We did a lot of research and finally leased a Canon 1150 Color Laser.
It's a 5 year lease and I think the lease is about $200 a month plus 15
cents per copy. The volume we are printing works out to about 20 cents a
page compared to over a dollar a page at Kinko's. I like it quite well,
it's a pleasure to use it. We also have a Savin 2105 for high volume
black and white printing - costs about eight tenths of a cent per page and
it will print on both sides of the paper, collate, punch, staple, get you a
beer etc. Ok I lied about the beer part. Then we have comb binding
system so you can print out all those manuals that come on CD and bind them
up nicely. Huge printed reports are our product here so we have quite a
printing plant. We also have four Canon ImageRunner 600 printers and
about 20 HP printers of various size, mostly 4000 and 8000. This is
printer heaven......
Les Bessant
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Well, with the HP, in addition to toner, you have to buy drums, fuser kits
and transfer kits. These are not cheap, and our own staff have to change
them (a hidden cost...). With the copier, we pay a per copy charge which
covers maintenance, support, and consumables other than toner. This cost is
less than our rough calculation of the cost of the non-toner costs of
running the HP, and the toner is also cheaper (I don't have figures for
that, as I don't deal with buying consumables these days).
The only thing our staff have to change is toner, which is definitely a
Good Thing. The innards of the HP get very messy over time, and changing
parts is not a pleasant job (not that I do it myself, but I'm being nice to
users this week[1]).
The improved speed and paper handling are also useful - and the print
quality is in a different class altogether. Add the onboard Firey RIP,
which (amongst other things) allows documents to be stored on the printer
and reprinted on demand without having to re-render them, and you have a
very nice package.
[1] I'll probably get over it soon[2]
[2] Hi Sherry!
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-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 2:38 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Kinda OT, kinda not I guess!
When you guys are talking "cheaper to run", do you mean lower toner cost,
no print drum to replace, no fuser kits? Things like that?
-----Original Message-----
From: Les Bessant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 9:36 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Kinda OT, kinda not I guess!
Indeed. We have an HP 4500. Not bad, but not fast enough for the
surges of demand we get.
We now have a Toshiba 15i. The print quality is superb, and it really
does produce 15 prints per minute. Expensive to buy, but cheaper to
run than the HP....
Les Bessant mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ray Zorz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 2:23 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Kinda OT, kinda not I guess!
I've got an HP 8500 - runs ok, seems kinda expensive to run, although
I guess that's relative.
Frankly, if the volume was high I'd be looking into a networked color
copier.
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 6:17 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Kinda OT, kinda not I guess!
I'd like to look into getting a new color printer for our office. We
currently use an HP Color Laserjet 5. I won't bore you with my
opinions of
this printer. Any fast, high quality color printers anyone can
recommend?
Eric
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