Recommend me an office printer.

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I'm after a printer which will copy and scan. It's NOT for photos, only documents...I'd be quite happy if it only printed B&W (Laser?)
I've got an HP Officejet4500 and it wont accept new cartridges so it's going out of the window!
 
Mrs Nod has a Canon all-in-one inkjet but it's a few years old now. Her choice was a bit restricted since she had a few new cartridges for the old one so wanted a printer that took the same carts. Luckily, she's very happy with what she ended up with!
 
I have a Brother 7060D which I have used for some years now as an office printer. It is a scanner/laser mono printer and it works out at about 2p per sheet forA4 text/graphics. So far I have only bought the genuine Brother toner cartridges but they last years. It is ideal if you have to produce a lot of copies for a club/society or make photocopies. I bought mine from Viking but sure that there will be a newer model now.

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I'd imagine that a laser printer and toner is going to be the cheapest option.

Many years ago I spent just a few months fixing photocopiers and I must have fixed hundreds and maybe even thousands of laser printers but have never owned one as what sort of put me off was that when the light was right you could see the stuff floating about and therefore anyone near by must be breathing it in. I've not read up on it, so there may be no significant danger.
 
Presumably laser printers don't "Dry out" the way ink jets can...is there an inkjet that will run on just black ink?
I need the flexibility of an "All in one" but without the well known hassle and inconvenience of multiple cartridges where one runs out and stops all the others.
@Dave Canon that Brother 7060D sounds interesting...I'll have a look.
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We have this one for kids school work and works well



Third part toners are cheap and work well from the first batch we have

GPC Image Toner Cartridges Replacement for Brother TN2420 TN-2420 TN2410 Compatible with L2510D L2530DW L2550DN L2310D L2350DW L2370DN L2375DWL2710DN L2710DW L2730DW L2750DW (Black, 2-Pack) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07PYRMFT6/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_navT_g_9QCJ3PRDM73RZS6Z39RK
 
Graham W said:
Presumably laser printers don't "Dry out" the way ink jets can..
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Correct. I have a colour laser and I can go weeks without using it, sometimes longer and it always prints what I send it without problems no matter how long I leave it. Only reason I'd have an ink based printer is for photo printing, but I do so little of that these days I'd pay a shop or online services rather than buy a new set of cartridges for the r2400.
 
I would recommend avoiding Lexmark printers, both inkjet and laser. Very high cost of consumables and poor reliability. We are likely to want to replace the HP MFD presently at home, and will be looking at Canon and Epson.
 
Our 4500 has stopped accepting colour cartridges so we can only print greyscale now... of course we had plenty of spare cartridges and had to open a few spare colour cartridges only to find it's a problem with the printer....

Of course of the new HP printers, none take the 301 cartridges...:banghead::banghead::banghead:
 
I have a HP 3630 at the Flat, and Dad uses an Epson XT30.

Both are quite good at what they do, although the Epson cartridges are expensive apparently, and the HP carts are £25 each from Argos, I have to buy a black and a tri-colour, probably due for some soon.

Might just have a look on Amazon when I've done this.
 
Whilst I have a Canon pro A3 printer which consumes ink like an alcoholic at a free bar, we also have a Brother Colour laser printer which works well.

With any printer, its the consumables that cost the most. Toner cartridges are sometimes multiple colours in one which is convenient but wasteful if its one colour thats gone. Sometimes the toner cartridge includes the fuser unit, sometimes thats a seperate item that is quite expensive.
 
andrewc said:
Whilst I have a Canon pro A3 printer which consumes ink like an alcoholic at a free bar, we also have a Brother Colour laser printer which works well.

With any printer, its the consumables that cost the most. Toner cartridges are sometimes multiple colours in one which is convenient but wasteful if its one colour thats gone. Sometimes the toner cartridge includes the fuser unit, sometimes thats a seperate item that is quite expensive.
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And that's the killer, by the time you've paid £35 each for 2 new carts, it probably works out cheaper to buy a new Printer.
 
MrRichAllen1976 said:
And that's the killer, by the time you've paid £35 each for 2 new carts, it probably works out cheaper to buy a new Printer.
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The quantity of ink that comes bundled with a new printer, is not necessarily the same amount that you get when you buy replacement ink cartridges.
 
Printerland are a very useful site https://www.printerland.co.uk/ as they carry a wide range of printers and show you the comparative running costs (and allow you to sort and filter)

Personally, while I have an old Epson R series printer for the odd colour print, a mono laser is what I use almost all the time, I bought a Xerox one like the current B230 a few years back, and have been very happy with it. Xerox also do some good value multifunction if you want built in scanner.
 
I have an HP LaserJet 1102pw (I think that is the right model. I have had something like 12 years.

Printed over 40,000 pages using mainly OEM toner cartridge but also 3rd party, which though cheaper also I found have 'adhesion' issues on some types of envelopes.

The only thing I have noticed of late is what seems to be wear in the paper path/traction. But not bad for a printer that cost approx £90 when new.

For printing colour I currently have a Canon TS8250 All in One......but ink jet carts are costly, so looking at getting an Epson EcoTank. At this time I am in two minds as to whether to keep the HP until it fails to work?
 
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