Posted by Carol Flinn on 9/3/12 10:06am
Msg #432900

Help Finding a Dual Tray Laser Printer

I'm going crazy trying to find a dual tray laser printer. All of the models listed on this site but the HL 5370WT are discontinued and when I search for dual tray printers, nothing comes up. I've spoken to HP and Brother and they are not aware of any printers that will automatically sense the correct paper size and print the document. HP says even the 5370 WT will not. I see where others purchased models they thought would work and don't. They told me to look for duplexing, not dual tray. I already purchased one printer that has duplexing but does not have two trays and will not print my documents. Help. Does anyone have a dual tray they recently purchased and love or how am I supposed to search and find a dual tray? And is the auto sensing in the printer or the software? Feeling really stupid now, but when the printer manufactures don't know, I feel less stupid. Thanks for any help.

Reply by Shoshana/AZ on 9/3/12 10:28am
Msg #432903

Just because a model is discontinued, does not mean that you can't find it. I would check EBay and Amazon. Extra trays are also available online. Recently, someone mentioned orionmarket.com . Duplexing means that it will print on both sides of a sheet of paper. You have already found out that it's different from dual tray. I have an HP 1320 and an HP 2015d. I think both are excellent. My computer guy thinks that the 2015 is the better of the two.

Reply by BestFlCloser on 9/3/12 10:44am
Msg #432907

Take a look at Lexmark Lasers Printers n/m

Reply by Linda Juenger on 9/3/12 10:52am
Msg #432908

>I've spoken to HP and Brother and they are not aware of any printers that will automatically sense the correct paper size and print the document>

It is the computer you have to set up to select the correct paper size, not the printer per se. You rarely can buy a dual tray printer. You buy a printer that comes with 1 tray and you buy ANOTHER tray for it, thus making it a dual tray. Some, but few, come with 2 trays. You buy them separate.

I just looked on ebay last week and there are some HP 4100's that have 2 trays. These are awesome printers. HP is the far more quality printer.

Reply by Carol Flinn on 9/3/12 2:53pm
Msg #432937

Thanks Linda, but how the heck do you know if you can add a second tray to the printer? The dang tech support can't even answer that for me.

Thanks everyone for your responses. I've been burnt in the past buying refurbished, so I'm planning to buy new, which I why I'm still hunting for a new model that will support 2 trays. I'm not all that pleased with Brother products and I currently have one or I'd go with the HL 5370WT.

Someone said I could direct the paper feed to be my second paper tray. Ugggg can't figure out how to do that.

Reply by MistarellaFL on 9/3/12 4:18pm
Msg #432942

Carol look at "printer specifications" when researching

There will be an indication on the specs page if the printer supports a second tray.

For example, here are the specs to my particular printer (mfc):

Print
Print Technology
B/W Laser Technology

Consumable Type
Toner Cartridge & Drum Unit

Max. Black Print Speed (ppm)
30ppm Black

Print Resolution (maximum dpi)
Up to 1200 x 1200 dpi

Standard Input Paper Capacity (sheets)‡
250-Sheet Input Capacity

Optional Paper Capacity (sheets)
LT-5300 (250 sheets)‡

Multi-purpose Tray
Yes (up to 50 sheets)

Standard Interface(s)
Parallel, High Speed USB 2.0 & Ethernet Interfaces

Standard Memory (MB)
32MB

Optional Memory (MB)
Yes (up to 544MB)‡

Printer Driver Compatibility†
Windows® & Mac OS®

Mobile Device Compatibility‡
Brother™ iPrint&Scan free app download for wireless printing (JPEG, PDF, web page & e-mail) and scanning to your Apple®, Android™ or Windows® Phone 7 (JPEG only) mobile device

Emulation(s)
PCL6 & BR-Script 3‡

Secure Print Function
Yes

Maximum Monthly Duty Cycle‡
20,000 printed pages

Recommended Monthly Print Volume‡
500 to 3,500 pages

http://www.brother-usa.com/mfc/modeldetail.aspx?PRODUCTID=MFC8460N&tab=spec

Reply by MistarellaFL on 9/3/12 4:30pm
Msg #432944

Carol, you can use the multipurpose tray, easy

I have a mobile printer that does not have the second tray option, so I use the multipurpose tray for letter, and the regular paper tray for legal.
PM me with your Brother model and I'll get you some directions on "how-to" set it up and use it.

Reply by Stoli on 9/3/12 10:53am
Msg #432909

Printers with PCL-6 software and two trays will auto-select

In fact, you don’t even need two trays—it is possible to define the sheet feeder as the second paper size.

Reply by BestFlCloser on 9/3/12 11:02am
Msg #432911

Take a look at Lexmark Lasers Printers

Sorry that I hit the send button. The Lexmark T600 series mono color printers. You can get a 40 page per minute printer with 2 trays for about $900 - $1,000. What you should also look at is the cost per page to print including paper. The Lexmarks can deliver for under a penny a page including toner and paper. It's the least costly in long run. I've been using Lexmarks for about 20 years without a single problem. I currently have a T640 and an older 4049. Both are still giving unbelievable service at a very reasonable cost. I have clients that bought less expensive printers but are paying dearly for toner and drums. With the Lexmark the toner cartridges have the drums built in. I'm using a T644dtN, a duplex printed machine with 3 trays, plus an envelope feeder. For example Brother toner is $47 for 2,600 pages. That's .017 per page. Lexmark is $95 for 21,000 pages or .004 per page. Where are you better off. Also you should know that any printer using PCL5 or 6 printer language can tell the difference between a letter or legal page coming up through Adobe or any other PDF entity.

