Printer recommendation

Lifeisbutadream

Can anyone recommend a printer ???

I currently have a Samsung CLP-510.

I have a small business, printing around 20-30 sheets per day - the printer I currently have cost a ridiculous amount of money and costs me a fortune in toner - it is now showing error messages 'install imaging unit' amongst other things and is not printing at all.

I do not really want to throw any more money at it, and wonder if anyone could recommend anything to me??

(also does anyone want to buy a Samsung CLP-510:D)

RussJK

Hello - there are a lot of threads on printers if you search. Since I was looking in October for a laser printer, you can have my data. I've put the costs per page, of course you need to take that with a grain of salt - but its a convenient point of comparison. I ended up getting the Dell 1110, but I wouldn't recommend it for an office - jams a fair bit. The Oki printers have a long warranty, but I'd probably go with one of the Brother printers for an office, particularly the HL-2140. The Oki B430d has nice specs with good cartridge sizes and warranty period, but Oki tend to exaggerate their products, and there are no reviews for it. The Oki B2200 is interesting as a LED printer, and is the smallest printer of the group. The Samsung is cheap to start with, but the toners cost more per page so I wouldn't buy that.

Oki B430d (3 year warranty with registration)
Fastest, 1200x1200dpi, Duplex, USB2.0/parallel, 25sec warmup
Drum change at 25000 pages
36.9 cm(W) x 39.5 cm(D) x 26.8 cm(H) - Weight 11.0 kg, 450W
Printer £96.66/1500pages = 6.44p/page (oyyy.co.uk +delivery)
Cartridge £51.82/3500 = 1.48p/page
Cartridge £54.63/3500pages= 1.5p/page (stinkyinkshop.co.uk)
Cartridge £89.33/7000pages= 1.28p/page
overall 5000 pages = 2.97p/page (£148.48)
overall 8500 pages = 2.19p/page (£200.30)

Brother HL-2035 (1 year guarantee)
Fast, 2400x600dpi, USB2.0, 13sec warmup
Drum change at 12000 pages
36.8cm x 36.1cm x 1.7cm, 6.8kg, 450W
Printer £60/1000pages = 6p/page (viking-direct.co.uk)
Original Cartridge £42/1500= 2.8p/page
Remanufactured cartridge £32.44/1500= 2.16p/page (Cartridgesave.co.uk)
overall 2500 pages = 3.7p/page (£102)
overall 4000 pages = 3.12p/page (£144)
overall 5500 pages = 2.86/page (£186)

Brother HL-2140 (1 year guarantee)
Fast, 2400x600dpi, USB2.0
Drum change at 12000 pages
36.8 x 36.1 x 17.1, 5.8kg, 460W
Printer £80/1000pages= 8p/page (staples.co.uk)
Remanufactured cartridge £36.58/2600pages= 1.41p/page (cartridgesave.co.uk)
Remanufactured cartridge £42.5/4500pages= 0.94p/page (cartridgesave.co.uk)
overall 3600 pages = 3.23p/page (£116.58)
overall 5500 pages = 2.23p/page (£122.50)

Samsung ML-2240 (1 year warranty)
Entry level performance, 1200x600dpi, USB
No Drum change needed, part of the toner cartridge.
35.3cm x 29.8cm x 21cm, 5.9kg, ?250W
Printer £50/700pages = 7.14p/page (ebuyer)
Compatible cartridge 27.91/1500= 1.86p/page (amazon)
overall 2200 pages = 3.54p/page (£77.91)
overall 3700 = 2.86p/page (£105.82)
overall 5200 = 2.57p/page (£133.73)

Oki B2200 (3 year warranty)
Drum Change 15000 pages
LED not Laser, Uses host to process task, 5 sec startup, small
32.1 cm x 20.4 cm x 18.1 cm, 4.8kg, 360W
Printer £70/1000pages= 7p/page (ebuyer)
Compatible £23.05/2000= 1.15p/page (printer-ink-toner.co.uk)
overall 3000 = 3.10p/page (£93.05)
overall 5000 = 2.322p/page (£116.10)

Dell 1100 from IJT Direct (1 year warranty?)
No Drum change needed.
USB2.0, 10pages/min, 600dpi
35.8 x 29.9 x 21.7, 5.8kg, 300W
Printer costs £79.90/7000pages = 1.14p/page
Deal: http://www.ijtdirect.co.uk/?sct=Dell1110 (thanks to money_grabber13579!)
Compatible cartridge £28.74/2000pages=1.44p/page (stinkyinkshop.co.uk)
overall 7000 = 1.14p/page (£79.90)
overall 9000 = 1.21p/page (£108.64)

RussJK

Just noticed the one you have is a colour laser - do you actually need colour? If so, none of my recommendations will suit as they are all black laser. Colour lasers are very expensive, as you've already discovered. Unless you are always printing out colour sheets, it'd be cheaper in the long run to have a dedicated mono laser - and only use the colour printer when you need to.

You can check out trustedreviews.com for reviews on most of these printers.

p.s. all the prices listed in my above post were from October 2009, so things may be different now

ManAtHome

I was going to mention the colour as well (I have the CLP-500) - other thing is whether you need duplex printing as this could limit the options.

Lifeisbutadream

RussJK wrote: »

Just noticed the one you have is a colour laser - do you actually need colour? If so, none of my recommendations will suit as they are all black laser. Colour lasers are very expensive, as you've already discovered. Unless you are always printing out colour sheets, it'd be cheaper in the long run to have a dedicated mono laser - and only use the colour printer when you need to.

You can check out trustedreviews.com for reviews on most of these printers.

p.s. all the prices listed in my above post were from October 2009, so things may be different now

I do use colour, but mainly because I do not buy headed paper and use our (colour) logo on a lot of documentation.

I think I do need colour really.

Lifeisbutadream

ManAtHome wrote: »

I was going to mention the colour as well (I have the CLP-500) - other thing is whether you need duplex printing as this could limit the options.

I probably do need duplex printing as I print our T&C's on the back of invoices..

Lifeisbutadream

Bump.......

greyteam1959

I have used a HP Colour Laserjet 2605dtn printer for a couple of years now.
Small business use.
Prints colour & duplex.
Good paper handling no jams or feed problems.
On print problems I had was when I used compatabile cartridges...will I never
bl**dy well learn !!!
Cracking good printer for the money I paid £380 in vat.
Think I got it from Amazon.
Toner cartriges a tad on the expensive side but it prints beautifully.
Best price I found for toner at the moment is www.CartridgeMonkey.com
Dont know what price the printer is tho

greyteam1959

I think this is the equivalent to the one I purchased a couple of years ago.
Bit of a price increase tho !!
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/ho/WF06b/18972-18972-3328060-236268-236268-3673580-3673592.html

Lifeisbutadream

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Lifeisbutadream

After looking into this, I think I might just get my printer fixed and buy a cheap one in case of the next break down.

So my next question - can anyone recommend anyone to fix printers in the York area, plus can anyone recommend a cheap and cheerful printer?