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small laser printers

Personally I would go with the brother,
That 8 meg of memory in the HP isn't going to go very far if you are printing anything other than text.
Especially at 1200x1200.

Plus the brother has an LPT port, incase you run out of USB.

Plus the resolution on the HP isn't true printing resolution, it's software enhanced, which maybe as good as true 1200x1200, but probably isn't.
 
The drum on the Brother is going to need to be replaced after about 6 toner refills and costs about $150 I think, while on the HP the drum and toner are replaced each time you change it out.

I would recommend the HP, but the 12A toner carts. that it uses suck and have a tendency to leak toner so it's a tossup.
 
Oh, I just realized what Brother machine you were comparing against the HP. The Brother 1440 is the comparable model to the HP1210 and you have the 5050 listed. The 5050 is a much better machine in this case, hands down. If you want to save a few buck and don't need a second paper tray and the extra 8MB of memory, check out the Brother 5040. Exact same machine as the 5050 but more mem and the secondary tray.
 
i have an older HP 1100 and its been a trooper, never had a problem. Might wanna look into getting one used for ~60 bucks.
 
Originally posted by sulchus
Oh, I just realized what Brother machine you were comparing against the HP. The Brother 1440 is the comparable model to the HP1210 and you have the 5050 listed. The 5050 is a much better machine in this case, hands down. If you want to save a few buck and don't need a second paper tray and the extra 16MB of memory, check out the Brother 5040. Exact same machine as the 5050 but more mem and the secondary tray.
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I have the 5040, which replaced an HP 1100 that started feeding multiple sheets of paper.

Most important feature for me is the 250 sheet paper tray. 500 would be better, but 250 is a shit ton better than the 50 sheets my old HP had. The drum is rated for 20000 sheets, cartridges are 3800 and 6600 for high capacity model.

That HP only has a 150 sheet capacity, I will never figure out why HP consumer laser printers have such worthless paper management.

In other words, forget HP, get a Brother.
 
i was gona do exact same post. im looking into the hp1015 which has a usb as well as a parallel port. dont go for brother, i hear they arent good. i seen the hp its nice and small.

as for the hp, in a printer im looking for a cheap widely avaible toner. hp toner u will be looking at £65 gbp. which will give 2000 sheets of printing as predicted. as well as the fact that it can be used for print server. its £150 for the hp 1015 in uk.
 
The only Brother I've used is an HL-1440 and it's a great printer. I use it at my office basically just for text, but it's great for that and my boss got it for $125 on special. It can usually be found for about $150. If you're looking for something to just do text, it's a hell of a deal for the price.
 
I bought a samsung ML-1750 a few months ago and it's been great so far.
 
I also bought a samsung, an ml-4600 though.

Works great, no problems at all.
It's only 8 ppm, but for home use, i can deal with it.
 
I work for an office equipment place, so I've seen this stuff come and go. Brother is a good value, but consider that it is non-repairable throwaway equipment. HP makes the best printer, but only if you go up the food chain a bit. Whatever you get, make sure that the paper goes in a drawer, rather than fitting upright in the back of the printer. Don't forget Lexmark. They make some good printers, too.

Today, I saw an HP8000 LaserJet with 1.7 million copies on it. Four new feed tires, and it is good as new. My HP6p LaserJet that I bought 11/97 has thousands of copies on it, and is very easy on cartridges. These are cheap to run machines, and all parts are available. If you don't mind a used machine, look for an older, but larger, HP.
 
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