New Printer for not a lot of money
Phil Ardussi
rolls with sheets primed with Isopropyl alcohol. I need to print drafts of a
book in B&W. Speed is not an issue ... I'm retired.
Would continue to use the R340 for occasional color work, but I need a good
little reliable printer for my book.
Thanks.
Signed,
Desperate in Rocky River
Al Bundy
You might try running fine sandpaper or emery cloth through the
printer using both sides. If you can reach the rollers and get
sandpaper in there to scuff up the rollers, that could improve the
feed too. Old fashion platen cleaner or naphtha would be more
aggressive cleaners, but you need to get to the feed rollers in a way
that a soaked sheet won't do.
Phil Ardussi
Even as I sit here typing this, the printer is failing to feed about 1 in 3
sheets. It's a book totaling 168 pages, so far which means 84 sheets fed
through twice.
Thanks.
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> rolls with sheets primed with Isopropyl alcohol. I need to print drafts of a
> book in B&W. Speed is not an issue ... I'm retired.
Phil,
My $0.02. Monochrome laser printers are readily available at popular
prices -- if you can tolerate rapid printing. I've had good
experiences with Brother refurb multi-funcitions printers priced at
about 100 bucks.
I also like the older HP inkjets. They are durable and re-inkable.
Walgreens will re-ink them for a reasonable price. Look at their web
page to learn which carts they refill. You could probably find one on
the used market.
Best,
Larry
Arthur Entlich
consider a black & white laser model. Today they are competitive with
inkjet, are fast and clean.
There has been a recent threat running about the low end models (about
$50+ US) under the subject heading "Inexpensive laser printer".
Art
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IntergalacticExpandingPanda
> If Al's suggestion don't work, and you need to buy another printer,
> consider a black & white laser model. Today they are competitive with
> inkjet, are fast and clean.
>
> There has been a recent threat running about the low end models (about
> $50+ US) under the subject heading "Inexpensive laser printer".
Art has a point. In the past I had laser printers. A panasonic KX
4450i, a TI microlaser. Both lasted a very long period of time, both
used well, it's hard to remember exactly. The only reason to give
them up was wear and the fact that at some point I needed higher than
300dpi. But the point remains that lasers by their nature last longer
than inkjets as the moving parts they have go in one direction.
Unless you need mixed black text and pictures, and as you don't mind
having two devices, a laser makes sense.
Flasherly
Just got the Samsung ML-2510 last month. $45 shipped total from a
Newegg sale on the 2510. Bought 6 bulk-toner bottles (3000 pg refills)
from EBay at $30. At "conservative" 5% factory ratings, I've
somewhere near -- hell, I don't know: maybe 3000-4000 pages printed.
At the factory's "low volume" toner-fill cartridge, rated a thousand,
that took only 250 pages to use up with Word for Windows. I'm now on
my first bottled refill (plus 4-600 hundred additionally printed
pages). Books -- 8x11 with .75" left/right margins, noticing now a
little "spattering" and less than optimal density at either extreme
edge of the margins, with otherwise full density throughout the
centers of the printed pages. Noting major unless it were to become a
fade-out issue. Using the basic Samsung drivers only, off a directory
on its included disk - no software, didn't want it: Windows printer
properties now translates to allowing a graphics setting I set to
toner low density, and another "toner save" I've read to turn off (for
longer life on the fuser/heat unit). Changed the margins to 1.5" on
the a 40-page run just a minute ago and density problem at the margin
edges cleared up.
For an alternative to books, appears to be serious about paying for
its keep. Also, though certainly not a micro-sized printer, its
surprisingly lightweight and very easy to maneuver around. Good thing
as I like to connect live to the parallel port when printing, then
wrap it up to store elsewhere w/out cable clutter.
Gordo
Both HP and Brother have duplexing laser printers. They are especially good
if you do a lot of printing that can suffice in black and white.
Gordo
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providing you have enough space for two printers, this is what I would
suggest as well. I've had and inkjet for photos and color graphics as well
as a laser printer for business documents and reports for several years.
Now with USB connections the two printer setup is really easy and
convenient. As long as the only paper stock you want to print on is
standard weight paper - 24# or so - the lower cost laser printers should
work well for you. If you want to print envelopes or heavy weight stock,
however, you should take samples to a store with demo units and check them
out.
Arthur Entlich
Arthur Entlich wrote:
> If Al's suggestion don't work, and you need to buy another printer,
> consider a black & white laser model. Today they are competitive with
> inkjet, are fast and clean.
>
> There has been a recent threat running about the low end models (about
> $50+ US) under the subject heading "Inexpensive laser printer".
That was supposed to read:
There was a recent thread running about low...
Art