It’s gotten cheaper than an inkjet DO NOT BUY AN HP!!! Brother MFC-L3710CDW $399, scanner with a page feeder, scan to USB in multiple formats (jpg, pdf, etc) scan to a network folder, straight color copy, + a color printer that never clogs or dies off because you didn’t need it for a month. Also does B&W of all of the above with just black toner.
Shipping labels, concert tickets, sometimes train tickets and airline tickets (some companies don’t accept them just on the phone), contracts, NDAs, tax returns, etc.
Depends on where you live and how much you interact with other companies and government agencies.
Well OK yeah, for those you just need B&W. Color becomes useful when trying to impress. I’ve sent rent applications in color specifically because I know that the real estate agents are subjective. Some of the talks that I’ve held were helped out by coloring my notes while I was presenting. And some home crafts and activities (escape rooms with friends) were helped out several times by the color printer. Given that there isn’t a huge price gap in maintenance and initial costs, for me it was worth it.
Also, neither the OP nor the comment I was replying to mentioned anything about color. I was specifying stuff about printers in general.
Lol, the comment thread you replied to is literally talking about color printers. The person you replied to said “How often does the average person really need that” with the ‘that’ being in reference to printing in color. Then you listed a bunch of stuff that doesn’t need color
The comment I replied to did being up the topic of colour though, just read the thread.
My response to that is that the average person doesn’t need colour printing, and honestly doesn’t even need to print at all with rare exception.
Based on your replies you are not the average person in terms of printer usage. So that’s why you had the responses that you’ve had. You’re just seeming to look for an excuse to argue?
Yes, you were. The comment you responded to was asking whether coloured printing is all that necessary in response to someone saying that while b&w laser printers may be cheap, colour ones aren’t.
The laser doesn’t print anything. I haven’t taken apart a home printer but I assume it works the same as the smaller machines I fix. The laser charges the drum. That puts the image on the drum by attracting toner. Then the paper rolls over the drum. I skipped some steps but that’s the general idea.
The point is the laser just has to be good to charge the drum.
It’s quite common to leave out the noun when everyone knows what everyone’s talking about. In this case when someone says “An inkjet is worse than a laser”, we know they’re not talking about the actual jets or lasers
A laser printer is actually better for low volume printing. With ink cartridges, they dry up if you don’t use them within a year and will need to be replaced.
I’ve had my laser printer for about 12 years now, and only replaced the drum once since I print so little. Also, I have a Brother printer, which was roughly around $50 at the time.
You can get a little Brother laser with network and duplexing for the same price as a cheap inkjet. It will be much cheaper to run and the ink never dries out. We do that and have an HP Envy with the Instant Ink free tier (10 pages per month with no rollover).
Stop buying printer ink. Buy a laser printer and buy toner instead. It’s significantly cheaper.
For B&W text, sure. But the quality of laser required to print a decent colour photo is not cheap.
This is why I print the color pages at work
I would do that to, but I work from home.
When you have to add the cost of a transatlantic flight it costs nearly as much as the inkjet we have at home.
Maybe try and blag it on expenses 😉
Almost is the keyword. You’d still save a few bucks
Yeah, I didn’t even had a printer until I started working from home. It’s so good to use those free company stuff :)
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It’s gotten cheaper than an inkjet DO NOT BUY AN HP!!! Brother MFC-L3710CDW $399, scanner with a page feeder, scan to USB in multiple formats (jpg, pdf, etc) scan to a network folder, straight color copy, + a color printer that never clogs or dies off because you didn’t need it for a month. Also does B&W of all of the above with just black toner.
How often does the average person really need that, though?
Theres always ‘but sometimes’ arguments to everything, but the advice was general.
Shipping labels, concert tickets, sometimes train tickets and airline tickets (some companies don’t accept them just on the phone), contracts, NDAs, tax returns, etc.
Depends on where you live and how much you interact with other companies and government agencies.
Every single thing you’ve listed would be absolutely fine in B&W
Well OK yeah, for those you just need B&W. Color becomes useful when trying to impress. I’ve sent rent applications in color specifically because I know that the real estate agents are subjective. Some of the talks that I’ve held were helped out by coloring my notes while I was presenting. And some home crafts and activities (escape rooms with friends) were helped out several times by the color printer. Given that there isn’t a huge price gap in maintenance and initial costs, for me it was worth it.
Also, neither the OP nor the comment I was replying to mentioned anything about color. I was specifying stuff about printers in general.
Lol, the comment thread you replied to is literally talking about color printers. The person you replied to said “How often does the average person really need that” with the ‘that’ being in reference to printing in color. Then you listed a bunch of stuff that doesn’t need color
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The comment I replied to did being up the topic of colour though, just read the thread.
My response to that is that the average person doesn’t need colour printing, and honestly doesn’t even need to print at all with rare exception.
Based on your replies you are not the average person in terms of printer usage. So that’s why you had the responses that you’ve had. You’re just seeming to look for an excuse to argue?
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I’ve printed most items on that list in black and white. Why would you need color for any of those things?
I wasn’t replying to anything that mentioned color.
Yes, you were. The comment you responded to was asking whether coloured printing is all that necessary in response to someone saying that while b&w laser printers may be cheap, colour ones aren’t.
A simple B&W laser printer would work great for all those things
Yes. The word “color” is mentioned exactly 0 times in the ancestor nodes above my comment.
Yeah, cos it was spelt correctly, “colour”, right there in the comment
The laser doesn’t print anything. I haven’t taken apart a home printer but I assume it works the same as the smaller machines I fix. The laser charges the drum. That puts the image on the drum by attracting toner. Then the paper rolls over the drum. I skipped some steps but that’s the general idea.
The point is the laser just has to be good to charge the drum.
It’s quite common to leave out the noun when everyone knows what everyone’s talking about. In this case when someone says “An inkjet is worse than a laser”, we know they’re not talking about the actual jets or lasers
Okie dokie. I care about as much as the people down voting me for knowing how printers work.
Hmmm not sure if non-native or just wildly autistic
It has a significantly higher upfront cost though. So not that interesting for low volumes.
That’s probably what they’re probably counting on to keep the ink business alive.
A laser printer is actually better for low volume printing. With ink cartridges, they dry up if you don’t use them within a year and will need to be replaced.
I’ve had my laser printer for about 12 years now, and only replaced the drum once since I print so little. Also, I have a Brother printer, which was roughly around $50 at the time.
This is great wisdom. Brother printers are very cheap and 3rd party consumables moreso.
Just block them from accessing the internet. They tend to auto-update their firmware and then some 3rd party cartridges will suddenly stop working.
You can get a little Brother laser with network and duplexing for the same price as a cheap inkjet. It will be much cheaper to run and the ink never dries out. We do that and have an HP Envy with the Instant Ink free tier (10 pages per month with no rollover).