Tomeryos
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Buying a new printer
Hi all,
I am about to buy a laser printer, so far I have had only ink inject printers.
It's primary use is for a student (no need for high resolution printing, 600x600 is just fine)
within my price range, you can find these printers, I will put in paranthesis how much it costs (it has been translated from another currency)
Xerox Phaser 3117 (87$)
HP LaserJet 1018 (100$)
Samsung ML1610 (95$)
Samsung ML2010 (102$)
I tend to go for the Xerox, as in my country there is a website that people post comments on products and this got great amount of good comments, the others got much less. and besides, it is being sold at more amount of stores than any other printer (except the HP LasterJet1018)
I would like to know what are a laser-printer consumables? i mean, what will i need to replace and when, and what is it's relative price to the printer cost. what's that drum everybody speaks about ?
(tell me also about the ink - how many pages? is there some kind of absolute that i can compare ? such as ml in the cartridge etc)
I am about to buy a laser printer, so far I have had only ink inject printers.
It's primary use is for a student (no need for high resolution printing, 600x600 is just fine)
within my price range, you can find these printers, I will put in paranthesis how much it costs (it has been translated from another currency)
Xerox Phaser 3117 (87$)
HP LaserJet 1018 (100$)
Samsung ML1610 (95$)
Samsung ML2010 (102$)
I tend to go for the Xerox, as in my country there is a website that people post comments on products and this got great amount of good comments, the others got much less. and besides, it is being sold at more amount of stores than any other printer (except the HP LasterJet1018)
I would like to know what are a laser-printer consumables? i mean, what will i need to replace and when, and what is it's relative price to the printer cost. what's that drum everybody speaks about ?
(tell me also about the ink - how many pages? is there some kind of absolute that i can compare ? such as ml in the cartridge etc)
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The new printer come with smal filling cartridge.
Doan't forget about maximum duty cycle.
http://www.laser-printer-reviews.com/
Doan't forget about maximum duty cycle.
http://www.laser-printer-reviews.com/
Hi Tomeyos
The Phaser 3117 is not sold here in Australia. However, the Xerox Phasers are generally excellent products.
There is another Xerox printer you may want to look at, if it is available in your area: the DocuPrint 203A. It is slightly faster than the Phaser 3117 (20 vs 17 ppm) and has both a paper tray and a manual feed. It is quite inexpensive to run as it has a drum that is separate from the toner cartridge. It's brother, the 204A has the same specs but is networkable. I have experience with both printers and they seem reliable.
The Phaser 3117 is not sold here in Australia. However, the Xerox Phasers are generally excellent products.
There is another Xerox printer you may want to look at, if it is available in your area: the DocuPrint 203A. It is slightly faster than the Phaser 3117 (20 vs 17 ppm) and has both a paper tray and a manual feed. It is quite inexpensive to run as it has a drum that is separate from the toner cartridge. It's brother, the 204A has the same specs but is networkable. I have experience with both printers and they seem reliable.
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hdhondt,
What is manual feed? and when you say paper tray... don't they all have place you put pages in so that the printer takes those pages and print on them ?
a drum as i understood is something that breaks once every 30,000 pages -> there is no way I will get to that in a few years. and yet i would like to know what is the advantage of having it seperate from the cartridge? the cartridge is cheaper? -> if so, how does manual refilling the cartridge changes the situation ? (in this case you dont buy a new drum every time you buy a toner)
thanks
What is manual feed? and when you say paper tray... don't they all have place you put pages in so that the printer takes those pages and print on them ?
a drum as i understood is something that breaks once every 30,000 pages -> there is no way I will get to that in a few years. and yet i would like to know what is the advantage of having it seperate from the cartridge? the cartridge is cheaper? -> if so, how does manual refilling the cartridge changes the situation ? (in this case you dont buy a new drum every time you buy a toner)
thanks
What is drum:
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/laser-printer2.htm
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/laser-printer2.htm
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Thanks for everything, especially for clearing out the toner-drum thing in your last comment
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I did heard though, for sure, that it lasts for more than 1000 pages atleast, which is far more than what an ink printer would do