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Need a printer reccomendation..color laser
I work in a design firm which means we are often printing out color designs. I purchased the HP color laserjet 2550 6 months ago. This past week the printer stopped working, I found out it was because the yellow toner was out of ink, while the cyan and magenta were at 3%. I don't see how I could have used this much ink, so I have been trying to reach HP to no avail. Anyway, it is going to be almost $500 to replace all the cartridges and the drum(which is at 35%). It seems to me that I would be better off getting a new printer. I need the most economical color laser for under $1000 with extra cartridges. I'd like to keep the cost down as much as possible. Don't care about speed. Just need the most economical color laser, both short term, and long term.
Any reccomendations? am I right in buying a whole new printer?
thanks..
Any reccomendations? am I right in buying a whole new printer?
thanks..
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Hi ejoech,
>>Anyway, it is going to be almost $500 to replace all the cartridges and the drum(which is at 35%)
Unless you are having problems associated with the drum (constant paper jams or blurred printing) then you're not going to need another drum for a while yet. You can carry on using it, either until you get a message "Order Drum kit" or until the % is alot lower (say 5%).
>>Anyway, it is going to be almost $500 to replace all the cartridges and the drum(which is at 35%)
Unless you are having problems associated with the drum (constant paper jams or blurred printing) then you're not going to need another drum for a while yet. You can carry on using it, either until you get a message "Order Drum kit" or until the % is alot lower (say 5%).
As hdhondt says, stick with it.
The drum is rated at 5000 colour or 20000 black pages (this is because a colour image takes 4 developments), so if you are doing all colour, 35% or 1750 pages remaining, means 5000-1750 =3,250 colour pages printed.- not bad for starter kit toners.
If you get 5000 colour pages from $500 worth of new consumables, it works out at about 10 cents a colour page.
Often, the cheaper the printer, the higher the running costs. I have come across lasers with colour page costs as high as 70 cents.
The drum is rated at 5000 colour or 20000 black pages (this is because a colour image takes 4 developments), so if you are doing all colour, 35% or 1750 pages remaining, means 5000-1750 =3,250 colour pages printed.- not bad for starter kit toners.
If you get 5000 colour pages from $500 worth of new consumables, it works out at about 10 cents a colour page.
Often, the cheaper the printer, the higher the running costs. I have come across lasers with colour page costs as high as 70 cents.
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Thanks.. i will stick with the HP.
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