OT: suggest a printer

[Mindi]

rdouglass said:
Well, as stated before, ink printer folks are not really in the printer business but the ink cartridge business. That's why they sell printers so inexpensively. And BTW, that's the ONLY reason Kodak ever started selling cameras; so they could sell more film.

Personally, I use inkjet only when I have to. I just bought an HP LaserJet 1012 and am very happy with it. IMO laser printers are cheaper than inkjet in the long run.

I paid about $140 for the one I got and have printed over 1000 pages so far with the included toner (which BTW is a "starter" cartridge). New toner costs $39 (about the same as most color ink cartridges) and I should be able to get close to 1500 on a new one.

Except for no color, a laser printer is far more cost effective IMO. And the 1012 works great; very fast first-page-to-print and rated at 15 ppm at 1200 dpi. Pretty solid IMO.

Yes I know about starter cartridges but when we did our 'disposable printer' days I could still print cheaper per copy with a new printer with starter cartridges then I could with new ink cartridges because of the price. Like I said though, we finally found one we liked so we've stuck with it for a while now.

Also if you notice I said I do use my laser for black and white printing, but at the moment I don't want to sink the money into the type of color laser I would want. So for now we have stuck with the inkjet for color.

I am happy with my laser (I am happy with both of my printers actually) but for someone who doesn't want to sink the dollars into a color laser, having a color inkjet and a b&w laser is a good compromise.

Eventually we will probably buy a color laser, but I really want to wait to buy another printer until we have the money to invest in a wide format printer because some of my projects could benefit from it.