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Laser Printer Recommendation...
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I own an ML-2010
Its freakin' awesome, i'm very happy with it, only knock on it is that its pretty loud when warming up, printing and a few minutes after that till it goes back in power saver mode. Printed over a 1,000 pages with the toner that came with it in the 5 months i've had it.
you can nab it at bestbuy or newegg for $50 AR.
Its freakin' awesome, i'm very happy with it, only knock on it is that its pretty loud when warming up, printing and a few minutes after that till it goes back in power saver mode. Printed over a 1,000 pages with the toner that came with it in the 5 months i've had it.
you can nab it at bestbuy or newegg for $50 AR.
Axman
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taken from a thread halfway down this page 
I've also used a Samsung ML-2010. Print quality is good, but it's somewhat slow... and it takes a while (over a minute or two) to warm up or come out of power save. You can also perform manual two-sided printing (although built-in would be better...). Best Buy currently has this printer on sale for $49.99 after $50 in instant savings and a $30 mail-in rebate (sale ends this Saturday).
TechLarry
RIP [H] Brother - June 1, 2022
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A couple of points in no particular order of importance:
1. I have a Samsung ML2151N I got from OfficeDepot for $449. This is a workgroup-class printer. 20ppm, 500 sheet tray, built-in duplexer, etc... It works great. Bad parts - It came with only a 1/2 full toner. That really pisses me off. It didn't come with enough RAM to fully image two pages for duplex printing, and it caused it to pause a lot, and when duplex printing it was very slow. Ok, no problem. I'll just get a $128MM module. SimpleTech - $99. Samsung - $499!!!! Got the SimpleTech (specifically stated as for this printer). It works fine, but shows double the size in the printer config page (256MB Module). SimpleTech support was useless. Called Samsung. "Yeah, that's a known issue because the memory slot only works with our specific module properly". Right. $500 for a 128MB module. I don't think so. I have been using the SimpleTech module for a year now and it's worked fine. Screw the incorrect report.
I really like the printer. It's not sold any more, but I got a lot for my money.
2. HP LaserJets. Mixed feelings. I am not fond of their cheap home-user LaserPrinters. I feel like I'm going to break them just by looking at one I also am not fond (at all) of the printers with the instant-on fusers that have the mylar covers over the heat bars. They tear VERY easily (we've seen simple wrinkles in paper tear them) and HP refuses to sell the $2 mylar tube separately. They force you to buy the entire fuser. They also will not cover it under warranty. We've had to replace several HP4200 (business class) printer fusers because the mylar tore. One was only a month old, and HP refused to cover it under warranty. We could not buy just the cheap mylar cover, and it cost us several hundred for the fuser. On a 1 month old printer. It happened again a few months later. This was some time ago so maybe the policy has changed, but as far as I know you still cannot get the mylar's separately.
There's a lot to like in all printers, and something not to like in every one of them. Just pick the one that has the best overall fit for you at the cost you want to pay.
-Larry
1. I have a Samsung ML2151N I got from OfficeDepot for $449. This is a workgroup-class printer. 20ppm, 500 sheet tray, built-in duplexer, etc... It works great. Bad parts - It came with only a 1/2 full toner. That really pisses me off. It didn't come with enough RAM to fully image two pages for duplex printing, and it caused it to pause a lot, and when duplex printing it was very slow. Ok, no problem. I'll just get a $128MM module. SimpleTech - $99. Samsung - $499!!!! Got the SimpleTech (specifically stated as for this printer). It works fine, but shows double the size in the printer config page (256MB Module). SimpleTech support was useless. Called Samsung. "Yeah, that's a known issue because the memory slot only works with our specific module properly". Right. $500 for a 128MB module. I don't think so. I have been using the SimpleTech module for a year now and it's worked fine. Screw the incorrect report.
I really like the printer. It's not sold any more, but I got a lot for my money.
2. HP LaserJets. Mixed feelings. I am not fond of their cheap home-user LaserPrinters. I feel like I'm going to break them just by looking at one
I also am not fond (at all) of the printers with the instant-on fusers that have the mylar covers over the heat bars. They tear VERY easily (we've seen simple wrinkles in paper tear them) and HP refuses to sell the $2 mylar tube separately. They force you to buy the entire fuser. They also will not cover it under warranty. We've had to replace several HP4200 (business class) printer fusers because the mylar tore. One was only a month old, and HP refused to cover it under warranty. We could not buy just the cheap mylar cover, and it cost us several hundred for the fuser. On a 1 month old printer. It happened again a few months later. This was some time ago so maybe the policy has changed, but as far as I know you still cannot get the mylar's separately.There's a lot to like in all printers, and something not to like in every one of them. Just pick the one that has the best overall fit for you at the cost you want to pay.
-Larry
MrMitch said:
ditto this. the noise usually only bothers me because my roommate decides to print his homework for the next day just as we go to bed, so the noise is a bit annoying then, but it is a dorm room...
also, someone mentioned the Brother HL-1440, i got this for my dad over a year ago for around $140 i think. he prints stuff fairly often (works from home, grad level professor) and i think he may still be on his first toner cartridge. good luck either way!
