what kind of printer do you recommend?

Question

mainly for printing papers out, won't use it for pictures.

Answer 1

For portability, cost, and quality, I do recommend a Canon Inkjet. Here's why.

They are reliable.

The ink is much cheaper than other brands

They don't jam.

If you do pictures, which you said that you won't, Canon does print the best pictures. GO FOR IT.

Answer 2

if you are looking for

Professional/Industrial volume of printing (more than 5000 prints/month) you have to look for a professional class printer even if you think you are working in a small office. The difference is in how long is the life (in numbers of prints) of internal components such as Drum Unit, Fuser Unit, Developing Unit and Toner Cartridge. For a professional class LASER printer the Drum Unit life is at least 200,000 prints compared with 20,000 prints for a regular LASER printer SOHO (Small Office Home Office) class.

Professional class printers you will find at specialized dealers only !!
SOHO class are the printers from regular computer stores.

So...
For low volume of printing = less than 5000 prints/month follow the next tips & hints.

B&W - text prints - look for any LASER printer which has the toner cartridge separate from the Drum Unit. So you will be able to replace the toner only and not the whole Imagining Unit. The regular toner life is around 4000 prints at 5% toner coverage per letter size paper. The toner shelf-life is a few years so you can ask for an extra toner at the purchase time. The toner is a black powder so will NOT dry out if you not using the printer for a month !!

Try to avoid printers USB only !!! The best is to have network, parallel and (at the end) USB connector/interface.

Color - text - look for any ink jet printer which has separate cartridges for each color - Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow = at least 4 cartridges. For HIGH quality color prints you need 7 cartrigdes or a LASER color printer (much expensive)

Additional:

1.Also if you have a small home network you should look for a network printer or how to add a network print server device/convertor (around 40 USD) to your printer. The whole ideea is to avoid the windows printer sharing mode !
2. Ask for warranty !! and return policy !! should be at least 15 day of return policy fo any resons like print quality or too many paper jamms !! Terms of warranty and/or return policy should be written on the bill/invoice/receipt !!

IMHO: MFP - multifunctional - all in one device - are the worst specially if are ink jet printers and NOT LASER. The ink will dry very soon if you are not constantly using the printer. All-in-one means you will get medium/low quality for the printer, scanner and fax system.

Answer 3

If you are going to do a lot of printing then an Epson can be very good particularly the four separate ink catridges. If you are only printing small runs and not daily, then Epson can work out expensive as they waste a LOT of ink priming the system each time the printer is left for a few days. Canon are very good and, as others have said, cheaper for consumables. HP also good. Suggest you read reviews in mags such as www.pcpro.co.uk. Lexmark are not the best by any means for inkjets but for lasers they can be excellent.

Answer 4

My wife does a lot of printing and likes Canon printers. The reasoning is the printer costs a little more, but the ink cartridges cost a lot less. In the long run, they are cheaper than the other brands.

Answer 5

Lexmark and Brother printers are junk. Don't waste your money on them. Many low-end HP printers are the same although a much better quality than Lexmark. But for standard printing without all the whisles and bells, HP should suit you just fine.

Answer 6

Been thru them all, I would suggest against a multi purpose machine. If you have something go wrong with it you have to replace everything! Secondly, do yourself a favor and search for a printer that has 4 cartridges, three for color and one for black. Lastly, make sure the cartridges are HUGE! The single unit color cartridges are a waste because once you run out of one color the rest is useless! Remember when you buy a printer that you are paying for ink! Not the hardware! After all of the printers I went thru I went back to a basic flatbed sanner and seperate printer.

Answer 7

Go for an inkjet printer made by either CANON or EPSON... from what I heard, they give good results and are economical on ink..... I think I also heard Lexmark printers eat ink cartridges like it's going out of fashion..... HP printers are also pretty good (or at least the HP Photosmart1000? I used to use at my work placement was).

Answer 8

Depends on your pocket and requirements.
1> If u want to print a lot and the quality doesn't matter then Dot matrix.It has the lowest printing cost, spare cost, and most durable.
Makes lot of sound. Go for epson.
2>If u want to print a lot and the quality matters then laser. Much lower printing cost than inkjets. Print quality at par with inkjets. Fast. Initial investment is higher since purchase price higher than inkjets. But saves on ink price. Go for epson.

3>Cheapest to buy. But printing cost is very high since ink prices are cut throat. Further the ink dries if left unused.

Answer 9

I recommend 'hp LaserJet 1010'. It's great. Mine is black and white, and it's enough for you too since you're not interested in printing pictures. The printer is fast and the color is always OK, even if you don't use it for a long time (that's good for home usage). And right after printing the letters stay OK when you touch them.

Answer 10

I artwork in IT and we use the Lexmark T630 and T644 community printers. we've on regular of five to twenty human beings sharing those printer at any given time throughout the week. Your pal has to in basic terms setting up the printer on the server and then enable human beings to share the printer.