Printers

Cheap laser printer

>>59380120
Such as?

What is the thinkpad of printing is what i m asking basically. I've never owned a printer before.

Well?

>"i just want a decent consumer printer that works"
-- Everyone

>2017
>printing

I'd recommend first looking for cheap ink/toner and then buying a printer that uses that.

Brother makes good printers though, without the bullshit warranty-based kill switches.

If you don't need colour, don't get an inkjet, either.

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>>59380109

http://patriotgaming.com/printers/gaming-printers.html

>>59380571
What should I cop that's cheap AF and reliable?

I only need b&w

>>59380109
Absolutely buy the printer in your picture, wiggle the print head around a bit till you get an error, then call in to support and get a different model for nothing. Then use it to sign up for the Instant Ink program, use a promotion code, hand out your referral code for a bunch of people to sign up and get several free years of service.

>>59380109
Monchrome laser printer are the way to go.

I went with the Brother DCP-7065DN
>reliable
>high print speed
>automatic duplex
>automatic document feeder
>looks amazing
>love the noise it makes
Cost was high, and toner isn't cheap either, but it just works so well, in a way that all my previous ink printers never managed to achieve.

>>59380631
Do what I said, look for cheap toner first.

I bought an HP 4100 MFP from Craigslist or eBay (can't remember) for ~$50. Got a few thousand prints out of it, just got my first set of toner for $30, supposedly good for about 10k prints. Not bad all in all. I've printed a few textbooks.

Make sure to get one with low print count and a duplexer if you buy one.

>>59380680
I'll just buy Chinese ink. Unless it's somehow non-universal?

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>>59380571
ink-jet is dead unless you need photo quality. If you do, go to a physical shop.
Ink prices are fucking atrocious and every time you turn the printer on it uses a fuckton of ink just to clean the nozzle.

>>59380109
>>59380120
>>59380147
I've had good experience with used Kyocera business laser printers.
Whatever you settle on, make sure to buy one with ethernet. That way you'll never have to worry about drivers.

Recently, the Kyocera ecosys 6021cdn (laser, color) went on sale for 140€ a while ago. Pretty happy with it.
Pic related.

>>59380709
Toner cartridges are particular to models, there isn't a universal 'toner' cartridge that'll fit everything. So you need to get chink cartridges that fit a specific printer.

Also stop confusing ink and toner

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>>59380721
>Ink prices are fucking atrocious and every time you turn the printer on it uses a fuckton of ink just to clean the nozzle.
consider one of these
several third party "continuous ink" systems out there, not only do they provide far longer lasting, larger tanks, the ink is also far cheaper

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>>59380721
Fuck me, seems I'm a part of the department of redundancy department now.

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>>59380747
well, if you really wanna fudge around with your printer that much, why not.

What's the $/page with that kind of setup?
My ecosys does about 2500 pages per toner, a toner is ~55€, so 0,022€ per page.

>>59380751
>that pic
how will it print invisible tracking dots without yellow?
https://www.eff.org/issues/printers

>>59380662
Listen to this man, OP. He is wise beyond the median years of this board.

>>59380109

>>59380777
well, going of what i have;
- a standard black cartridge is 600 pages, $50, and apparently 12mL (they don't list this in official specs) ($0.083/page)
- a 100mL refill bottle (any colour) for my system is $15 (going off the same yield, this would do 5000 pages, so $0.015)

>>59380940
>>59380777
oh, i will say though, setting this up and handling refills isn't something everyone will want to deal with
not to mention the system itself does cost money as well, so you need to print enough to make up for that

if you don't print a huge amount, a laser printer should be your first consideration, i don't deny that

I DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT PRINTERS

Give me a quick rundown of shat i need please.

>>59381002
>shat
What the fuck that was suppose to be 'what'

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Brother Laser

>>59381002
print never, b/w only: cheapass b/w inkjet
print often, b/w only: laser printer
print never, colour: cheapass colour inkjet
print often, colour: colour inkjet with CISS

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>>59380982
>>59380940
Thanks for the info. Not worth changing to from a laser imo and probably not a good suggestion for friends or family, but maybe for myself in the far future.

>>59381046
How much is never

I want to print like 3-4 papers a month or so. B/w.

How does the chink ink thing work? Is it hard to inject

>>59381096
>I want to print like 3-4 papers a month or so. B/w.
that's pretty much never
just get a b/w laser

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>>59381039
How does laser even work

>>59381130
Lasers

>>59381096
>>59381113
to be clear why how often you print matters
inkjets require periodic maintenance, if you just leave them unplugged for long periods, you risk ink drying inside the heads, ruining them
the maintenance involves wasting some ink, so the longer you leave it alone, the less pages you'll get out of it

i don't know anything about laser/toner printers, mind, so i'm not sure if they have anything similar, if they don't then that'd be an advantage for those who don't print often

>>59381113
You said inkjet...

Which is cheaper and easier for ink?

>>59381143
Just get laser because the Jews make it so inkjets need expensive color ink in them even if you're only ever printing b/w

>>59380662
Explain this in further detail please.

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has a auto doc feeder

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>>59380147
>>59380721
I bought one of these Samsung laser printers for $50. Even for $90 it's a good deal.

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>>59381285

>>59380721
>buy one with ethernet. That way you'll never have to worry about drivers.
Care to explain?

>>59381285
This looks neat for casual printing at home.
Especially if you have different OS running.
How's Linux support?
And how would you use wireless printing?

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>>59381885
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUPS
> CUPS allows printer manufacturers and printer-driver developers to more easily create drivers that work natively on the print server. Processing occurs on the server, allowing for easier network-based printing than with other Unix printing systems. With Samba installed, users can address printers on remote Windows computers, and generic PostScript drivers can be used for printing across the network.

>>59382030
Can this be done with USB printers?

>Toner
Enjoy your cancer.

My gf have a samsung laser multifunction printer and that shit uses incredible expensive, rechargeable toner cartridges. You can recharge the toner, but you have to replace the chip in order to the printer reconoce it, wich is expensive. I heard that you can pay to some chinese "hacker" to give you a custom program that allows you to reset the chip (so you dont have to replace it) or makes the printer ignore the "used" toner.

You guys know were I can find more info about this things?

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>>59382086
in principle, yes. But you still need a driver to sit in between the USB printer and the CUPS server.
Then you can print with any device.

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What cheap printer do you recommend for...
>Light color printing ~20 pages/week
>Compatibility with different OS (Mac,Windows,Linux,Android,iOS)
>All in one (scanner+copy)
>Duplex & WiFi are optional

>>59382116
Enjoy yours lol

>>59380552
"just buy a lowcost small-office oriented business printer"
"but it costs 50 more usd rrreeeeee"
and the cycle starts again

>TFW considering buying a refurbished Jew printer
>but shipping is half the cost

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>>59380147
>thinkpad of printing

HP Laserjet 4

More like Model M of printing world.

>>59381327
>>59380147
Basically this. I've got an samsung ml2165 hooked up to my fileserver for network printing. Bought the printer new 4 years ago and have refilled the toner 3 times now. Toner is cheap as fuck and the printer is pretty fast and clean.

>>59380785
Did you even read the article? It clearly say colour laserprinters. Not ink. Laser.

LASER
LASER
LASER
LASER
LASER

>>59384722
Yea I really like mines anon. I have yet to change the toner. It prints quickly and with high quality.
Laser is worth it, costs basically the same as an ink one. I trust Samsung with printers, if this one ever breaks I'll buy another one.

>>59384806
I don't know how laser printers work: the post