Posted by Mike Photon on 6/27/06 1:55pm
Msg #128951

Brother HL-5250DNT G/B/U?

Any better alternative which doesn't cost significantly more?
I kinda liked the speed and dual tray of 5250DNT. Any drawbacks I should be aware of?

Reply by Cherilyn_CO on 6/27/06 2:09pm
Msg #128953

Sweet Printer....

very fast. The only thing is that you can't (at least I don't think you can) refill the toner. Other than that, it's been worth its weight in gold. I paid 285.00 for mine.

Reply by Jersey_Boy on 6/27/06 2:10pm
Msg #128954

I've been using the 5250 without the dual tray... I use the manual tray for letter and the regular tray for legal.

It's fast... about 30 ppm.

Toner's a little expensive for a new cartridge, but I have about 10 cartridges that I am in the process of refilling and rotating.

I have no complaints about this printer... it's been very good to me so far.

Reply by Jersey_Boy on 6/27/06 2:11pm
Msg #128956

refill

you can refill... about $14 bucks a refill.

Reply by Joan_OH on 6/27/06 2:21pm
Msg #128960

Look at the HP 4100

You can get a used one on ebay for about $200 and the 2nd tray for about $50. You can also get a 2 year warranty through square-trade of a couple of bucks.. All told, I spent under $300 for a commercial printer (HP 4100) with 2 trays, with warranty, only 12000 pages printed (rated for 150,000 a month making this a basically new printer).

This is a heavy duty HP that prints 25-29 pages per minute. I get remanufactured toners rated for $10,000 pages for $31 each, free shipping.

You can't beat this set up. Cheap toner, heavy duty printer.

Joan-OH

Reply by Ndwa on 6/27/06 3:48pm
Msg #128980

Re: Look at the HP 4100

I think it's tough to get one at that price now a day. They were sort of surplus last year when companies upgraded to the 4200 series. HP printers really are work horses. I saw some on Ebay with over 400K pages printed.

Reply by Joan_OH on 6/28/06 10:01am
Msg #129222

Re: Look at the HP 4100

Actually Andy, I just bought one about 2 weeks ago. Total was under $300 including Printer (-12,000 Pages printed), 2nd 500 page tray, shipping and 2 year Ebay warranty. Six months ago I bought the same set up for just over $300. You have to know what you are looking for, but it can be found.

I like this printer almost as much as my HP 4200.

Joan-OH

Reply by Joan_OH on 6/27/06 2:25pm
Msg #128963

consider this when looking at the Brother printers...

You have to consider your operating expenses for any printer. I'm not sure of this Brother, but a lot of them have a drum that needs to be replaced occasionally. It is not a cheap part and when it goes, you HAVE to buy a new one. The HP B/W laser has the drum built into the toner cartridge. It is replaced everytime you replace toner.

Joan-OH

Reply by PA_Notary_II on 6/27/06 2:29pm
Msg #128965

Re: Brother printers...I have a 5170 DNLT..

with a dual tray and I love it. It will also print in duplex and I've had a few packsges that printed the DOT on both sides. I get the toner cartridges refilled and recon'd for about $30
a shot.

Reply by Mike Photon on 6/27/06 4:35pm
Msg #128996

One more model

Any opinion on Brother MFC-7820N 5-in-1?
Slightly more costlier but has all the functions you need in one machine.

Reply by thnotary_NY on 6/27/06 5:01pm
Msg #129008

Re: One more model

Just a silly question, if the fax or scanner goes to the shop, can you leave the printer at home.?

Reply by PA_Notary_II on 6/27/06 6:37pm
Msg #129048

Re: One more model

I agree...I would never buy an all in one machine because if one goes, they all go.

Reply by Stamper_WI on 6/27/06 6:56pm
Msg #129050

Brother MFC 8220

Love it. It has an auto feed for scanning doc's into the computer. I use online fax so this was imprtant to me. Also for scaning signed doc's to convert to adobe to email back. Printing doc's is very fast!
I just refilled the toner myself for the first time and found it very easy to do. I have about 5 used cartridges saves in the closet.
The only trouble I have has is when it is humid, but this is common in all office machines. I bought it from Office Depot with a rebate.

Reply by CMSNJ on 6/27/06 8:25pm
Msg #129088

Re: Brother MFC 8220

I bought one b4 Christmas and i love it. I was just looking for toner today and I noticed that Provantage had a pretty good price on it. They are great for toners and whatnots too.
http://www.provantage.com/brother-hl-5250dnt~7BRTL01X.htm