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I'm wondering what current recommendations are for color printers with
low initial and operating costs, that print fast. Good print quality
is also nice to have, but the purpose is printing documents with some
color graphics in them, not high-resolution photographs.
I was able to buy a 20 ppm monochrome laser printer for $300 that I
can use for around 5 cents a page, but anything like that in color
looks much more expensive. It looks to me like most "color laser
printers" are actually thermal transfer printers, not laser printers
at all. That is, they use a thermal film ribbon instead of toner,
increasing operating costs and creating a security hole (the used
ribbon holds a copy of everything you've printed with that ribbon).
But I do see some used units available pretty cheap, e.g. Color
Laserjet 5M for $100. That prints at 2-3 ppm in color but that's
about 10x faster than the Photosmart P1100 that I have right now.
Plus the consumables are a heck of a lot less expensive.
Any other suggestions?
I'm wondering what current recommendations are for color printers with
low initial and operating costs, that print fast. Good print quality
is also nice to have, but the purpose is printing documents with some
color graphics in them, not high-resolution photographs.
I was able to buy a 20 ppm monochrome laser printer for $300 that I
can use for around 5 cents a page, but anything like that in color
looks much more expensive. It looks to me like most "color laser
printers" are actually thermal transfer printers, not laser printers
at all. That is, they use a thermal film ribbon instead of toner,
increasing operating costs and creating a security hole (the used
ribbon holds a copy of everything you've printed with that ribbon).
But I do see some used units available pretty cheap, e.g. Color
Laserjet 5M for $100. That prints at 2-3 ppm in color but that's
about 10x faster than the Photosmart P1100 that I have right now.
Plus the consumables are a heck of a lot less expensive.
Any other suggestions?
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