Sorry - another Laser Printer request

azzabazza

My trusty HP inkjet is on its last legs - bought some 8 years ago for 25 HK dollars.

Because of the cost of replacement ink cartridges I now wish to progress to a laser printer - relatively inexpensive to buy and not too costly to replace the toner.

I have a laptop and also desktop pc. Ideally i would like to network both to the printer. Usage will be moderate but quite a number of colour photographs, colour reports relating to my husband's hobby (both downloads and his own written reports). I also print off colour address labels, Xmas present labels, own design Xmas cards.

Laptop runs on Windows 7, desktop on XP.

Thanks in advance.

azzabazza

Any kind person with some advice please?

santer_2

I don't use a laser printer but hope this is of some use.

American reviews but you should be able to locate the UK equivalent

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2340674,00.asp

Maybe check which paper to use

http://forums.cnet.com/7723-7590_102-126494/can-you-use-a-color-laser-printer-for-photo-printing/

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=printing+photos+with+a+laser+printer&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=Palemoon:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/test-centre/printing/3264150/group-test-whats-the-best-colour-laser-printer/

http://ask.metafilter.com/198174/Best-color-laser-printer-for-4x6-photo-printing

Figment

Laser printers aren't the best for photographs. You will be disappointed with the quality.

azzabazza

Figment wrote: »

Laser printers aren't the best for photographs. You will be disappointed with the quality.

Thanks, I do know there are some limitations. However, I reckon I have spent £100s over the years on my inkjet and I think a laser will fit the other uses better. It might be that I keep the old HP inkjet just for photographs as the quality is pretty good.

Jaxer

I saw this on HotDeals recently and it's still available at £56 for a colour laser. I normally avoid Dell and HP because of the high toner costs but this seems pretty reasonable on that front and it seems to get good reviews so worth a Google.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/dell-1250c-colour-laser-printer-ebuyer-for-55-98-1353307

http://www.trustedreviews.com/Dell-1250c_Printer_review

azzabazza

Jaxer wrote: »

I saw this on HotDeals recently and it's still available at £56 for a colour laser. I normally avoid Dell and HP because of the high toner costs but this seems pretty reasonable on that front and it seems to get good reviews so worth a Google.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/dell-1250c-colour-laser-printer-ebuyer-for-55-98-1353307

http://www.trustedreviews.com/Dell-1250c_Printer_review

It certainly seems to be getting some pretty good reviews. Only thing I can't see mentioned is whether it will allow for double-sided printing (manual) which my cheap and ancient HP does.

macman

Use a mono laser for everything but the photos.

azzabazza

macman wrote: »

Use a mono laser for everything but the photos.

Thanks macman, preference is for a colour laser as we print off quite a lot of other documents etc which we require in colour. I am considering using the deskjet for the colour photos though.

Im_just_careful

I got the Dell 1250c from Tesco at about £50 and it is really good.

Toner costs won't be great but it replaced an inkjet.

azzabazza

Im_just_careful wrote: »

I got the Dell 1250c from Tesco at about £50 and it is really good.

Toner costs won't be great but it replaced an inkjet.

Sounding better and better. Is there an option to do double sided printing in the print preferences?