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I'll give you another reason not to get the HP4200.
They went to the "Instant-On" fuser with the Mylar cover on these printers,
and the things are tender as tissue paper. They have NO business being in a
business class printer.
I have one office that has replaced the fuser in their 6 month old printer
twice already, at a cost of several hundred dollars each time, because the
mylar cover tore.
No, you can't just buy the $2 mylar cover. You have to buy the whole fuser.
It's an amazing rip-off.
-Larry
"Rob" <tele*deletethis*manr@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Louise <none@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> >In article <3epgb09l9s4ap44tht110t40n9hlaaen9u@4ax.com>,
> >tele*deletethis*manr@hotmail.com says...
> >> I'm trying to decide between a samsung and a brother laser printer.
> >> (high end 1200 dot)
> >> Does anyone have any strong feelings about which is better in terms
> >> of implementing the emulating software (PCL and PS) and maintenance
> >> and reliability in general?
> >> The Samsung seems to be slightly better in terms of driver flexibility
> >> but it's hard to tell from just reading about them on their respective
> >> sites.
> >> Also, which one slows down more at 1200. Samsung mentions this while
> >> Brother doesn't.
> >> Currently I'm using an OptraR which goes half speed at 1200 so I
> >> suppose anything better than that would be an improvement.
> >>
> >> Rob
> >>
> >I'm also in the market for a new laser printer of similar quality. My
> >HP1100 keeps breaking down.
> >
> >I did a search for reviews on these and the Samsung print quality wasn't
> >as good/reliable as one would hope. Check out ZDnet and PCMag for
> >reviews. You can also check epinions but those are, of course, just one
> >person's experience
> >
> >I also noticed a great difference in satisfaction with
> >installation/drivers with Mac users. If you're using a Mac, do your
> >research on this with some care. I'm not using a Mac so I can't
> >remember the details of the problems.
> >
> >I notice you're not considering HP and I wondered why.
> >
> >Please let me know what you discover.
> >
> >Louise
>
> I'm PC so I don't care about Mac concerns.
>
> I'm considering the Samsung ML-2550 or the Brother HL-6050D and
> the reason I'm not looking at the more or less equivalent HP 4200 is
> because:
> 1. It doesn't have a USB 2 connection.
> 2. It doesn't have built-in duplex.
> 3. It is apparently slow doing mixed text & graphics (which is exactly
> what I do most.
>
> HP just seems to be behind the times compared to the other two in
> terms of features.
>
> Unfortunately both printers are new and there don't seem to be real
> reviews of either but I could be wrong. I'll search some more.
>
> Rob