> Hi Everyone-
> My name is Katy and I'm the community manager of an awesome coworking
> place called Launch Pad <http://www.launchpadnola.com> in the beautiful
> city of New Orleans.
> We have about 100 members and 3 shared printers. 2 of them are heavy duty
> machines but our only color printer is a Dell 3115 cn<http://www.dell.com/us/en/enterprise/peripherals/print_3115cn/pd.aspx...>printer and lately it's been getting hot so that anything beyond a color
> logo is too much color for it and the color sticks to the fuser, which is
> hot and essentially glues the paper to the fuser and it gets jammed.
> every.single. time.

> Can anyone recommend an affordable color printer that's not HUGE. To
> replace this machine would be about $1000. I'm not sure if I should replace
> it with the same model (concerned it would have the same issues) or
> something totally different. Ink/toner cost is something to keep in mind.

> Anyway, this machine IS 3 years old, so it's held up remarkably well
> considering. I would say it gets used by about 10 different people each day
> (not the entire community of 100).
> If you are using something you love, I'd love to hear your recommendations!
> Thanks,
> Katy

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On Wednesday, October 3, 2012 9:18:32 AM UTC-5, Launch Pad Katy wrote:

> Hi Everyone-
> My name is Katy and I'm the community manager of an awesome coworking
> place called Launch Pad <http://www.launchpadnola.com> in the beautiful
> city of New Orleans.
> We have about 100 members and 3 shared printers. 2 of them are heavy duty
> machines but our only color printer is a Dell 3115 cn<http://www.dell.com/us/en/enterprise/peripherals/print_3115cn/pd.aspx...>printer and lately it's been getting hot so that anything beyond a color
> logo is too much color for it and the color sticks to the fuser, which is
> hot and essentially glues the paper to the fuser and it gets jammed.
> every.single. time.

> Can anyone recommend an affordable color printer that's not HUGE. To
> replace this machine would be about $1000. I'm not sure if I should replace
> it with the same model (concerned it would have the same issues) or
> something totally different. Ink/toner cost is something to keep in mind.

> Anyway, this machine IS 3 years old, so it's held up remarkably well
> considering. I would say it gets used by about 10 different people each day
> (not the entire community of 100).
> If you are using something you love, I'd love to hear your recommendations!
> Thanks,
> Katy

On Wednesday, October 3, 2012 1:48:09 PM UTC-5, Bill Ries-Knight wrote:

> FWIW, I am a printer tech.

> Have you tried to install a maintenance kit?  the cost is likely $300 to
> $500 to have a tech do it, and you can find one at amazon for less to
> install yourself.  
> http://www.amazon.com/3110CN-3115CN-Maintenance-Includes-310-8730/dp/...  
> This might resolve the immediate issues.

>  I would not go to HP as they have had "hard to maintain" designs in
> recent years.

> I would move over to a Xerox, they have a long history with reliable
> color.  Depending on your needs
> http://shop.xerox.com/shop/office-equipment/multifunctions/workcentre... might
> be ok.  There are others here.  
> http://shop.xerox.com/shop/office-equipment/

> I do not sell anything, I just fix them.

> I suggest you consider how many pages a month (cases/reams per month) and
> double that as your preferred baseline use.

> Bill Ries-Knight

> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 7:18 AM, Launch Pad Katy <ka...@launchpadnola.com<javascript:>
> > wrote:

>> Hi Everyone-
>> My name is Katy and I'm the community manager of an awesome coworking
>> place called Launch Pad <http://www.launchpadnola.com> in the beautiful
>> city of New Orleans.
>> We have about 100 members and 3 shared printers. 2 of them are heavy duty
>> machines but our only color printer is a Dell 3115 cn<http://www.dell.com/us/en/enterprise/peripherals/print_3115cn/pd.aspx...>printer and lately it's been getting hot so that anything beyond a color
>> logo is too much color for it and the color sticks to the fuser, which is
>> hot and essentially glues the paper to the fuser and it gets jammed.
>> every.single. time.

>> Can anyone recommend an affordable color printer that's not HUGE. To
>> replace this machine would be about $1000. I'm not sure if I should replace
>> it with the same model (concerned it would have the same issues) or
>> something totally different. Ink/toner cost is something to keep in mind.

>> Anyway, this machine IS 3 years old, so it's held up remarkably well
>> considering. I would say it gets used by about 10 different people each day
>> (not the entire community of 100).
>> If you are using something you love, I'd love to hear your
>> recommendations!
>> Thanks,
>> Katy

>> --
>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com

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> Bill Ries-Knight
> Stockton, CA

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