Printer recommendations

cerebus

Laser uses around 10 times more electricity than inkjets, however they are much faster and probably even out on a per print basis and if you are a low volume printer you won't notice any difference

What you will notice buying laser is a lower initial cost , better build quality as they are designed for an office environment, reliable, no clogged print head if not used every month , toner that lasts for years with a similar cost to replace the toner, they are faster and have a better text print quality than ink jet

Unless you print photos a laser is a better choice 

zagubov

If you do buy a laser printer (I don't recommend you ever update its software. The printers seem to develop problems with generic cartridges afterwards.

cerebus

zagubov said:

If you do buy a laser printer (I don't recommend you ever update its software. The printers seem to develop problems with generic cartridges afterwards.

Firmware

I second this also, unless the printer has an inherent problem which the manufacture updates the firmware to fix the issue , then there is pretty much no reason to update the firmware 

interstellaflyer

cerebus said:

zagubov said:

If you do buy a laser printer (I don't recommend you ever update its software. The printers seem to develop problems with generic cartridges afterwards.

Firmware

I second this also, unless the printer has an inherent problem which the manufacture updates the firmware to fix the issue , then there is pretty much no reason to update the firmware 

This applies to all printers not just laser printers and at the moment the most problematic printers for rejecting aftermarket cartridges due to firmware updates are HP Office Jet and Office Jet Pro series inkjet printers.

wess_lawson

I use HP Ink Tank Wireless 415 and it has printing issue. I shouldn't have bought HP. In my area all people use Canon or Epson.
And I decided to go with Epson now.

toneyh

Help Please!
I currently have a decent printer, HP6032 bought earlier this year, manged to get 12 months instant ink and set to use the 700 pages per month option, all good, however, my son, who has a learning disability, loves 'typing' on his laptop and printing, the problem is he's doing about 1000 pages per month and is now starting to cost me. Ideally I would programme a rule that limits the number of pages, I tried in the settings to only print odd page numbers to reduce it a bit.
He will open a random google page, right click and print, I'll hear the printer going like the clappers with my head in my hands watching my bank account empty like I've been hacked.

I'm considering a mono laser printer, as I think toner would be a better option given the current volume of pages.
I don't want to stop him doing something he loves, never mind the meltdown it would cause by turning off the printer.
It can be a basic unit, as it will only be churning out B&W pages of A4.

So to keep him happy and prevent me from contributing to the soaring profits at HP, I'm hoping someone can offer some advice on what printer to go for, I was looking at a Brother HL1212 from Curry's £99. A compatible toner from someone like cartridge save for £16 ish on a multi buy deal, is going to be much better than the current scenario.

Cheers!

cerebus

toneyh said:

Help Please!
I currently have a decent printer, HP6032 bought earlier this year, manged to get 12 months instant ink and set to use the 700 pages per month option, all good, however, my son, who has a learning disability, loves 'typing' on his laptop and printing, the problem is he's doing about 1000 pages per month and is now starting to cost me. Ideally I would programme a rule that limits the number of pages, I tried in the settings to only print odd page numbers to reduce it a bit.
He will open a random google page, right click and print, I'll hear the printer going like the clappers with my head in my hands watching my bank account empty like I've been hacked.

I'm considering a mono laser printer, as I think toner would be a better option given the current volume of pages.
I don't want to stop him doing something he loves, never mind the meltdown it would cause by turning off the printer.
It can be a basic unit, as it will only be churning out B&W pages of A4.

So to keep him happy and prevent me from contributing to the soaring profits at HP, I'm hoping someone can offer some advice on what printer to go for, I was looking at a Brother HL1212 from Curry's £99. A compatible toner from someone like cartridge save for £16 ish on a multi buy deal, is going to be much better than the current scenario.

Cheers!

