Hewlett Packard HP 1000 Review

The laser printer HP 1000 was great- at first. It was a reliable printer with very good quality prints, printed reasonably fast and I was able to purchase it at a very reasonable price of I think somewhere around $160.00.  I was able to purchase cartridges and refill them myself with no problem to reap a huge savings on ink. I had no problem using these refilled cartridges with this printer. Then all of a sudden after several years of printing with moderate frequency and volume at home, in the middle of printing a large document there was a loud screaching noise and I haven't been able to use it since. I think one of the rollers must be damaged but I am not convinced that it is worth the cost of having it fixed versus buying a new one. HP printers are probably among the better printers on the market, but they are so common that I can't say that I could compare it to another brand since my other printer is also an HP (inkjet). I don't recall my exact date of purchase, but my estimate is that the printer lasted around 5 years. I have no way of knowing whether that's a decent life for a laser printer, but my guess is that its somewhat shorter than I should have expected given the amount of use. So my final cost was something like $30.00 per printer year.