Thread: Home printer question

Hi,
I went to my local Laser Toner Recharge shop and asked their advice for the needs I outlined to them.
They recommended one of the HP 3 in 1 models and I am very happy with it.
Cheers

General rule is:

Cheap to buy printer = expensive ink

More expensive printer = proportionally cheaper ink


My laser printer's cartridges are a couple of hundred dollars a set, but they do claim about 60,000 pages per cartridge.

Originally Posted by pop058

Chasing opinions and recommendations for a home printer. Currently have a couple of cheaper Canon printers but having driver issues. Main use is for Nan's scrapbooking stuff with a couple of customer invoices a week from me.

Both of us run W10 on Lenovo laptops (if that makes any difference).

TIA

I have Lenovo/Thinkpad with an HP Officejet 3 in 1 printer. Had no issues until the latest major Win 10 release which seamed to stuff up scanning over WiFi. Can still print no problems but no matter what I do I can not get the scanner to work over the WiFi. Just have to plug the cable in which is inconvenient but doable.
Shopping around you will often find replacement cartridges (and HP keep changing the software so you have to use OEM unless you have disabled the auto update function) on sale at Officeworks or Big W.

After years of having canon printers failing after I didnt have to print anything for a month or 2, I finally
went and bought an Epsom ET 4750. eco-tank.
Its brilliant.
You can see the level of ink you have ( havent tried to refill it yet lol)
Prints,scans and you also get timely updates for the soft/hardware.Plus the prints are good.
Its a bit pricey when you buy it, but the savings will be in the ink you dont have to keep buying at exhorbant prices and the thing not
working after sitting for a bit not doing anything.
Have a look at it when you go have a look at the different models and what they offer.

cheers
DG

I got an HP Laserjet Pro M479 a short while back and it is great. Fast, double side printing, and long toner life.

any of the brother colour inkjet multifunction units are fine for that sort of work and are cheap to run compared to many

the epson eco tanks are good as well... just bought one to replace my worn out brother.. bit pricier but worth it in the long run... you need to carefully check which model does what tho...

Originally Posted by incisor

any of the brother colour inkjet multifunction units are fine for that sort of work and are cheap to run compared to many

the epson eco tanks are good as well... just bought one to replace my worn out brother.. bit pricier but worth it in the long run... you need to carefully check which model does what tho...

Can vouch for the brothers. Have had a MFC 260 for years now (scan, fax, print) which has been faultless.

Only downside now is that the (non genuine) ink will dry up if it doesn't get used for colour printing often, but I don't need to do that these days.

Also have a small brother laser b&w printer that takes aftermarket toner and drums which is also faultless.

DL

Originally Posted by pop058

Chasing opinions and recommendations for a home printer. Currently have a couple of cheaper Canon printers but having driver issues. Main use is for Nan's scrapbooking stuff with a couple of customer invoices a week from me.

Both of us run W10 on Lenovo laptops (if that makes any difference).

TIA

If colour is not needed I think laser printers are the cheapest to run and no issues with ink stuffing up over time.

If you were local I'd give you one. A lot of places like my business change all as needed even if a few are still working fine. The toner cartridges seen expensive but last for many thousand pages. You can refill them as well a few time. Gum tree and similar or ask the practice manager of your Doc if they have a few they might like to give away

Brother HL 5040 or even HL 1440 are both out of date yet work horses+++

The newer ones are wireless. A new "Brother HL-L2350DW Compact Monochrome Laser Printer with automatic 2-sided printing and wireless connectivity, 30ppm, Wifi Direct, Wireless"Is just $159 from kogan $50 or below or a older one with free being a good price.

Above is of no use if Colour is wanted