You need to start your own thread , not hijack someone else's 

flaneurs_lobster

cerebus said:

toneyh said:

Help Please!
I currently have a decent printer, HP6032 bought earlier this year, manged to get 12 months instant ink and set to use the 700 pages per month option, all good, however, my son, who has a learning disability, loves 'typing' on his laptop and printing, the problem is he's doing about 1000 pages per month and is now starting to cost me. Ideally I would programme a rule that limits the number of pages, I tried in the settings to only print odd page numbers to reduce it a bit.
He will open a random google page, right click and print, I'll hear the printer going like the clappers with my head in my hands watching my bank account empty like I've been hacked.

I'm considering a mono laser printer, as I think toner would be a better option given the current volume of pages.
I don't want to stop him doing something he loves, never mind the meltdown it would cause by turning off the printer.
It can be a basic unit, as it will only be churning out B&W pages of A4.

So to keep him happy and prevent me from contributing to the soaring profits at HP, I'm hoping someone can offer some advice on what printer to go for, I was looking at a Brother HL1212 from Curry's £99. A compatible toner from someone like cartridge save for £16 ish on a multi buy deal, is going to be much better than the current scenario.

Cheers!

You need to start your own thread , not hijack someone else's 

Well since the "someone else" couldn't be ars*d to come back to their thread to update or thank people for their suggestions I don't think they'll mind too much if it's "hijacked"

victor2

toneyh said:

Help Please!
I currently have a decent printer, HP6032 bought earlier this year, manged to get 12 months instant ink and set to use the 700 pages per month option, all good, however, my son, who has a learning disability, loves 'typing' on his laptop and printing, the problem is he's doing about 1000 pages per month and is now starting to cost me. Ideally I would programme a rule that limits the number of pages, I tried in the settings to only print odd page numbers to reduce it a bit.
He will open a random google page, right click and print, I'll hear the printer going like the clappers with my head in my hands watching my bank account empty like I've been hacked.

I'm considering a mono laser printer, as I think toner would be a better option given the current volume of pages.
I don't want to stop him doing something he loves, never mind the meltdown it would cause by turning off the printer.
It can be a basic unit, as it will only be churning out B&W pages of A4.

So to keep him happy and prevent me from contributing to the soaring profits at HP, I'm hoping someone can offer some advice on what printer to go for, I was looking at a Brother HL1212 from Curry's £99. A compatible toner from someone like cartridge save for £16 ish on a multi buy deal, is going to be much better than the current scenario.

Cheers!

Welcome to the forum @toneyh.  It would be better to start your own thread, as you're much more likely to get meaningful responses instead of someone glancing at this thread and not seeing the change in direction you have introduced.

cerebus

victor2 said:

toneyh said:

Help Please!
I currently have a decent printer, HP6032 bought earlier this year, manged to get 12 months instant ink and set to use the 700 pages per month option, all good, however, my son, who has a learning disability, loves 'typing' on his laptop and printing, the problem is he's doing about 1000 pages per month and is now starting to cost me. Ideally I would programme a rule that limits the number of pages, I tried in the settings to only print odd page numbers to reduce it a bit.
He will open a random google page, right click and print, I'll hear the printer going like the clappers with my head in my hands watching my bank account empty like I've been hacked.

I'm considering a mono laser printer, as I think toner would be a better option given the current volume of pages.
I don't want to stop him doing something he loves, never mind the meltdown it would cause by turning off the printer.
It can be a basic unit, as it will only be churning out B&W pages of A4.

So to keep him happy and prevent me from contributing to the soaring profits at HP, I'm hoping someone can offer some advice on what printer to go for, I was looking at a Brother HL1212 from Curry's £99. A compatible toner from someone like cartridge save for £16 ish on a multi buy deal, is going to be much better than the current scenario.

Cheers!

Welcome to the forum @toneyh.  It would be better to start your own thread, as you're much more likely to get meaningful responses instead of someone glancing at this thread and not seeing the change in direction you have introduced.

Now thats the polite way of saying "stop hijacking someone else's thread"