Reply by Jose Gutierrez on 9/3/12 11:25am
Msg #432913

Re: Take a look at Lexmark Lasers Printers

" For example Brother toner is $47 for 2,600 pages. That's .017 per page."


All depends where you buy your supplies.

I pay 6.45 per cartridge for 7500 pages on my brother 5340DT, try to beat this .00086/page
Drums? yes I need to change drums every 100K pages.

Reply by 101livescan on 9/3/12 12:23pm
Msg #432918

I have a 4250 Dual Tray printer with wireless functionality. Purchased 3 years ago as a refurbished model. It is a wonderful printer, 68 ppm and never any trouble.

I found it on Amazon. My only suggestion is that you find a resource you can drive to, inspect, watch work, and have the retailer load it into your car because they don't ship well at all. So heavy, and these people, in my experience, do not know how to pack so that UPS doesn't cause damage to merchandise. Heavy suckers.

Reply by Barb25 on 9/4/12 12:29pm
Msg #433029

Cherl, who makes this wireless 4250 68ppm printer? Please. n/m

Reply by Clem/CA on 9/3/12 12:26pm
Msg #432919

Lexmark T640

I have 2 of them. Discontinued models but I have 3 trays on each. plus the manual feed. They run 300,000 pages without a tune up. I run them both and print two sets of docs in under 10 mins. most of the time.


Here $250 for the base printer

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=lexmark+t640&hl=en&prmd=imvns&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&biw=1920&bih=955&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=8755465356400275875&sa=X&ei=geVEUN2jJ-iM2gXOkIGYCg&ved=0CIsBEPMCMAM

and here %00 sheet add on drawer $35.00

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Lexmark-T640-T642-T644-500-sheet-feeder-and-tray-20G0890-/290767922688?pt=US_Feeders_Trays&hash=item43b31e6600#ht_853wt_1399

And here 2000 sheet feeder for $77.00

http://www.printerstop.com/paper-handling-options-8/2000-feeder-for-lexmark-t640-t642-t644-ibm-1532-1552-1572-301.html#.UETmVtYiZIs

and here extra toner Cartridge for $58.00

http://www.amazon.com/Remanufactured-Lexmark-64015HA-Toner-Cartridge/dp/B003BVUA9Q

and here toner refills for $44.99 (easy to do)

http://123refills.net/cic/product.php?product=Uni-Kit+Toner+Refill+Kit+for+Lexmark+T640+%2F+T642+%2F+T644+(21%2C000+yiels)

$465 gets you a great printer with 1 extra cart + 1 refill it will hold 4 reams of letter + 1.5 reams of leagal as I have all the add ons listed. 35 PPM.

Reply by Clem/CA on 9/3/12 12:27pm
Msg #432920

That's 500 sheet drawer not %00 lol

Reply by MW/VA on 9/3/12 1:04pm
Msg #432925

The current model would be 5370-DWT, with duplexing.

Most printers are coming through with duplexing capabilities now. From the rest of the thread, I'm sure you realize they don't come with an extra tray, and those usually cost about $100. You can find them on new egg & probably e-bay or other sites.
The problem I discovered is that the industry as a whole doesn't understand our printing needs.
You might try the Orion reference that someone recently posted about.
Just make sure you get a printer that is compatible with whatever operating system you are running on your computer. The newer version of Windows isn't compatible with some of the older printers from what I've heard.

Reply by Lee/AR on 9/3/12 5:36pm
Msg #432950

W7 may not be fully compatible with older printers, MFs

I have an ol' MF printer--said it was compatible, but it isn't 'fully' compatible--which means it won't scan legal size. Print/yes, Scan/no. I hate W7.

Reply by MW/VA on 9/3/12 6:36pm
Msg #432954

I'm holding onto XP Prof., and will until I need a new

computer (then I'll need new printers, etc., too--ughhh!)

Reply by jba/fl on 9/3/12 1:39pm
Msg #432928

I just purchased a Brother HL 5370DWT on Amazon. I paid less than on the Brother site back in July. I am happy with it....does just what I want it to do. It is more expensive right now, but you can shop it for less.

http://www.amazon.com/Brother-HL-5370DWT-Printer-Wireless-Networking/dp/B0025KVK70/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346697063&sr=8-1&keywords=brother+hl-5370dwt

When it came, I called Brother and they walked me through the entire set up, including the printing from both trays settings and made sure that everything worked before we hung up the phone.

Reply by jba/fl on 9/3/12 1:45pm
Msg #432929

The DWT = Duplex, wireless, Tray (second tray)

My packages, both sets, print in less than 8 minutes.

Consumables I get at SuperMediaStore.com and they have wonderful prices, so it is cheap to operate.

Reply by Alan Jorgensen on 9/8/12 8:32pm
Msg #433693

If I may give a site to check out. I am new and limited funds so I searched the web and found a site that sells off-lease, refurbished, new printers from a variety of manufacturers. I picked up an HP 2430dtn dual tray for $150 and free shipping. Although it isn't wireless I plugged it into my router and it is a network printer assessable to all on the home network. It works great.

greatprinterdeals.com is the vender.