Printer Reviews Needed

[Mike Mills]

I've been looking for a printer this week and haven't been able to make the decision.

Things I want -

Wireless connectivity to Windows 7 machines,
64 bit drivers needed because of the Windows 7 X64 users,
8 1/2" X 11" paper handling,

Low cost per printed page for black&white output,

Good print quality is required,
Reliable operation and a good warranty to back it up,
Reasonably small size (24" X 24" X 24" max size as a guideline)


Color output is not necessary,
Duplex printing (2 sided printing) in not necessary,
$400 price or less (guideline)

 

[Mike Mills]

No responses???

I've been reading reviews but they are several years old, for the most part.

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Mike Mills]

52 people have read this thread and no one has any input. What is up with that? Perhaps it really IS time for the professionals to do a new review of printers.

 

[Mike Mills]

137 viewings of this thread and no one make a recommendation of a truly good printer?

 

[iam2thecrowe]

there are plenty of reviews out there if you learn how to use google. Other than that i would suggest a low end B&W lexmark, canon or HP printer. Their image quality and reliability is far superior to their competitors. For warranty you could just opt for an extended warranty. If your just using it for personal use, just buy a cheap $80 unit and forget the warranty and throw it away when it breaks down.

 

[Mike Mills]

I have spent a lot of time Googling reviews. As I said, all too many of them are really old. A review written in 2005 is not uncommon.

The dilemma is this - assuming it does not break down, the cost of cartridges often equals the purchase cost of the printer. Perhaps less so for a monochrome printer but even then , it is close. I'd like a printer that has a low cost per printed page.

 

[Mike Mills]

Well, this just isn;'t getting anywhere. Thanks, though.

 

[Mike Mills]

Let me cap off this thread by adding this.

I bought an HP 2035n. It is a decent quality printer in a fairly compact size. It gets its wireless connectivity by being a hardwaired into the network hub connected to a wireless router.

It is reasonably fast.

One review said it was a noisy printer. I hae found it is very quiet (silent) until you print, then, of course, it makes some noise but it is very tolerable to me and it's in a direct line with and two feet away from my ear. Whoever wrote the review I read claiming this is a noisy printer must be hyper-sensitive to noise.

If I made a mistake, it was buying the 2035 instead of the 2055. Supposedly, the 2055 uses high capacity print cartridges which reduces the cost per page a little bit. I did not know of the existence of the 2055 until after I bought the 2035.

Live and learn, I suppose.