BlsdMama Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Someone please tell me about laser printers and why I desperately need one? My Dell ink printer costs me a fortune in ink. :( Is there a significant difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylianna Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I used to have a laser printer that we found beside a dumpster (still in package...) it worked GREAT until the kids broke it. We bought toner once and printed tons of stuff!!!! I estimated that it costs 5.7 cents per page for ink, compared to 3.5 cents per page for toner. Of course, this is by their standards... I print WAY more than 600 pages on my ink, so I bet I would print MORE than the 2,500 on the toner. It prints incredibly fast! You also don't need to worry as much if you have enough to print a workbook. But, OTOH, the printer is pretty pricey.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caitlinsmom Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I couldn't go back to an inkjet after having a laser printer. Not only are the cartriges inexpensive but they print SOOOOO much more per cartridge and are a lot faster. I have a Brother DCP 7040. Toner is about 50 bucks but I only have to purchase it 2 a year. I print a lot and I do mean a lot!! Tonight alone I probably did close to 200 pages. If you go with a Brother check out the reviews on Amazon. There is a little trick to making the toner last even longer. We did the trick and I think we got close to 3000 pages out of the last toner! :) Laser printer= love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn in OH Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 My husband says that our laser printer (current) is far more economical than our ink-jet (previous) printer. With the ink-jet printer I was replacing the toner approximately every 3 months. It was costing me about $120 a year for re-furbished toner cartridges. We got our laser printer used. It had toner cartridges in it, but they were flashing that they were out of toner. I continued to print with them for several more months (and I print a lot). The laser printer has 4 toner cartridges which cost me roughly $140 (if I remember correctly) to replace. I've been printing about a year on those cartridges and they still aren't saying that they are out of ink. The laser printer also prints faster. Remarkably fast. There's a place on the computer where we can see how many pages we've printed, but I don't know how to access it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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