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I have a HP Photosmart 7520 printer. It gets intermittent use, the
problem is it needs sorting almost every time I wish to use it. The cartridges dry, or some other problem develops. I suspect it is not happy with spending quite long periods of time idle. I am seriously considering getting a laser printer, are these as liable to problems through inactivity? If not would someone care to make a recommendation? I would like colour but an associated scanner is not necessary. TIA |
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Broadback wrote:
I am seriously considering getting a laser printer, are these as liable to problems through inactivity? Not at all. If not would someone care to make a recommendation? I would like colour I'll pass, because I decided a smaller mono laser would fit my needs better than the larger colour ones (If I need colour/duplex I'll have to drag the monster Epson C2000 out of hiding) |
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On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 09:38:56 +0100, Broadback
wrote: I have a HP Photosmart 7520 printer. It gets intermittent use, the problem is it needs sorting almost every time I wish to use it. The cartridges dry, or some other problem develops. I suspect it is not happy with spending quite long periods of time idle. I think that can be the case, some more that others. I am seriously considering getting a laser printer, are these as liable to problems through inactivity? Not typically. If not would someone care to make a recommendation? I think it's partly down to budget. Like many similar things often the cheapest units have the most expensive consumables (eased if you can get aftermarket carts or quality refills). I would like colour but an associated scanner is not necessary. TIA I'm currently running a Ricoh SP C252SF but I was given it s/h. It's colour, full duplex and networked, the most important things for me. It also has a networkable scanner with auto doc feeder but I generally only use it for single pages. It's on all the time but sleeps within 5 mins and then only draws a few watts. It was replaced with an HP SOHO MF colour laser and he is equally happy with that. Cheers, T i m |
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On Wednesday, 18 July 2018 09:38:59 UTC+1, Broadback wrote:
I have a HP Photosmart 7520 printer. It gets intermittent use, the problem is it needs sorting almost every time I wish to use it. The cartridges dry, or some other problem develops. I suspect it is not happy with spending quite long periods of time idle. I am seriously considering getting a laser printer, are these as liable to problems through inactivity? If not would someone care to make a recommendation? I would like colour but an associated scanner is not necessary. TIA No-one should be buying inkjets now. Get a laser. They don't care how long they sit around for. NT |
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On 18/07/2018 09:38, Broadback wrote:
I have a HP Photosmart 7520 printer. It gets intermittent use, the problem is it needs sorting almost every time I wish to use it. The cartridges dry, or some other problem develops. I suspect it is not happy with spending quite long periods of time idle. I am seriously How long do you leave it between uses? I have a Canon A3 ix6550 that gets used every month or so to print posters and it survives the odd month where nothing gets printed at all. I have one of the Canon A4 all in ones that uses the same cartridge series and also behaves OK. I also have a Dell 1320C A4 colour laser which cost me around £100 new and in its day was the closest to photoreal quality colour at an affordable price. I now use third party cartridges in it. It is generally the workhorse although it is now getting a bit worn out. considering getting a laser printer, are these as liable to problems through inactivity? If not would someone care to make a recommendation? I would like colour but an associated scanner is not necessary. TIA What sort of things do you want to print? If you mostly want to print photographs then you need a fairly good laser to be OK - read up the reviews to see which ones come recommended. A laser will stand being left almost indefinitely without printing anything and still work. Inkjets waste a fair amount of ink cleaning themselves if you allow them a long gap between uses. Read the reviews to see which best matches your printing requirements - cost of consumables may not be an issue for you if your printing requirements are very light. It is a big factor for me. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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Broadback wrote:
No personal experience, but this: http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/printers/all-in-one-printers/1404312/dell-h825cdw-review-can-this-laser-live-up-to-todays-inkjets seems to be reviewed as a good compromise. Chris -- Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK Plant amazing Acers. |
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On 18/07/2018 10:27, Chris J Dixon wrote:
Broadback wrote: No personal experience, but this: http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/printers/all-in-one-printers/1404312/dell-h825cdw-review-can-this-laser-live-up-to-todays-inkjets seems to be reviewed as a good compromise. Seems Dell still use decent colour print engines in their products. You can probably find a simpler printer only model for less money. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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I have a HP Photosmart 7520 printer. It gets intermittent use, the problem is it needs sorting almost every time I wish to use it. The cartridges dry, or some other problem develops. I suspect it is not happy with spending quite long periods of time idle. I am seriously considering getting a laser printer, are these as liable to problems through inactivity? If not would someone care to make a recommendation? I would like colour but an associated scanner is not necessary. TIA 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 have an old ex-office HP4000N with all of the accessories, including duplexer so it can print both sides. I have had it 10 or 15 years and it has given me problem free service all of that time. |
