09-03-2008, 02:11 AM
[quote jdc]$200 every 25,000 pages = 2 years before replacement? i think thats pretty cheap...
cant touch a tabloid color laser for under $2500...
i have thought about trying one of the brother 4040s that seem to run under $300, and they dont seem to have anything more "high end" than that?
FWIW, i have a xerox 7300DN, and it also takes forever to warm up... toner is $280 each + $180 for imaging units + $220 for the fuser -- figured i spent close to $30,000 in supplies (not counting paper) in the last 5 years...
JDC -- $200 every 2 years + about $200 each time we need a new set of carts. I know manufacturers make their money on toner, but for this round, we'd rather put $400 into a new printer (with a new set of carts included, new drum, etc) than spend that same amount on new toner and drum.
Also, the tabloid thing isn't really a necessity--I wasn't aware where that started to enter the picture.
I've really liked my Brother that I've had here at home--I hesitate to recommend that for the office when it seems like Xerox and HP are the "big boys" in the printer business and cheap toner might be more readily available. Maybe I'll look into the model you mentioned further.
cant touch a tabloid color laser for under $2500...
i have thought about trying one of the brother 4040s that seem to run under $300, and they dont seem to have anything more "high end" than that?
FWIW, i have a xerox 7300DN, and it also takes forever to warm up... toner is $280 each + $180 for imaging units + $220 for the fuser -- figured i spent close to $30,000 in supplies (not counting paper) in the last 5 years...
JDC -- $200 every 2 years + about $200 each time we need a new set of carts. I know manufacturers make their money on toner, but for this round, we'd rather put $400 into a new printer (with a new set of carts included, new drum, etc) than spend that same amount on new toner and drum.
Also, the tabloid thing isn't really a necessity--I wasn't aware where that started to enter the picture.
I've really liked my Brother that I've had here at home--I hesitate to recommend that for the office when it seems like Xerox and HP are the "big boys" in the printer business and cheap toner might be more readily available. Maybe I'll look into the model you mentioned further.