Hi all, I was hoping you guys could recommend a good printer for my business, it will be used general printing of quotes, invoices etc but I also want to be able to mass print sales leaflets preferably in colour, my budget is £150 max I also want a printer that wont cost the earth every time I need to replace the ink.
Which Laser Printer
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Laser cartridges are expensive. You won't get around it. I suggest a printing company to do your colour work, and grab a monochrome laser. It's a shame because you missed out on the Dell 1130 (rebranded samsung) on offer for £25 the other week, with a 700 page cart included.
You can of course refill toner for a fraction of the replacement costs if you buy a printer that can be fooled into thinking it has had a toner cartridge change. A refill costs me £15 instead of the £70 Samsung charge for new toner cartridges for mine. I'm on fourth refill and only now is the image getting a few stray dots.
This sounds interesting, please tell me more, how do you refill it also how many pages you get each time and which printer could I get that will allow me to do this ?
I get my toner refills from http://www.refilltoner.com/ . First time you get a kit with whatever is necessary for your printer. So maybe a screwdriver, funnel, gloves etc.
You basically open the cartridge and pour the toner into the cartridge. Bung it back together and get printing again.
You can refill 2-3 times with no drop in quality and maybe more if you can accept a few dots here and there as the drum deteriorates.
I bought a Samsung ML-2240 from Argos because it had a kit available on that site and I read that with a paperclip and a steady hand I could reset the printer to 0 copies printed and continue to use the starter cartridge.
I haven't kept up with the latest models but I will have a quick look for the 2240s replacement and see if it has the same workaround.
The cheapest one Argos has killer chips designed by Samsung to prevent refilling, the refill sites sell you these chips but Samsung have firmware updates to fix that too.
Prior to the Samsung I was using an Oki machine which was much simpler to refill. Was too expensive for me to run though and I understand later models also use chips. Even with this machine I had to go into the maintenance menu and reset counters as each consumable had q limited copy life set in the factory, which was waaaay lower than they were capable of doing.
Just have a look at some printers and then search for refilling advice. I seem to remember fixyourprinter forum being useful too.
You basically open the cartridge and pour the toner into the cartridge. Bung it back together and get printing again.
You can refill 2-3 times with no drop in quality and maybe more if you can accept a few dots here and there as the drum deteriorates.
I bought a Samsung ML-2240 from Argos because it had a kit available on that site and I read that with a paperclip and a steady hand I could reset the printer to 0 copies printed and continue to use the starter cartridge.
I haven't kept up with the latest models but I will have a quick look for the 2240s replacement and see if it has the same workaround.
The cheapest one Argos has killer chips designed by Samsung to prevent refilling, the refill sites sell you these chips but Samsung have firmware updates to fix that too.
Prior to the Samsung I was using an Oki machine which was much simpler to refill. Was too expensive for me to run though and I understand later models also use chips. Even with this machine I had to go into the maintenance menu and reset counters as each consumable had q limited copy life set in the factory, which was waaaay lower than they were capable of doing.
Just have a look at some printers and then search for refilling advice. I seem to remember fixyourprinter forum being useful too.
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Cheers for having a look, how may copies do you get each refill and how much do the refills cost also is this colour or just B&W ?
It's B&W but it was only £50 for the printer. Refill would be £18 for around 1500 prints.
I was looking at a Colour HP laser which was around £120 at the time and almost went for it but decided that I really didn't need colour.
Ideally you'd want a 4 cartridge colour printer as they can print more copies than an integrated cartridge, are easier to refill and faster to print.
What about the CLP-325?
Originals £120 for all colour replacement and £39 for black. 1000 print yield.
Refills http://www.refilltoner.com/MachineProductsNS.asp?id=SA325&manu=Samsung&mach=CLP-325+/+CLP-325W Also 1000 prints I guess. Works out at about £70 for a total system refill compared with £160 for new cartridges.
Sounds like a chipped cartridge again. http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/forums/laser/70047
Just avoid updating the firmware and you should be able to refill a few times.
OcUK do the http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=PR-022-SA&groupid=702&catid=52&subcat= Samsung CLP-320
I was looking at a Colour HP laser which was around £120 at the time and almost went for it but decided that I really didn't need colour.
Ideally you'd want a 4 cartridge colour printer as they can print more copies than an integrated cartridge, are easier to refill and faster to print.
What about the CLP-325?
Originals £120 for all colour replacement and £39 for black. 1000 print yield.
Refills http://www.refilltoner.com/MachineProductsNS.asp?id=SA325&manu=Samsung&mach=CLP-325+/+CLP-325W Also 1000 prints I guess. Works out at about £70 for a total system refill compared with £160 for new cartridges.
Sounds like a chipped cartridge again. http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/forums/laser/70047
Just avoid updating the firmware and you should be able to refill a few times.
OcUK do the http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=PR-022-SA&groupid=702&catid=52&subcat= Samsung CLP-320
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I have a Dell 1350CNW. Great colour laser I picked up for £80 with full toners.
However.... the replacement toners are £45 (cheapest I could find) And! I need four of them. So the £80 printer, needs £180 spent on it to make it work again (after it runs out, which it hasn't)
Anyone know a way around this. It seems crazy when I could buy a brand new printer for £120 with toners!
Where is the logic in this?
However.... the replacement toners are £45 (cheapest I could find) And! I need four of them. So the £80 printer, needs £180 spent on it to make it work again (after it runs out, which it hasn't)
Anyone know a way around this. It seems crazy when I could buy a brand new printer for £120 with toners!
Where is the logic in this?