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On 18/07/2018 09:38, Broadback wrote:
I have a HP Photosmart 7520 printer. It gets intermittent use, the problem is it needs sorting almost every time I wish to use it. The cartridges dry, or some other problem develops. I suspect it is not happy with spending quite long periods of time idle. I am seriously considering getting a laser printer, are these as liable to problems through inactivity? They tend to be much better in this respect. If not would someone care to make a recommendation? I would like colour but an associated scanner is not necessary. TIA Budget? Does it need to be networked? Duplex? Howw many pages / month typically? -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On 18/07/2018 09:38, Broadback wrote:
I am seriously considering getting a laser printer, are these as liable to problems through inactivity? Nope lasers should be fine almost with even vast time gaps between prints . You do not need a photo realistic one just get one that does text and 'blocky' colour for documents. Anything you need to be photo-realistic take to a print shop in town they generally have MUCH better quality printers than you could ever reasonably need at home and use these, to print out your 'keepsies'. Of course this all depends, on how far away/how complicated to get to, your local print shop is, but generally the need, for photo-realistic prints does not sneak up on you so it might be in order to plan a dedicated trip into town |
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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. 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. -- *Even a blind pig stumbles across an acorn now and again * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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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. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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Dave Plowman wrote: I bought a cheap momo laser. Samsung. [...] the actual print quality was only so so. More grey than black. And I tried all the settings. Mine's basically a bottom of the range Samsung M2026W, about the size of a shoe-box, lives on a bookshelf, fairly light use, but no problems. |
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Dave Plowman wrote: I bought a cheap momo laser. Samsung. [...] the actual print quality was only so so. More grey than black. And I tried all the settings. Mine's basically a bottom of the range Samsung M2026W, about the size of a shoe-box, lives on a bookshelf, fairly light use, but no problems. I've had a couple of cheap Samsung mono lasers, and they have seemed OK. I only changed when a new one with more features cost little more than a toner refill. (1) (1) Yes, I know a new printer doesn't have a full charge of toner. Chris -- Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK Plant amazing Acers. |
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writes On 18/07/2018 10:12, wrote: No-one should be buying inkjets now. Get a laser. They don't care how long they sit around for. It all depends on what you are doing with the colour. If it's just blocks of colour on a document then laser. if its photographic quality then an inkjet is probably gives lot better results for the cost of running. I can't say I've noticed much difference having moved entirely from inkjets to lasers. Both the low end colour lasers (Dell and HP) produce acceptable photos to hand round to the family. As I have probably posted before, the Dell is a free replacement for one that had a paper jam that couldn't be cleared by the owner, me or Dell. It has been fine here since the owner gave it to me. I'd love to hear if anyone who has an HP like mine with its 3D scanner has got the scanner to do anything interesting. Beware of using some coated paper in a laser printer. The high temperatures can mess with the drum when the coating melts (at least I thinkk that's what did for my antique ex-office laser). -- Bill |
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Chris J Dixon wrote:
I've had a couple of cheap Samsung mono lasers I wasn't aware that Samsung had ditched their printer business onto HP https://www8.hp.com/uk/en/printers/samsung.html |
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On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 16:25:34 +0100, Andy Burns
wrote: Chris J Dixon wrote: I've had a couple of cheap Samsung mono lasers I wasn't aware that Samsung had ditched their printer business onto HP https://www8.hp.com/uk/en/printers/samsung.html It was funny years ago when people swore by HP lasers and wouldn't have a Canon. ;-) Or offices that only buy Olivetti when the installer has a bag of badges. ;-) Or buy a VW Sharan because of the 'German engineering' (but actually made in Portugal) and wouldn't drive a Ford Galaxy or Seat Alhambra. ;-) Or me being happy with my old Rover 218SD that was a Peugeot powed Honda Concerto. ;-) Cheers, T i m |
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wrote: On Wednesday, 18 July 2018 09:38:59 UTC+1, Broadback wrote: I have a HP Photosmart 7520 printer. It gets intermittent use, the problem is it needs sorting almost every time I wish to use it. The cartridges dry, or some other problem develops. I suspect it is not happy with spending quite long periods of time idle. I am seriously considering getting a laser printer, are these as liable to problems through inactivity? If not would someone care to make a recommendation? I would like colour but an associated scanner is not necessary. TIA No-one should be buying inkjets now. Get a laser. They don't care how long they sit around for. Interstingly, Epson no longer make laser printers. Instead they have inkjets which can take tanks of ink rathern than tiny cartridges. I have a number of printers, the main one is an A3 colour laser, no 2 is aan A4 mono laser. I've also got an A3 colour photo quality inkjet which is now very rarely used a portable inkjet which can accompany my laptop, -- from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
