I need to buy a laser printer for home use. I haven't bought one in
about 10 years so I don't really know what is on the market these days.
But before I dust off the wallet, I am doing a bit of research. So, I
have one basic question for this group to start with.

Which home laser printers are considered the best when considering
features, performance, usability and reliability?

-Jonathan

On 5 Dec 2005 10:55:45 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>I need to buy a laser printer for home use. I haven't bought one in
>about 10 years so I don't really know what is on the market these days.
>But before I dust off the wallet, I am doing a bit of research. So, I
>have one basic question for this group to start with.
>Which home laser printers are considered the best when considering
>features, performance, usability and reliability?

Here is a recent magazine review of COLOR lasers
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/artic...123224,00.asp#

In a previous discussion (before I decided it was just too much
$$ for my wife's color printing needs) Oki Data was recommended

For a mono multifunction we have the Brother 8440 and like it


John Thomas Smith
http://www.direct2usales.com
http://www.pacifier.com/~jtsmith

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news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I need to buy a laser printer for home use. I haven't bought one in
> about 10 years so I don't really know what is on the market these days.
> But before I dust off the wallet, I am doing a bit of research. So, I
> have one basic question for this group to start with.
>
> Which home laser printers are considered the best when considering
> features, performance, usability and reliability?
>
> -Jonathan
>

I have the Samsung ML-2152W , it's fast, 2 side print capabilities, 8000
page toner, wireless, Ethernet and USB connectivity. I love it! It cost me
about $300 at eBay, in a brand spanking new condition. I believe it's now
being replaced by a higher model.

John Thomas Smith <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> In a previous discussion (before I decided it was just too much
> $$ for my wife's color printing needs) Oki Data was recommended

I would be very leery of Okidata color laser printers. We have a few
Okidata 3037 printers at work and currently there is some manufacturing
problem with the drums. No one in the USA has them in stock. We even
called Okidata and they are not allowed to sell the drums directly to
us! They made some type of agreement with consumable resellers that
forbids direct sales to end users. Any ways, with the drums dead the
printer doesn't print. Very angry users in our departments.

Okidata, never again!

I really like the HP 4000/4050/4100 series. These are very reliable
printers. The film on the HP 4200 fusers seem to break down a lot and
the cost of a new fuser with core exchange is $150!!!

Adam

On 5 Dec 2005 10:55:45 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>I need to buy a laser printer for home use. I haven't bought one in
>about 10 years so I don't really know what is on the market these days.
>But before I dust off the wallet, I am doing a bit of research. So, I
>have one basic question for this group to start with.
>
>Which home laser printers are considered the best when considering
>features, performance, usability and reliability?
>
>-Jonathan


What do you really need in a laser?

Color?
Duplex?
Any particular speed?
Photo-quality output?

What is "usability" supposed to mean? You plug it in, you
press "print" in an appliation... it either does that fine
or it's not very useable.

What do you need so far as "reliability" goes?
I have a dozen year old HP laserjet that has over 200K pages
on it, cost well over $1000 new. No repairs... very
reliable. I have a Samsung 2010 I paid $40 for after
rebate, I'm quite sure it won't last 200K pages but I don't
care, all that mattered was that they didn't microchip it to
require a whole new toner cartridge instead of just
refilling with bulk toner at a fraction of the cost.