Posted by Patricia Copper on 8/6/09 5:22pm
Msg #299056

Printer

What is a good printer? I have two but neither seem to be efficient.
They jam and heat up with 100+ copies.

Reply by Frank/NC on 8/6/09 5:26pm
Msg #299058

My choice has always been the HP printers. Dual tray printers will pay for themselves over time in that you will be buying far less legal size paper. The HP 2015, 2035 and 2055 all come with dual tray availability. HP tech support also has worked well for me whenever I had a problem.

Reply by Ilene C. Seidel on 8/7/09 8:12am
Msg #299110

I agree with using HP never had a problem have two dual trays one in office very old its like old faithful and theres a dual in my car an HP 1520

Reply by jba/fl on 8/6/09 5:27pm
Msg #299059

HP and Brother are the two most commonly used by most here. Depends on what you want to spend, whether refills are within your budget guidelines. I have 2 Brothers, love them and find the toner costs acceptable to me. I've had good luck with them - am on my second set of printers in 7+ years.

Reply by Patricia Copper on 8/6/09 5:43pm
Msg #299060

Thanks for your help.

Reply by FeliseSoCal on 8/6/09 6:07pm
Msg #299062

I recently purchased a brother 5370 DWT ...

I recently purchased a brother 5370 DWT after much research. So far so good. It's a dual tray that prints both 8 1/2 x 11 and 8 1/2 x 14 simultaneously. It sorts by paper size, which is what I really needed. I only paid $249 at Staples online and you can purchase an 8000 page yield cartridge for about $85, which is very cost effective for this type of work. It is a bit noisy, but so far that's the only drawback. It prints about 32 pages a minute. Good luck!

Reply by Linda Juenger on 8/6/09 7:05pm
Msg #299068

Re: I recently purchased a brother 5370 DWT ...

Look around in your area for a place that refurbishes printers. I got such a deal on 2 HP 4100's. I paid $45 each for them and they both are dual trays. The 1st one I had lasted for almost 4 years with not one problem. They are awesome printers and a workhorses. No drums to replace like the Brother printers. The drum is built in the cartridge, so everytime you put a new toner cartridge in, it is basically a new printer. Ebay has quite a few of them very reasonable.

Reply by FeliseSoCal on 8/6/09 7:42pm
Msg #299075

Re: I recently purchased a brother 5370 DWT ...

I think I looked into the HP 4100's refurbished but they didn't support Vista OS. Good deals though.

Reply by taxpro on 8/6/09 7:49pm
Msg #299077

I have a HP 4050 TN dual tray laser printer. It's old, by industry standards, but it works great. It has two trays, so I can keep letter and legal paper loaded at the same time. It will select from whatever tray, according to the size of paper needed. I'm not sure if this printer is still sold, but anything with this model number or higher, with dual trays, should be good. Be sure you get a dual tray printer. It will save you in the long run.

Reply by Larry/IL on 8/7/09 8:15am
Msg #299112

Re: Printer- HP Toner?

I have used a Brother 8460N for about 4 years without any problems. 7,000 yield cartridge is approx $70 I have been refilling my own with very good results. In the 4 years I have only changed the drum once, even though I got the end of drum message and kept printing with good quality for almost a year after. I have been thinking of buying a new printer and never considered an HP can someone comment on cost of toner changes and is anyone refilling their own?
TIA

Reply by Patricia Copper on 8/12/09 9:21am
Msg #299596

Thanks for all your help. I will do some research and make a selection soon.
I appreciate your replies.