Bob Eager wrote:
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:31:00 UTC, Tim Lamb
wrote:

I have been looking for a cheap printer to replace the gummed up inkjet
my wife used to use before we bought her a laptop. I now get irregular
e-mails requesting that such and such letter/recipe/birth/marriage/death
etc. attachment should be printed on the office m/c.

I don't leave my PC switched on so networking won't work and she works
at the other end of the house so picking up copy is inconvenient.

I confidently expected dot matrix printers to be dirt cheap by now and
half promised one as a birthday pressie. 150ukp they must be joking!

To be expected. They are now a low volume, specialist market (used only
when one wants multipart output, etc.)

For 70ukp I can get an entry level laser inc. usb cable. Is there
something I should know?

I bought a Samsung for about 85 quid a couple of years ago (reduced from
160). I really bought it because it could do scanning and photocopying
too, but occasionally print on it. Probably equivalent now to the basic
model you're looking at. Seems fine but consumables are a little
expensive...that's the area to research.

What's wrong with a cheapo inkket?

Blocked nozzles.
Smears if new prints are handled before drying - or if old prints get
even slightly damp.
Slower than laser.
More expensive per page.
Generally need slightly better paper than lasers.

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