Small laser printer

downshifter

Dear all, I need to buy a small laser printer for some work I'm doing for a local community group as my lexmark is at death's door. At first I thought about a reconditioned one but new ones do seem to be coming down in price considerably, however I have no idea how to assess what is best or where to go. I need to be able to print out things like minutes of meetings and spreadsheets of projects and expenditure, not photos or anything, so I would think something standard and unfancy would do. Need to be able to scan and photocopy too. The group will pay toner but I will need to pay for the printer myself. and size will matter, it needs to fit onto my desk in the spare room easily.

I would be very grateful for any advice. Thanks (and apologies if this seems like deja vu, I asked it on the charities/small business thread too)

DS

swvillafan

Hi there, how about something like the Samsung Ml-2525. A PC Pro review gave it ano overall 5 out of 6 rating and you can get them from a company called printer base for £82 ex vat with an additional free toner (worth £38 and good for 1000 pages!)

Hope this helps!

puppet1984

would you need colour?

mono printer from ebuyer http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176590
then £55 a toner cardtridge (2.5k) from cartridge monkey.

puppet1984

swvillafan wrote: »

Hi there, how about something like the Samsung Ml-2525. A PC Pro review gave it ano overall 5 out of 6 rating and you can get them from a company called printer base for £82 ex vat with an additional free toner (worth £38 and good for 1000 pages!)

Hope this helps!

or cheaper from viking direct http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/catalog/catalogSku.do?id=4901706&pr=Q71 with free delivery £79.99 + vat

swvillafan

Sorry, I missed the bit about scanning and copying, the Samsung wont do that. This Brother may be of interest although its over twice the price!

swvillafan

swvillafan wrote: »

Sorry, I missed the bit about scanning and copying, the Samsung wont do that. This Brother may be of interest although its over twice the price!

There's a ton of reviews on the Brother here, mostly positive by the looks of it!

downshifter

swvillafan wrote: »

Hi there, how about something like the Samsung Ml-2525. A PC Pro review gave it ano overall 5 out of 6 rating and you can get them from a company called printer base for £82 ex vat with an additional free toner (worth £38 and good for 1000 pages!)

Hope this helps!

Thank you, it looks just the thing, someone else has recommended Samsung to me too so it looks like the way to go. It doesn't say anything about photocopying or scanning though - should it? Or do all modern printers do that as a matter of course anyway and it assumes I would know that!!

DS

Edit - sorry, crossed emails. Lots of ideas here, thanks.

puppet1984

also missed the bit about scanning and photocopying

try this samsung from tesco http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-0980.aspx
with 378 clubcard points if you need colour £194.97 with delivery


or mono http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150117 samsung with copy and scan
£88 inc delivery and vat