Looking to buy Color Laser printer for home use

[Donce]

I'm sick of inkjets, but i'm really newbie in laser printers sphere...

Maybe here's people who could give me advice?

Up to this day, i used HP, which made me to hate inkjets so bad...

I'm looking color laser printer speed isn't really key, but i don't want to wait whole week (if you know what i mean)...

Quality: Acceptable (i don't need something like 1 pixel accuracy)...

And i would like it had scanner, but if it dosen't i can live with it...

Price is really key for me, i want to spend max 140 eur or 160 usd.

 

[USAFRet]

Dell. They have a couple of color lasers in your price range.

I have a Dell 3100cn, 7+ years old. Have printed about 5,000 pages through it, and have only had to replace the black toner cartridge so far.

 

[Donce]

what do think about Samsung Xpress Wireless Laser Color Printer (C410W)

 

[USAFRet]

what do think about Samsung Xpress Wireless Laser Color Printer (C410W)

No specific experience with that, but the Amazon reviews are less than glowing.

 

[giantbucket]

use one at your workplace and reimburse them for the pages you print. at my office, our (my) cost is around $0.15 per page of colour. i no longer own a printer at home - just not worth the trouble.

 

[Donce]

What does mean less than glowing? It's not that good?

 

[USAFRet]

use one at your workplace and reimburse them for the pages you print. at my office, our (my) cost is around $0.15 per page of colour. i no longer own a printer at home - just not worth the trouble.

With my Dell, my costs so far are about 1/2 that. $375 total costs, not incl paper. Printer ($330) + one replacement cart ($45), 4500 pages printed. 7+ years.
$0.83 per page.

If we include paper at todays price...4500 sheets = $45. So that brings the total price per page to $0.93 per page.

But more and more, I use OneNote as a print target...

 

[USAFRet]

What does mean less than glowing? It's not that good?

Less than glowing = "I would not buy that printer"

 

[giantbucket]

use one at your workplace and reimburse them for the pages you print. at my office, our (my) cost is around $0.15 per page of colour. i no longer own a printer at home - just not worth the trouble.

With my Dell, my costs so far are about 1/2 that. $375 total costs, not incl paper. Printer ($330) + one replacement cart ($45), 4500 pages printed. 7+ years.
$0.83 per page.

If we include paper at todays price...4500 sheets = $45. So that brings the total price per page to $0.93 per page.

But more and more, I use OneNote as a print target...

4500 pages of color on one $45 cartridge? that's a penny per page in color. not likely.

 

[USAFRet]

use one at your workplace and reimburse them for the pages you print. at my office, our (my) cost is around $0.15 per page of colour. i no longer own a printer at home - just not worth the trouble.

With my Dell, my costs so far are about 1/2 that. $375 total costs, not incl paper. Printer ($330) + one replacement cart ($45), 4500 pages printed. 7+ years.
$0.83 per page.

If we include paper at todays price...4500 sheets = $45. So that brings the total price per page to $0.93 per page.

But more and more, I use OneNote as a print target...

4500 pages of color on one $45 cartridge? that's a penny per page in color. not likely.

It came with 4 toner carts. Black, and 3 color. I have had to replace only the Black, for $45.
The other 3 are still reporting around 40-50% capacity.

And I've done quite a few full page color prints.

 

[giantbucket]

oh, ok. but "quite a few" is not 4,500. 😉

back to the at-home color laser, i wonder how "affordable" each replacement color would be for a $160 printer. and how well would the colors line up on a low-cost device like that. actually, i just checked the PCMag review and it's around $55 per color cartridge. ouch.

 

[USAFRet]

oh, ok. but "quite a few" is not 4,500. 😉

back to the at-home color laser, i wonder how "affordable" each replacement color would be for a $160 printer. and how well would the colors line up on a low-cost device like that. actually, i just checked the PCMag review and it's around $55 per color cartridge. ouch.

Well, no. Not 4,500 full page pictures for photo use. It is used for regular printing tasks (mostly text), as well as a few hundred full page color images. And color presentations, etc.
As most people would use it.
But total print volume was about 4500 pages, last time I checked.

When my printer was new, replacement carts from Dell were $75. When I needed to replace one, it had dropped to $45. If I wanted to try an off-brand replacement, it would have been less.

If I wanted/needed a printer for full page color, all the time, every time, for photo work....an inkjet. I have a very good inkjet, and the photo output is much better than the laser. But the laser is far better for text/charts/etc. And far, far cheaper.

If I had tried to do that print volume with my inkjets, I'd be broke.
My previous nice inkjet (Epson) was $80 for a full replacement set of ink carts. Lasting maybe 300 pages. And I even tried a CIS system. It eventually peed ink all over the stand it was on...🙁

 

[Donce]

How about refills, i found some in germany that costs only 1eur for refill bottle and 9 for shipping?

 

[USAFRet]

How about refills, i found some in germany that costs only 1eur for refill bottle and 9 for shipping?

Laser toner refills? Wait until you get close to needing it.
I just bought the actual Dell.

I had less than good results with aftermarket inkjet refills.

 

[Donce]

Less than good means?

 

[USAFRet]

Less than good means?

'Less than good' = it printed like crap.