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Good, cheap laser printer?

ravenvii

ravenvii

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I'd like to buy a laser printer. I'm tired of buying printer ink, and want a fast printer. I only need black-and-white printing, so color isn't an issue. I want the printer to play nicely with OS X, of course.

Any recommendations? I am looking at Dell and HP laser printers, what do you guys think of them?
 
I see Dell has a refurbished laser printer for $60: http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/print_1110?c=us&cs=22&l=en&s=dfh

Not sure how good they are though but that's pretty cheap

jng said:
HP Laserjets all the way.

I have a 4 year old HP Laserjet 1012 (bought for $130 at the time) that's great. Cartridges cost $70 or about $60 online and last several thousand pages - about a year for me - liberal arts major who had to print lots of readings.

The laserjet 1018 is available for $65 right now after mail in rebate. Check it out.
http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/printers/laserjets/1/storefronts/CB419A%23ABA
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Quill.com has that same printer for $80: http://www12.quillcorp.com/Catalog/...sku=161576&EFFORT_CODE=901&FIND_NUMBER=LJ1018

And here's the rebate for the printer too: http://h71016.www7.hp.com/html/pdfs/LJ1018Claim.pdf
it's 50% off msrp which is $64.50 so that could possibly bring you to just $15 after rebate.
 
I use a Brother HL 2040 B/W laser printer works with mac .. The HL 2040 has a half-filled toner so only like 1500 - 2000 pages out of the toner in the box




Toner price is like $60 for full toner will get you between 2,500 and 3,500 pages ( the 3,500 pages is @ 5% coverage or simple terms is a draft)
 
iPhil said:
I use a Brother HL 2040 B/W laser printer works with mac .. The HL 2040 has a half-filled toner so only like 1500 - 2000 pages out of the toner in the box




Toner price is like $60 for full toner will get you between 2,500 and 3,500 pages ( the 3,500 pages is @ 5% coverage or simple terms is a draft)
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That's the one I'm looking at. I've had good luck with Brother printers and OS X, but I won't go near an HP again.
 
Another vote for the Brother HL-2040. Bought mine for $70 (toner cartridge included) several months ago and it's still printing like a champ. So happy to not be dealing with inkjet cartridges anymore.
 
Hm, a slightly older thread, but the OP has similar wants/ needs. Hope it helps (BTW, my recommendation is in that thread; the Samsung ML-2xxx series.)
 
i got a brother HL-2040N. the reason i picked it over the HL-2040 becuase it's black. i got it for around $60-70 last Sept and now it's time to change the toner.
 
jng said:
HP Laserjets all the way.

I have a 4 year old HP Laserjet 1012 (bought for $130 at the time) that's great. Cartridges cost $70 or about $60 online and last several thousand pages - about a year for me - liberal arts major who had to print lots of readings.

The laserjet 1018 is available for $65 right now after mail in rebate. Check it out.
http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/printers/laserjets/1/storefronts/CB419A%23ABA
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I agree, I love this printer. I have 2 of them at home. (My wife doesn't want to bother with a home network). The only problem, since it's not color, will be desk space. You'll also need a color printer for something eventually.
 
iSaint said:
I bought at Brother HL2070N for $99. That's been several months, so I'm sure you could get a better deal somewhere. I've been very pleased with it.
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Where did you get it for that price? I'm looking at the 2040 which is also a nice printer (we've got a few at the office) but I really would like the networking capabilities at the house (especially considering the router sits right behind the printer now). Is the networking stuff pretty easy to set up? Brother's network installation guide is, well, wordy.
 
Just a note, HP laserket 1020 may or may not work with OSX, somebody tried with 1022's driver and it worked, but in my situation, 1022's driver doesn't work. so its 50/50 for me, and I would suggest you avoid it.
 
jng said:
HP Laserjets all the way.

I have a 4 year old HP Laserjet 1012 (bought for $130 at the time)
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I have a 12 year old Laserjet 5MP that cost me something like $900 at the time. Laser printers were exotic then and were very expensive. I'm still using it and it still works like new, I just have to connect it through ethernet.:D

I can't imagine any better quality than that.
 
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