser (LED) for £77.15 on Prime. Also posted in Bargains.
 
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