[conspire] (forw) Re: [Lug-nuts] New laser printer recommendations?

[Rick Moen]

Relevant to recent thread, one guy's opinion.  Looks to me like your
basic relatively OK cheapo colour unit, compromises being particularly
apparent in buffer RAM (256MB) and print language (PCL5e but no
PostScript).  Claimed resolution is really good.

But notice this:  This guy makes ZERO attempt to guesstimate future cost
of toner supplies per page.  Like the HP 2605 series discussed here, the
Ricoh unit needs 4 colour toner cartridges.  What's the money cost, then?  
No attempt to even guess.  And this is where printer choice most often goes
wrong -- blindness to one of the most crucial concerns, and the one
where people most often cheat themselves.

On the HP, a full set of four was, you may recall, about $100 if you use
third-party rather than HP-branded supplies, and if I'd been serious
about evaluating it, I'd also try to estimate page count for a toner
set.  For this Ricoh unit, _each_ colour cartridge appears to be about
$100, but I don't know offhand how many sheets that prints.

If I were comparison-shopping, I'd try to figure that out.


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Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 16:35:06 -0800
From: linus at fullsack.com
To: lug-nuts at saclug.org
Subject: Re: [Lug-nuts] New laser printer recommendations?
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Burnt through two hp network color laser printers, decided they
just don't make them like they used to, leaking toner everywhere, just
nasty. Bought a Ricoh Aficio SP C320DN PS brand new on overstock.com
Best printer ever, makes the hp 2500n it replaced look sick. Just
checked they got a run on these:
https://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Ricoh-SP-C250SF-Laser-Multifunction-Printer-Color-Plain-Paper-Pri/8984303/product.html?refccid=O3HWJXWG2P22PXSF5PWKLBU2A4&searchidx=3
YMMV dunno that model or anything but that move really did me right,
all I'm sayin'. YMMV

[snip upside-down quoting of the upthread question about what's a good
multifunction printer, these days, i.e., fax, photocopier, printer]

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