Ken Thanks for the feedback
Paul -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Dibble Sent: 17 January 2018 17:18 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NF] Printer brands >I am having ongoing problems with my Lexmark X543 multifunction colour >laser printer (with automatic duplex). It seems that it would be >uneconomic to repair so I am looking for a replacement. So far I have >shortlisted three models from three different manufacturers - HP, >Brother and OKI. I am tempted by the OKI >(MC562dnw) because it is shipped with 2K toners and has a free 3 year >on-site warranty. Has anybody had experience (good or bad) with >printers from this manufacturer? We have used Brother printers exclusively here for well over a decade and we've been very happy with them. Brother color laser printers can be quite expensive to operate, because you need four toner cartridges (@ US $50 to $60) to provision the printer. Brother high-capacity color laser printers themselves are fairly expensive as well (around US $400-$600). Unlike black & white laser printers, though, it can be cost-effective to replace the color laser drum (around US $150) when it wears out. We limit use of the color laser printers here to small runs (100 copies or fewer); for larger runs people use the printer to generate an original and we have a color copier to make the copies. When people follow that rule, the drums last for several years and the toner consumption is acceptable. Beyond that, the main issue I have with color printers generally is the help desk support; people have to realize that they have to calibrate their software if they expect documents to come out of the printer with the same colors they see on their monitors, and they also have to understand that the ony real way to get a truly "professional" result is to create a PDF and send it off to an actual print shop. HTH. Ken Dibble www.stic-cil.org [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/by2pr0201mb17977404566ce188ebc87140a1...@by2pr0201mb1797.namprd02.prod.outlook.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