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On 18/07/2018 16:25, Andy Burns wrote:
Chris J Dixon wrote: I've had a couple of cheap Samsung mono lasers I wasn't aware that Samsung had ditched their printer business onto HP https://www8.hp.com/uk/en/printers/samsung.html Didn't HP use Brother laser print engines? -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 17:28:32 +0100, alan_m
wrote: On 18/07/2018 16:25, Andy Burns wrote: Chris J Dixon wrote: I've had a couple of cheap Samsung mono lasers I wasn't aware that Samsung had ditched their printer business onto HP https://www8.hp.com/uk/en/printers/samsung.html Didn't HP use Brother laser print engines? Canon, mostly AFAIK. Initially Canon built the 'engines', shipped them to HP who then cased them, boxed them up and shipped them out in their own trucks. Then Canon cased them and boxed them (and may have also shipped them to the distributors). Cheers, T i m |
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On 18/07/2018 09:38, Broadback wrote:
I have a HP Photosmart 7520 printer. It gets intermittent use, the problem is it needs sorting almost every time I wish to use it. The cartridges dry, or some other problem develops. I suspect it is not happy with spending quite long periods of time idle. I am seriously considering getting a laser printer, are these as liable to problems through inactivity? If not would someone care to make a recommendation? I would like colour but an associated scanner is not necessary. TIA No brainer, I have a Lexmark CS410DN (duplex, networked) and it has been fine. Not too bad at all for photos, especially if you laminate them (although there is some sort of problem printing photos in Word documents). Had a Dell before that, also good until the input circuitry died so I've gone off them a bit. |
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I have a number of printers, the main one is an A3 colour laser, no 2 is aan A4 mono laser. I've also got an A3 colour photo quality inkjet which is now very rarely used a portable inkjet which can accompany my laptop, I have the HP4000N, then 2x low end colour lasers, all were free a good home. To be fair, in all the time I have had the colour lasers, I not really used them in earnest. I make occasional use of the HP400N and other than the original cartridge running out, needing replacement and fitting some new pick up rollers, it has never let me down. |
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Martin Brown wrote: 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. The Samsung I had was very definitely built down to a price for domestic use. Reason I fancied it was it wasn't any bigger than an inkjet, when most were. -- *"I am " is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 17:28:32 +0100, alan_m wrote:
On 18/07/2018 16:25, Andy Burns wrote: Chris J Dixon wrote: I've had a couple of cheap Samsung mono lasers I wasn't aware that Samsung had ditched their printer business onto HP https://www8.hp.com/uk/en/printers/samsung.html Didn't HP use Brother laser print engines? The earlier ones were definitely Canon. I still use my 1993 LJ4M+. -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On 18/07/2018 10:48, alan_m wrote:
On 18/07/2018 10:12, wrote: No-one should be buying inkjets now. Get a laser. They don't care how long they sit around for. It all depends on what you are doing with the colour. If it's just blocks of colour on a document then laser. if its photographic quality then an inkjet is probably gives lot better results for the cost of running. I've given up on inkjets, they have always dried and clogged by the next time I need them. I use a colour laser printer for everything. For the few photos I need printing in good quality (for giving to relatives or school), I just get them printed on a commercial, pay per print machine. Alternatively, have a colour laser printer for general use and a cheap dye sublimation printer for the odd photo. SteveW |
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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. 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. I had a small Samsung Mono Laser printer. The cartridges in my previous colour laser printer ran out and, as I was out of work and short of money, a mono laser on a clearance offer for £25 seemed a good deal. That printer is still in use by my son to avoid coming downstairs to the main printer - it must be 12 to 15 years old now! SteveW |
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On 18/07/2018 14:33, soup wrote:
Â* Of course this all depends, on how far away/how complicated to get to, your local print shop is, but generally the need, for photo-realistic prints does not sneak up on you so it might be in order to plan a dedicated trip into town Or use one of the on-line services where you download their software, upload the image, select the size you want (original image dependent), glossy or matt paper and a few options such as borderless. You have to factor in postage charges for a one off. I've used Aldi Photos who are probably just a re-seller of some centralised photo processing company for a number of 30" x 20" prints (£5 + pp) A 6" x 4" print starts at 5p. http://www.aldiphotos.co.uk/ -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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On 19/07/2018 08:08, alan_m wrote:
