On 18/07/2018 14:40, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Laser printers can just sit unused for month years, they cannot dry up
like an inkjet. They use a superfine 'plastic' dust, which is set on
the paper by heated rollers.

You can now get cheap colour desktop lasers for not a lot, or there are
plenty of more capable office lasers given away on the likes of
freegle, when offices upgrade - especialy B&W ones.

I bought a cheap momo laser. Samsung. Think it was a special offer from
CPC some years ago. Despite not much use (the reason for buying it) it
broke. Could have paid for quite a few non genuine ink cartridges for my
inkjet for the cost. And the actual print quality was only so so. More
grey than black. And I tried all the settings.

You may have just been unlucky. I have a Samsung ML-2550 Duplex laser
printer ex Morgan Computers remaindered. It is an ugly brute intended
for a busy office but has survived almost two decades of my abuse.

It clanks a bit these days when printing but is fine for monochrome.

So like with so much else, it might be worth paying extra for quality. Or
a decent used office machine if you have the space.

+1

Consumer printers these days are seen by the makers as a necessary evil
to sell the expensive consumables. Office ones are built to last.

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Regards,
Martin Brown