Printer blew up, wife has home business!!!
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Printer blew up, wife has home business!!!
So I'm on the other side of the world right now and the printer smoke-checks itself on the middle of one of her projects.
So I need to buy a new one and fast. She's a Rodan and Fields Rep and most everything she does is in color. I prefer overkill with something like this and don't want a $85 "all-in-one". A "prosumer business" model I think is what I would be looking for if there was such a category.
I don't mind paying for ink, and I think I'd like to keep the price for the machine in the $300 range. It's gotta do the scanner/printer thing. I don't need FAX, but I think all the ones I've been looking at come with it anyways.
Anybody have any knowledge to impart?
So I need to buy a new one and fast. She's a Rodan and Fields Rep and most everything she does is in color. I prefer overkill with something like this and don't want a $85 "all-in-one". A "prosumer business" model I think is what I would be looking for if there was such a category.
I don't mind paying for ink, and I think I'd like to keep the price for the machine in the $300 range. It's gotta do the scanner/printer thing. I don't need FAX, but I think all the ones I've been looking at come with it anyways.
Anybody have any knowledge to impart?
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I have an older version of this.
HP LaserJet Pro 400 M451nw Workgroup Up to 21 ppm 600 x 600 dpi Color Print Quality Color Wireless 802.11b/g/n Laser Printer - Newegg.com
It's bauce. I never worry about clogged ink cartridges
I recently installed my first non-HP toner cartridge at 1/3 to 1/4 the price of HP. Cant tell the difference.
There are also all-in-ones available of the same style
HP LaserJet Pro 400 M451nw Workgroup Up to 21 ppm 600 x 600 dpi Color Print Quality Color Wireless 802.11b/g/n Laser Printer - Newegg.com
It's bauce. I never worry about clogged ink cartridges
I recently installed my first non-HP toner cartridge at 1/3 to 1/4 the price of HP. Cant tell the difference.
There are also all-in-ones available of the same style
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The Brother printer at work is always flashing error messages on its LCD screen; replace this or that. You replace the indicated failed item, and the message does not go away. It works fine, but the bugginess bugs me.
I have a Samsung laser all-in-one at home. Works great. I got it after my 2nd HP died.
I have a Samsung laser all-in-one at home. Works great. I got it after my 2nd HP died.
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The Brother printer at work is always flashing error messages on its LCD screen; replace this or that. You replace the indicated failed item, and the message does not go away. It works fine, but the bugginess bugs me.
I have a Samsung laser all-in-one at home. Works great. I got it after my 2nd HP died.
I have a Samsung laser all-in-one at home. Works great. I got it after my 2nd HP died.
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I just told the wife to go to Costco and see if they have the 8625 there. The "25" is the Costco/SamsClub model number for the 8620 sold everywhere else... same printer.
Will see which one is cheaper and go with that. I had fantastic luck with 3x HP printers over the years. The most recent one I bought and hated. The wifi printing was a horrible joke. Granted, it was $60.
Will see which one is cheaper and go with that. I had fantastic luck with 3x HP printers over the years. The most recent one I bought and hated. The wifi printing was a horrible joke. Granted, it was $60.
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If you need a scanner, buy a scanner.
If you need a good quality color printer, buy a Konica-Minolta laser. I've had mine for nearly six years, and still love it.
You just can't compare even the best inkjet to a reasonable-quality color laser. No, it's not as good at printing photos (not that it's bad at photo printing, it isn't), and in every other possible way (speed, cost per page, consistency from first page to last, etc) it's just great.
Mine's a Magicolor 1600W
If you need a good quality color printer, buy a Konica-Minolta laser. I've had mine for nearly six years, and still love it.
You just can't compare even the best inkjet to a reasonable-quality color laser. No, it's not as good at printing photos (not that it's bad at photo printing, it isn't), and in every other possible way (speed, cost per page, consistency from first page to last, etc) it's just great.
Mine's a Magicolor 1600W
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All the printers I'd recommend are in the $500 and up range. Get a laserjet. We have the HP1518 (admittedly out of your price point) at work. It serves 5 engineers doing work orders, drawings, etc. I load a ream of paper each week, at least.
Like Joe says, get separate components. Then, when one fails, you don't have to toss the whole thing.
Like Joe says, get separate components. Then, when one fails, you don't have to toss the whole thing.
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The Brother printer at work is always flashing error messages on its LCD screen; replace this or that. You replace the indicated failed item, and the message does not go away. It works fine, but the bugginess bugs me.
I have a Samsung laser all-in-one at home. Works great. I got it after my 2nd HP died.
I have a Samsung laser all-in-one at home. Works great. I got it after my 2nd HP died.
Maybe yours is similar?
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I have a Brother machine in my office and it took me weeks to figure out how to delete the "Replace Toner" Message. I had to manually use the buttons to clear out the code after replacing the toner (Similar to a new car's "Change Oil" indicator, I suppose)
Maybe yours is similar?
Maybe yours is similar?
I concur with Mr Joe P. regarding the overall benefits of the laser printer.
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I will never buy an inkjet printer again...unless I somehow end up in the business of photography. There just isn't a good reason to buy inkjet anymore.
On the other hand, I have been looking for a good scanner for about 2 years now; I want something with OCR, scan to folder, network drive capability, ADF, scan to network printer (make copies) and I would like a flatbed option. I would also love to have duplexing, but not a requirement. I think every scanner I've ever looked at requires either that I give up one or two of my requirements, or it's some BS All-in-one - which means it's crappy at everything. I've considered the neatdesk because the neatdesk, by all accounts, is extremely good at what it does, but that still leaves me wanting.
On the other hand, I have been looking for a good scanner for about 2 years now; I want something with OCR, scan to folder, network drive capability, ADF, scan to network printer (make copies) and I would like a flatbed option. I would also love to have duplexing, but not a requirement. I think every scanner I've ever looked at requires either that I give up one or two of my requirements, or it's some BS All-in-one - which means it's crappy at everything. I've considered the neatdesk because the neatdesk, by all accounts, is extremely good at what it does, but that still leaves me wanting.
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Emailed the wife and she hasn't pulled the trigger yet, so I told her to wait while I researched small-office lasers. Looks like I've got 4-5 choices in the $300 range, but reading the Amazon reviews is not helping. I always check out the 1-star ratings first and about half of them usually involve somebody who either "can't make it work" or find something completely unrelated to "how it works" and give it one star. "Product works awesome, shipping was one day later, 1-STAR!!!"... I ******* hate those people.
Anyways, re-looking at this whole thing.
Anyways, re-looking at this whole thing.
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I just oversaw the removal of about 90 HP printers from our office infrastructure. We replaced them with Konica-Minolta for the large floorstanding MFPs and Lexmarks for the smaller group printers.
I ******* hate printers, but there is a special place in hell for HP as far as I'm concerned.
I ******* hate printers, but there is a special place in hell for HP as far as I'm concerned.