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>> No. 25899 Anonymous
2nd May 2017
Tuesday 9:35 pm
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I need a cheap printer, which will live in my bedroom, to kick out invoices and reports. I know from working with printers for a decade or so that early LaserJets are built like tanks and are absolutely reliable, as well as reasonably compact, and they're cheap on ebay... but unfortunately the toners/fusers are now quite pricey, equalling the cost of the printer or more.

Any advice on the cheapest way to print, per page? Just knocking out some draft-quality documents, colour not really needed but would be a mild bonus.
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>> No. 25900 Anonymous
2nd May 2017
Tuesday 10:09 pm
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I feed my Brother Inkjet (MFC-5860CN) with Tesco Value ink refills (drill holes, inject ink, takes a couple of minutes probably twice a year). It's hard to imagine a more benign or cheap printer. (Sure, that model has scanner, ethernet that you may not want, but Brother's ink and paper handling gets my vote.
I also run a washing-machine-sized HP that does A3 colour duplex, that costs me me >£300 for a set of knockoff toners. It's great, too, but probably not what you want. They're only £200 or so with a decent amount of consumables left, on ebay. But get a cheapie Brother inkjet...
>> No. 25903 Anonymous
2nd May 2017
Tuesday 10:46 pm
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>>25900
I have an Epson inkjet right now. Can you do the hole drilling thing on any inkjet?
>> No. 25907 Anonymous
2nd May 2017
Tuesday 10:59 pm
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Amazon sell a Pantum laser printer for 31 quid. It's wireless and black and white and I swear by mine.
>> No. 25909 Anonymous
2nd May 2017
Tuesday 11:05 pm
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>>25903
Most of them. Epson are a bit odd - some of their inks are somewhat odd, with pigments held in a solvent that smells funny. (My R2400, for instance - pigment inks, and 8 colours. Tesco value ink isn't going to do the job for that. I buy the inks by the 0.5l and pipe them in to fake cartridges, CISS-style. )

So - maybe. Check t'internet.
>> No. 25910 Anonymous
2nd May 2017
Tuesday 11:48 pm
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Use knock-off toner cartridges. The print quality is very slightly worse than using original toner, but it's perfectly acceptable for office use. Knock-off drums are more of a mixed bag, so if you're buying a second-hand printer you might want to inquire about the condition of the drum.

You can get a perfectly good WiFi laser printer for £60.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brother-HL-1210W-Mono-Laser-Printer/dp/B00NUB8J3Q/
>> No. 25911 Anonymous
2nd May 2017
Tuesday 11:52 pm
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>>25909

Inkjets don't really make economic sense unless you print an awful lot of photos. Online photo printing services are much better value for the occasional set of prints.
>> No. 25912 Anonymous
3rd May 2017
Wednesday 1:05 am
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>>25910
Seems like the toners are quite cheap, and can be refilled at home anyway. Might go for that one.

Shame it's not cheaper on ebay. Was hoping for something in the £40 region, with a toner that's good for 10,000 pages or something, like the HP ones.

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