Compact colour laser?

T i m · 2019-02-02T11:24:45+00:00

Hi all,I'm possibly looking out for a compact colour laser printer and havesome requirements (sort of in order of importance).1) Reasonably compact, height being the least important.2) No 'sticky out' paper input or output trays or guides (to getkicked off, as the printer will be on the bottom shelf of one of thosemetal PC workstations).3) Networkable (WiFi at least).4) Reliable.5) Reasonably cheap replacement carts.'Cherries on the cake' would be auto duplex printing and Air / Androidprint.And all of that at the least possible TCO of course andrecommendations ideally from personal experience.Cheers, T i mp.s. They got a tiny HP B/W laser and a separate HP scanner becausethe all-in-one lasers are often pretty big or have sticky out papertrays (and you have all yer eggs in one basket etc).p.p.s. I didn't need to mention that they will be primarily printingfrom Windows (as every, even GDI printers support that) but they alsohave the option of Linux (dual boot) and so support for that could behandy in an emergency etc.

Feb 02, 2019 Last reply: 6 years ago 40 Replies

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We had a thread in February about recommending "T i m" a colour laser printer. A quick update.

I suggested the Brother HL-L8260CDW (~GBP100 after cashback) because it doesn't have toner DRM, so there are no protection chips in the cartridges. However you need a plastic 'toner reset wheel', as described here:

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An update to the situation. My Brother has run out of toner and I've attempted the reset procedure. Because I'm a cheapskate, I didn't buy from the above supplier but from Aliexpress:

"(ACC-TN436) flag gear for brother TN416 TN426 TN436 HL-L8360CDW HL-L8260CDW HL-L8360CDWT HL-L9310CDW BKCMY 9K reset lever gear"

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It turned out this was the right shape and everything, but it was too long. Possibly because I was trying to reset a TN431 cartridge and this is for a high-capacity TN436.

Anyway, it was a bit moot because I simply bought a set of four toner cartridges for GBP36.50 and they're a straight swap - cleaner and easier than messing with reset wheels:

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Now at 3,200 pages and it's been pretty flawless.

Theo