Mavericks Compatible Laser Printer Recommendation

[thelucas]

Greetings,

Since upgrading to Mavericks, my 2 older HP printers are not performing well (very slow printing). I've tried various fixes and none seem to work so I'm looking for some recommendations for a new laser printer.

I just need it to print crisp black and white in a timely manner on 8.5x11 paper and envelopes (doesn't have to be ultra fast). No need for scanner, fax, etc.

I'm looking for something that is economical on the front end (purchase price) and back end (toner price).

Any recommendations?

 

[MCAsan]

Reset your printing system, install the latest drivers, and setup the printers. We have had zero problem moving our HP color laser through the past several OX releases.

 

[Giuly]

Brother HL-5450DN or HL-5470DW.

Reasonably priced, and they support AirPrint (the DN over Ethernet, the DW over Ethernet and/or WiFi).

The Brother HL-2270DW is less expensive, yet doesn't support AirPrint and the (genuine) toner costs about twice as much ($47/2,600 pages vs $75/8,000) for the high-yield cartridge as the one for the HL-54xxDx.

 

[Ei kukaan]

I have personal experience with Brother devices for more than 5 years - they work with OS X like charm. Suggested above devices are fine.

 

[Mr. Retrofire]

Any recommendations?

No recommendations, but some points which are important (for me):
• Laser or LED (i.e. no try ink or other ink problems)
• The manufacturer should be known for his long term support (the printers from such manufacturers cost usually more than “comparable” printers from other manufacturers, but are longer usable)
• One cartridge should be enough to print several thousand pages, and one cartridge should be included in the purchase price (Kyocera and OKI do this, AFAIK).
• ...and everything which i forgot.

 

[thelucas]

Thanks!

Fantastic Brother recommendation. I shall purchase it!

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Reset your printing system, install the latest drivers, and setup the printers. We have had zero problem moving our HP color laser through the past several OX releases.

How does one reset a printing system? I deleted all print drivers and tried reinstalling. I even went to the HP website for drivers but the site said that the drivers are obtained through the Mac OS updates.

 

[MCAsan]

Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Print & Scan.

Hold down the Control key as you click in the list at the left, and choose “Reset printing system” from the menu that appears.

After you reset the printing system, the list of printers in Print & Scan preferences is empty.

 

[blevins321]

Fantastic Brother recommendation. I shall purchase it!

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I have that model's baby brother (7065DN). Worked with the automatic driver installation for ML and Mavericks perfectly. Scanner included. I've heard several reports of printers with automatic document scanners not being able to auto-feed scan. No problems with Brother printer/scanners in that regard. It also supports duplexing.

 

[ugahairydawgs]

I found this one a couple of months back on sale at Staples for $30. Works as expected.

http://www.amazon.com/Dell-1160w-Wireless-Monochrome-Printer/dp/B008HZFB3G