Laser Printers-What's a good $200 one?

**pointreyes** · 10-15-2003, 02:15 PM

Not used everyday. Not expected to go through more than 1,000 pages a year. However, I have had it with inkjets. I hate them. I don't need color printouts, I do need a realiable b&w printout when I ask for it, not this "Oh, I have to clean the nozzle again-nope, that didn't work, have plenty of that expensive ink-hmmm, time to get another inkjet printer."

What are good laser printers for my needs? The printer will be getting used more as the years progress. Plan to use USB connectivity with one of the computers being the print server.

Printers brands I'm interested in:
Brother
HP (not to thrilled on HP but for laser printers they are good-just hate their software support)
Lexmark
Samsung

El Pepe_abx · 10-15-2003, 02:20 PM

I got a samsung 1440 and I'm perfectly happy with it... nice and crisp prints, and cheap.

If I was you, I would avoid the ones with the open paper trays. Although they seem to be the cheapest, these paper trays attract a lot of dust, especially if you don't use your printer that often.

clboy · 10-16-2003, 01:46 PM

Samsung ML1710 first page out is pretty fast text quality is decent and has probably the smallest footprint of all laser printers, tray loader as opposed to the horible HP 5L/6L vertical feeds. Can be had for less than $200 US got mine for $200 CDN only thing is that it's a USB only connection there's an ML 1750 that has both USB and parallel port connections and is a little faster but a little more expensive.

JoeFrat · 10-16-2003, 02:28 PM

USB or Parallel?

USB--HP1000 or 1100 (the 1000 is an excellent printer, I use ours daily)

Parallel--HP 1150 or 1200se (if you can find one, closed out model)

IMO, stay FAR away from anything with a Brother name on it. Same goes for Lexmark. Samsung seems pretty good, and I've heard good things about the low end Minolta's, although I've not used either.

Scoundrel · 10-16-2003, 03:20 PM

I'm pretty happy with my HP LJ 1100.

10-15-2003, 02:15 PM	#1
pointreyes The race for quality has no finish line- so technically, it's more like a death march. Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 18,159	Laser Printers-What's a good $200 one? Not used everyday. Not expected to go through more than 1,000 pages a year. However, I have had it with inkjets. I hate them. I don't need color printouts, I do need a realiable b&w printout when I ask for it, not this "Oh, I have to clean the nozzle again-nope, that didn't work, have plenty of that expensive ink-hmmm, time to get another inkjet printer." What are good laser printers for my needs? The printer will be getting used more as the years progress. Plan to use USB connectivity with one of the computers being the print server. Printers brands I'm interested in: Brother HP (not to thrilled on HP but for laser printers they are good-just hate their software support) Lexmark Samsung __________________
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10-15-2003, 02:20 PM	#2
El Pepe_abx Unholy Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: tijuana Posts: 358	I got a samsung 1440 and I'm perfectly happy with it... nice and crisp prints, and cheap. If I was you, I would avoid the ones with the open paper trays. Although they seem to be the cheapest, these paper trays attract a lot of dust, especially if you don't use your printer that often.
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10-16-2003, 01:46 PM	#3
clboy Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Vancouver Canada Posts: 73	Samsung ML1710 first page out is pretty fast text quality is decent and has probably the smallest footprint of all laser printers, tray loader as opposed to the horible HP 5L/6L vertical feeds. Can be had for less than $200 US got mine for $200 CDN only thing is that it's a USB only connection there's an ML 1750 that has both USB and parallel port connections and is a little faster but a little more expensive. __________________ Pentium 4 2.4C 800mhz FSB @ 3.25Ghz\|Asus P4P800-E Deluxe\|2x512MB OCZ "Gold" EL PC4000 DDR Ram\|2x Western Digital 1200JB 120 GB SE Hard drives\|ATI Radeon 9700 Pro Rev 1.3\|Cooler Master CM-Stacker\|OCZ 520W Powerstream\|NEC FE991BK-SB\|Belkin 625VA UPS\|Zalman CNPS-7000AlCu\|Logitech Cordless MX Duo\|Logitech Z-680\|Sennheiser PC-150 Headset
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10-16-2003, 02:28 PM	#4
JoeFrat Registered Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,849	USB or Parallel? USB--HP1000 or 1100 (the 1000 is an excellent printer, I use ours daily) Parallel--HP 1150 or 1200se (if you can find one, closed out model) IMO, stay FAR away from anything with a Brother name on it. Same goes for Lexmark. Samsung seems pretty good, and I've heard good things about the low end Minolta's, although I've not used either.
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10-16-2003, 03:20 PM	#5
Scoundrel Ferrari....hah!! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 2,464	I'm pretty happy with my HP LJ 1100. __________________ Processor Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 G0@3.2Ghz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-X38T-DQ6 Memory 4GB DDR3 Corsair Twin3X4096-1600C7DHX G Graphics XFX Geforce 9800GX2 1Gig Audio X-FI Extreme Gamer Professional Harddrives 2x 150GB WD Raptor X in RAID 0 Optical Drives 2x LiteOn 20x SATA DVD/RW's Powersupply TT ToughPower 750W Case Coolermaster Stacker 830 Cooling Intel Box Cooler, & 3x Enermax Warp 120mm Fans Input Devices Logitech G5, G15, G25 Monitors 2x Samsung 226BW 22"
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