On 18/07/2018 14:33, soup wrote: Â* Of course this all depends, on how far away/how complicated to get to, your local print shop is, but generally the need, for photo-realistic prints does not sneak up on you so it might be in order to plan a dedicated trip into town Or use one of the on-line services where you download their software, upload the image, select the size you want (original image dependent), glossy or matt paper and a few options such as borderless.Â* You have to factor in postage charges for a one off. I've used Aldi Photos who are probably just a re-seller of some centralised photo processing company for a number of 30" x 20" prints (£5 + pp)Â* A 6" xÂ* 4" print starts at 5p. http://www.aldiphotos.co.uk/ Aldi have keen prices too. I use Jessops who print on Fuji crystal archive paper and can vouch for their light stability. Prints done 12 years ago and in filtered daylight for the entire period have survived whereas inkjet prints in the same display have faded even though they were done on Canon's most expensive paper and ink system at the time. The dyes that absorb blue light essentially fade to nothing leaving a ghostly red/yellow tinged pale pastel image with almost no blue remaining. Jessops prices are now quite a bit higher (although they are still doing prints on Fuji CA). https://photo.jessops.com/product/photo-prints/ -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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On 18/07/2018 18:00, newshound wrote:
On 18/07/2018 09:38, Broadback wrote: I have a HP Photosmart 7520 printer. It gets intermittent use, the problem is it needs sorting almost every time I wish to use it. The cartridges dry, or some other problem develops. I suspect it is not happy with spending quite long periods of time idle. I am seriously considering getting a laser printer, are these as liable to problems through inactivity? If not would someone care to make a recommendation? I would like colour but an associated scanner is not necessary. TIA No brainer, I have a Lexmark CS410DN (duplex, networked) and it has been fine. Not too bad at all for photos, especially if you laminate them (although there is some sort of problem printing photos in Word documents). ? can't say I have noticed a problem with photos in Word documents. Have had problems drawing circles programmatically in Excel though - it turns out the poor circle gets kerned by the font metrics and ends up oval unless you use a fixed width teletype style font! Had a Dell before that, also good until the input circuitry died so I've gone off them a bit. The best inkjets will blow away a colour laser but the ink stability longer term isn't fantastic. Long term display boards I prefer Fuji crystal archive prints. My inkjet printed posters on normal paper are visibly faded after 2-3 weeks under glass or perspex outdoors in full sunlight. Laser printed ones survive all conditions and the ink doesn't run if rain gets in. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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Martin Brown wrote: My inkjet printed posters on normal paper are visibly faded after 2-3 weeks under glass or perspex outdoors in full sunlight. Laser printed ones survive all conditions and the ink doesn't run if rain gets in. Early inkjet ink seemed to suffer from both of those. My current ink jet is an order of magnitude better. And doesn't clog up anything like as quickly. Seems OK only used once a month or so. -- *There's two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither one works * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On 18/07/2018 09:38, Broadback wrote:
I have a HP Photosmart 7520 printer. It gets intermittent use, the problem is it needs sorting almost every time I wish to use it. The cartridges dry, or some other problem develops. I suspect it is not happy with spending quite long periods of time idle. I am seriously considering getting a laser printer, are these as liable to problems through inactivity? If not would someone care to make a recommendation? I would like colour but an associated scanner is not necessary. TIA Kyocera I have a mono at work and colour at home. Toner cartridges are cheap as chips (aftermarket ones) Downside... Only that colour LASER printers are pretty big and lasers in general can be a bit of a Chinese puzzle to find your way into the murky depths to resolve a paper jam but YouTube has come to my assistance a couple of times although even with cheap thin paper I use at work jams are few and far between. |
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On 19/07/2018 11:08, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , Martin Brown wrote: My inkjet printed posters on normal paper are visibly faded after 2-3 weeks under glass or perspex outdoors in full sunlight. Laser printed ones survive all conditions and the ink doesn't run if rain gets in. Early inkjet ink seemed to suffer from both of those. My current ink jet is an order of magnitude better. And doesn't clog up anything like as quickly. Seems OK only used once a month or so. +1 Although even today the inks are nowhere near as stable as the gold standard of Cibachrome or Fuji Crystal Archive (which are pretty much indestructible in very harsh conditions for a long time). -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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On 19/07/2018 11:25, www.GymRatZ.co.uk wrote:
On 18/07/2018 09:38, Broadback wrote: I have a HP Photosmart 7520 printer. It gets intermittent use, the problem is it needs sorting almost every time I wish to use it. The cartridges dry, or some other problem develops. I suspect it is not happy with spending quite long periods of time idle. I am seriously considering getting a laser printer, are these as liable to problems through inactivity? If not would someone care to make a recommendation? I would like colour but an associated scanner is not necessary. TIA Kyocera I have a mono at work and colour at home. Toner cartridges are cheap as chips (aftermarket ones) Downside... Only that colour LASER printers are pretty big and lasers in general can be a bit of a Chinese puzzle to find your way into the murky depths to resolve a paper jam but YouTube has come to my assistance a couple of times although even with cheap thin paper I use at work jams are few and far between. Thank you all for the suggestions and pointers. In th end I went for the Samsung Mx301. Apart from lack of information on removing all the rubbish it was easy to install. I am pleased with the print quality. |
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