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Originally Posted by Table 5
Making sure that it's a laser printer is important as they are way more efficient with toner (as opposed to inks). The toner is more expensive but it will last you much longer. I have a $400 HP color laser that I use every day and it's been great.
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I almost got a colour laser, but when I looked at consumables cost it wasn't like that anymore.
The HP LaserJet Pro 400 costs $140 for 4000 pages, my inkjet costs $44 for 2500 pages (black), color are $160 each for 2600 pages for the laser, $35 for 1500 pages on the inkjet.
So that's 3.5 cents vs 1.76 cents per page black, and assuming all 3 colors used on a page that's 18.5 cents per page vs 7 cents for the inkjet.
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Originally Posted by Table 5
All in one printers tend to be junk. They do a lot of things, but never do them well.
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That I tend to agree, especially the cheap ones, so I targeted higher end ones. I didn't really need a multifunction, but the 8600 was on sale when I got it, it had the duplexer (which I wanted), networked, and had good reviews.
http://www.trustedreviews.com/hp-off...Printer_review
And totally agree kermitology on the SnapScan, best hardware purchase I've made in a long time. Love the thing.