What type of printer for uni?

bitemebankers · 5 October 2012 at 12:36PM

Looks like a decent machine, Anselm.

skivenov · 5 October 2012 at 1:30PM

I avoid Samsungs now. We had a lot of them in my old job and they tend to die just out of warranty.

I have two of the cheapest mono lasers that HP sell, they're about £80. One's 3 years old and still going strong. On the strength of that, I replaced my last dead samsung with another of the HP's. Recycled cartridges are about £10-12 on ebay and last ages.

bitemebankers · 5 October 2012 at 1:32PM

I think it might be the luck of the draw, skivenov. We have a Samsung here that refuses to die, in spite of being several years old with a heavy workload. Compare that to my HP laser/scanner/fax which died just out of warranty.

Anselm · 5 October 2012 at 2:07PM

Hmm actually thinking about my needs, I think it'll need to be wireless, mono laser, and possibly have a scanner built in, but maybe I could just buy a scanner cheap? I'm doing a law degree so there's lots of reading so I want to be able to scan pages for notes

Anselm · 5 October 2012 at 2:14PM

Scratch that I'll buy a second hand scanner.

So to narrow it down, it needs to be mono laser with reasonable ink costs (for example I found a brother printer that had ink that cost £58 but they reckoned you could get 12,000 pages out of it.)

I don't mind paying for dear ink if I get a lot of pages out of it to be honest.

Thanks for all your help thus far though

[Deleted User] · 5 October 2012 at 2:15PM

How about this for a scanner for uni? http://www.handyscanner.co.uk/?category=17&product_id=20

I've got a similar one for work (not that I use it much now) that needs plugging into the PC... the one in the link is coordless

Anselm · 5 October 2012 at 2:28PM

ringo_24601 wrote: »

How about this for a scanner for uni? http://www.handyscanner.co.uk/?category=17&product_id=20

I've got a similar one for work (not that I use it much now) that needs plugging into the PC... the one in the link is coordless

Wow that is really cool thanks! That'd be good because then I woukdnt need to bring all the books home I could just scan a chapter of relevant material. Thanks a lot

Angry_Bear · 5 October 2012 at 2:40PM

What sort of printing allowance and costs does your deparment have? Way back in the day mine had good allowances but if you ran out you could top up hundreds or thousands of prints very cheaply. Scanning was free and photocopying counted the same as printing. Much quicker than a home machine too.

You might find you don't need one at all!

System · 5 October 2012 at 2:45PM

My daughter has a HP LaserJet Pro M1132. She wanted scanner facilities to scan pages from books she borrows from the Uni library. Some of the books are high demand, which means that she can not keep them for any length of time.

paddyrg · 5 October 2012 at 2:50PM

Maplins currently have that handyscanner thing for £50 - I have one I bought last year and frankly so many people want to borrow it over the past year it has been a great investment. I still keep a sheet-feeding laser multifunction as when you have a pile of A4 to scan, you can't beat it, but for scanning books actually in the library you need one of these - VERY efficient way of working!!