[Leica] OT: Home laser printer

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

I have been using HP Laserjet for 20+ years. The latest one is similar to
Sonny's, the 1020n (ethernet network :-) ). I think in 20+ years, this is
the 3rd one. So quite reliable. Highly recommended.


On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have an HP 1102W, (wifi) and it services our laptops, iPhones and iPads.
> Works mostly good, sometimes you have to reboot it after several days of no
> use.
>
> I also have another older HP 1018 Laser printer networked via the desktop
> machine in the office.
>
> Both were under $120, and we print music, text and graphics with excellent
> results from both.
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I am contemplating buying a black and white home laser printer.  Our
> > vintage 1994 HP Deskjet 500 finally died.  I think I got my money's worth
> > out of that one.  :-)  So I turn to the infinite-seeming knowledge base
> of
> > this group.
> >
> > Requirements:
> > * My wife needs to be able to print a dozen pages per day, give or take,
> > of letter-size scratch documents for translation (not final copies, those
> > are emailed).
> > * The printer must be able to print legal size (8.5x14) as well as
> > standard letter size. I don't mind if it must be fed from a secondary
> > manual-load tray.  I need to print music from PDFs or scanned documents,
> at
> > up to legal size (9x12" sheet music seems to print quite readably on
> > legal-size paper, slightly reduced). Any bigger than that, and I'll use
> my
> > Epson R1800 with carbon ink, or go to Kinko's.
> > * Reliability is key. I don't want a cheap piece of junk pre-programmed
> to
> > die shortly after the warrantee expires, or to only take overly expensive
> > consumables (which is why Lexmark is out).
> > * The printer should be networkable, preferably via wireless. I don't
> mind
> > networking via an external network/print box if it will save substantial
> > money.
> >
> > I've pretty much decided on laser rather than inkjet. From what I've
> read,
> > laser means better quality and lower long-term cost (unless you folks
> have
> > different experience).  And no clogging.  I already have 2 photo inkjet
> > printers, an Epson R200 for color and an R1800 with cartridges
> hand-filled
> > with MIS Eboni carbon ink for B&W. The latter actually prints documents
> > nicely, but I don't want to be filling cartridges all the time for my
> > wife's language translation business.
> >
> > I thought about getting an all-in-one (scan/fax/copy/print).  This would
> > be convenient some of the time.  But my experience at work is that the
> > all-in-one's tend to have complex problems. And if the scanner dies, it
> may
> > stop printing, too (firmware self-test failure).  Repair is not
> economical,
> > so you have to buy a new one. Also, the all-in-one's need for you to
> > install all the manufacturer's software, which in HPs case is universally
> > awful. I think I'd be better off with a simple laser printer and getting
> a
> > flatbed for music and old family photo scanning.
> >
> > I'm inclined towards HP but will entertain other suggestions.  This week
> > Office Depot/Max and Best Buy all have sales going on.  There seem to be
> > three price-classes, $150, $250 and $300 on the B&W printer-only models,
> > with $30-$50 off this week.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > --Peter
> >
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>
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>
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