OT: Colour laser printer for domestic use

Tim+ · 2021-10-12T11:44:28+00:00

Getting very fed up with our jet ink printers, we just don?t do enoughcolour printing to avoid cartridges gumming occasionally. My B/W laser isdead reliable.Could I expect similar reliability from a laser colour printer?I don?t need photographic quality (although that would be nice) and wouldprefer something which doesn?t cost an arm and a leg for consumables. Itwouldn?t be seeing heavy use.Any recommendations?Tim

Oct 12, 2021 Last reply: 5 years ago 25 Replies

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Tim Streater 5 years ago

Alternative suggestion: spend a bit more on an ink-jet. After our 4th or so ink-jet blew its power supply, and after having printers that ate through their ink cartridges, we spent rather more for a canon G6000, prolly £300. It has refillable ink tanks. After a year not only are we still using the ink we filled it with originally, that came with the printer, but about 2/3 of it is still left. So one fill should last well over two years.

Just turned it on to check the ink levels, and also notice that it doesn't spend much time making lots of mechanical noises every time I turn it on.

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Dave W 5 years ago

Be patient and keep a lookout for Freecycle offerings. I have 4 lasers, all from there. Two of them are colour - one not very good but the latest is an HP Laserjet Pro 200 which is fine, even for photos, althought the overall shade isn't as good as my Epson inkjet.

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Brian Gaff (Sofa 5 years ago

To me unless you do need one, black and white is the way to go. I've never been a fan of colour lasers, too many have low amounts of the toner for the colours or lose their image registration as the black and whit bit seems to get used more.

HP used to be about the best. Brian

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charles 5 years ago

I've had colour laser printers for many, many years. I've not had the problems you describe, but I've tended to buy business quality machines.

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critcher 5 years ago

HP use cartridges with the print head a part of it, this means a new head for every new cartridge. The only time they cause a problem is when the cartridge is on empty.

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