Laser photo printer

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Crimson Tear

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Hey guys,
My dad's looking for a laser printer to print up professional invoices and advertisements along with other things in that realm. He said that he'd like to keep it under $500. You guys have any suggestions? I know jack shite about printers. BTW, the ink refils are a big concern of his, he doesn't want to have to pay hundreds of dollars every time he uses up a cartridge.

Thanks much.
 
He wants professional jobs on a color laser printer that does photo quality and he only wants to spend $500 and does not want expensive toner replacements.

He might be better off with an inkjet photo printer.
 
Konica Minolta has some printers in that range. I've had a 2300 DL and it seems to do pretty good. Samsung also has some in that range. One thing to note is each toner is going to be around 100 bucks and the color lasers will take 4. Also in this price range the color side will be a little slow but if you are printing a lot of stuff you just start it and walk away.
 
Kinkos is probably going to be cheaper for him in the long run. Get some professional headed stationary made, and then a cheap mono laser printer for actually putting the prices on. For one-off advertising jobs (once or twice a month) Kinkos or a cheap inkjet will be better.
 
Yeah, these wouldn't be mass mailing ads or anything like that. He has a photo printer right now but he's not very satisfied with it right now.

Thanks for the info guys, I'll talk to him and see why exactly he wants a laser printer as opposed to a standard one. I'll also take a look at some Konica Minoltas and Samsungs and see what I can find that meets his requirements.
 
I thought inkjet photos printers had better photo quality than laser photo printers, am I wrong?
 
ryan_975 said:
I thought inkjet photos printers had better photo quality than laser photo printers, am I wrong?
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Kinda. In that range the photo printers will have a higher res but you can get a 600x600 dpi color laser that will hold up to more prints and look great. My Konica Minolta puts a almost gloss look to the color prints on normal paper. Looks real good.
 
swatbat said:
Kinda. In that range the photo printers will have a higher res but you can get a 600x600 dpi color laser that will hold up to more prints and look great. My Konica Minolta puts a almost gloss look to the color prints on normal paper. Looks real good.
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oh ok. didn't know, just what i'd heard.
 
just get an ok color laser for what ever if you realy need photo stuff and its for a business any way just go to Kinkos or what ever for that and write it off
 
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