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ZX2Fast
Yorktown, IN

Tired of paying for ink? Get a laser printer.

5 star rating

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Pros

    High quality, Cartridges cheaper per page, Network capable, or hook to PC, Built-in network card, Easy memory upgrade

Cons
    A bit hard to set-up if you aren't savvy, HP memory is stupid expensive

NOV
27
2008
I got a great deal on this printer.  Even at its' original price it is still a good deal.  Sure, laser printers cost more upfront and it seems more expensive to keep them running with toner costing $80 or so.  If you feel this way, keep track of how many pages you get per dollar in an inkjet.  Even if you use the high estimate you get from the cartridge package, you still come out ahead with toner.  A laser printer will pay for itself the first time you have to buy toner.  I was getting 35-40 pages from a black ink cartridge if I was lucky.  So far I've gotten 1400 pages out of my black toner, and it still has 25% left in it.  The toner cost $75 compared to $13-15 for the ink cartridge.  You don't even have to do the math to see how much cheaper it is to own a laser printer.  HP makes the most reliable printer today.  The price is good on them to.  If you have a home network, this model will work as a network printer.  You don't even need a print server, it is its' own server.  Set-up can be a bit complicated but you only have to do it once.  A memory upgrade is very easy.  Although, HP wants $600 for a 512mb upgrade memory stick.  I'm not sure how they justify this.  I just bought a DIMM 1gb stick off Ebay for $35 shipped.  It works great, plug-n-play.  I wish the paper tray was bigger but it is big enough I guess.  It prints very crisp images.  Even on cheap paper it can make a picture look good.  It prints at a nice speed for a home printer and even fast enough for a small bussiness.



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