Need Printer for School

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jabronidan

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I need a printer for upcoming school year. Taking AP Bio and AP American History, so I will be printing a lot this year. I need something under $120. Color is not an issue, laser would be better since I can just refill the toner.
 
I have a Brother HL-1440 (laser) that I picked up for $70 shipped and it prints like a champ. In the year I have had it, I have gone through three reams of paper on the original toner cartridge. My friend picked one up seven months ago and is on her third ream of paper also. I can recall only one paper jam in the year I have owned it.

I have heard good things about the Samsung cheap laser (model #?) that you see frequently in Hot Deals for around $50ish.
 
Yeah if you don't care about color, then one of the cheaper Samsung laser's would be my recommendation.
If you might need color, a ~$100 Canon or Epson photo printer would be your best bet.
 
A canon pixma 1500 prints fast and you can buy generic ink on ebay for it black or color for only $2 each shipped if you buy 20 at a time. Even if you buy the canon cartridge the black is only $9cdn at walmart. I am very happy with mine and love paying $2 for ink rather than $50 for black for my hp photosmart.
 
I took a different route when I bought a printer last year for school. I went with a cheap printer, the reason for this is that this was going to be my 3rd printer in four years. I just picked up the cheapest HP printer I could find which only cost me $40 from Amazon (step below this one). I would have to say that is a good move on my part, it does nothing fancy like photos but works well enough for reports. That was all I was looking for and it scored well, plus it craps out I'll just replace it with another for about the cost of 2 ink carts.
 
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Yeah, laser is the way to go.

I bought an inkjet before college, and I love it, but I don't go through that much ink. Maybe one cartridge a semester.

If you're going to go through a ton of printing, look into a laser, or find out what kinds of inkjet cartridges are cheap. My roommate last semester ordered some ink and got like a 12-pack of cartridges for just a little over what I pay for 1. They're really small, though.

Wow, this is quite a tangent. Anyways, inkjets are good and cheap up front with higher maintenance costs. Lasers are good and expensive up front with lower maintenance costs. Both get the job done; take your pick.
 
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