Yes, we all know "you get what you pay for." As a cheap, light usage printer, I'd like to know your impressions of the quality of the cheap Pantum laser printers that Newegg sells. Newegg reviews, as unreliable as they are, do not offer anything conclusive, which may itself suggest highly variable quality rather than something conclusive like "they're all bad."
I'd like to know from people who have actually used them (and preferably dug into one, perhaps to repair it), what sort of quality to expect. Are gears and rollers solid and heavy enough to suggest durability, or are they the sort of things that might crack after fifty pages? Does paper feeding go to the dogs the first time card stock is used? Are internal circuit boards neat, or do they look slapped together by monkeys?
I'm thinking of buying one as a gift for someone, and don't want to give junk. She will probably print a couple hundred pages right off, then likely only a few per week after that.
Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks.
I'd like to know from people who have actually used them (and preferably dug into one, perhaps to repair it), what sort of quality to expect. Are gears and rollers solid and heavy enough to suggest durability, or are they the sort of things that might crack after fifty pages? Does paper feeding go to the dogs the first time card stock is used? Are internal circuit boards neat, or do they look slapped together by monkeys?
I'm thinking of buying one as a gift for someone, and don't want to give junk. She will probably print a couple hundred pages right off, then likely only a few per week after that.
Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks.