Cheapest type of printer

[lilelvis2000]

Yes, Samsungs do tend to have expensive toners. I have a ML-3560 which runs a treat but the low capacity toner is about £100 with VAT and delivery! even a fuser for it was cheaper than that. I got it because DABS had mispriced it to £140! - it would normally go for about £380.

We got a kyocera recently and it works brill and it was cheap and the mono toner is £65 all in.

I have a friend who bought a Brother laser about 10 years ago and is still using it.

Epson still makes dot matrix for around £180 or so.

[HairyArsedBloke]

You can pickup a refurbished HP LAserJet 4 for around £60 with a toner cartrige. New cartridges cost around £20.

HP 4's were built to last, I have one that I picked up 5 years ago now and it's till going strong.

Lovely bit of kit. I gave away one when I moved abroad - I wish I hadn't now.

[Clippy]

Agree that the HP LJ4 is a hardy bit of kit but a bit noisy.

Personally prefer the 4050tn's which, I believe, superseded the LJ4's.

Edit: Just a thought, are these older printers still compatible with Windows XP/7?
i.e. are drivers available?

[administrator]

I got one of these 4 years ago:
Hp 2200DN 2200 DN mono laser printer only

Same sort of cost. Not run out of toner yet. Yeah is a bit big and noisy but would have spent hundreds on ink by now with a deskjet.

[DaveB]

Agree that the HP LJ4 is a hardy bit of kit but a bit noisy.

Personally prefer the 4050tn's which, I believe, superseded the LJ4's.

Edit: Just a thought, are these older printers still compatible with Windows XP/7?
i.e. are drivers available?

Don't know about 7 but the HP's work out of the box with XP. No need for downloads etc.

[Sysman]

I got one of these 4 years ago:
Hp 2200DN 2200 DN mono laser printer only

Same sort of cost. Not run out of toner yet. Yeah is a bit big and noisy but would have spent hundreds on ink by now with a deskjet.

I got an HP 2100M 10 years ago, but it developed a nasty smudge after moving house. The network cards were so disgustingly expensive that I couldn't bring myself to buy one. A couple of years ago I just missed a second hand one, with network card, full duplex and a couple of unopened cartridges for about 80 quid. That would have been perfect as I could have used the existing one for spares.

A second hand version of a quality printer is definitely worth looking at.

[Shimano105]

I got one of these 4 years ago:
Hp 2200DN 2200 DN mono laser printer only

Same sort of cost. Not run out of toner yet. Yeah is a bit big and noisy but would have spent hundreds on ink by now with a deskjet.

I've just bought one now as well - early impressions are good! Tis noisy and large but has a high quality feel and should pay for itself in toner costs vs ink costs alone.

[Lumiere]

invest in an epson's inkjet printer - cartridges £1 each from ebay (T611-T614) - the overall cost is a tenner per year