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what is best printer for simply printing black and white pages...
Hi, I am in the market for a printer: looked at the hp and epsons of the world..dont need color thinking more of economy...in terms of cost of printer vs cost of ink and considering I only want to print black and white...what is my best bet..for example I think ibm infoprint has ink cartridges with a larg capacity...?? but really dont know the facts...
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I would say actually to look at inkjet because it will cost you less in the long run as long as you dont get a printer that has one print cartridge which most do not these days. Lexmark makes some good ones with really cheap ink too and run fast if not faster than laser.
I would agree with sysreq2000. Go look at some Laser printers, I am pretty happy with Dell's. The cost of a laser printer and toner will seem steep at first, but over time it will be much cheaper, as you can spend $80 and get 10,000 pages with some. Also their quality is much higher, and they print faster.
@Noduzz - I have had horrible luck with Lexmark inkjets. They print fuzzy, burn ink and the drivers and software are both annoying and unstable the many times I have tried to use them.
@Noduzz - I have had horrible luck with Lexmark inkjets. They print fuzzy, burn ink and the drivers and software are both annoying and unstable the many times I have tried to use them.
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Yup athomsfere is right. There's also the smudge factor, inkjet prints will run if you get them damp, laser will be much better.
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yes economy is what i am looking for...does anyone know anything about the ibm infoprint printers...how do they stack up
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dont see the link...athomsfere..
Whoops, sorry!
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/12-monochrome-laser-printers,1667-4.html
Its a list of 12 lasers, I linked directly to a 'cheapy' that would do more then OK for typical office text-type jobs.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/12-monochrome-laser-printers,1667-4.html
Its a list of 12 lasers, I linked directly to a 'cheapy' that would do more then OK for typical office text-type jobs.
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bought an epson laser for about 68.00 dollars:: I did a cusory look at what it would be per page and comes to about 17 cents where the example of inkjet came to about 30 cents per page..I guess there is a lot of variance:: best thing is just try to find ways not to print....