[Recommendation]: Laser Printer, Wi-Fi, Cheap Ink

Need an advice or two. I'm planning on buying a new printer. I don't
need colour. Sporadic printing of medium-large documents (for personal
use). My main concern is the ink cost. It must be Wi-fi connectable.

Thanks

Laser printers don't use ink, they use toner.

I'd look for something (gently) used.... I got a Lexmark Optra S on eBay for
the grand sum of $14 (shipping was $50), I got it one toner cartridge and
it's been going fine ever since.... 2.5 years. If you want it wireless, get
a wireless print server. Mine is connected (LPT) to my MCE 2005 and every
PC in the house prints to it as the default printer very happily.... the
others run Vista 64, XP x64, Vista 32, Server 2003 Rs 64-bit and XP SP2.

Pros..... it never fails... and at $45 for one toner cartridge and the
cheapest paper I can fine (usually $3 per ream) it's spectacularly
economical.

Cons... it's big. Has a table all to itself. And quite heavy. But they're
both heavily outweighed by the benefits.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

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Need an advice or two. I'm planning on buying a new printer. I don't
need colour. Sporadic printing of medium-large documents (for personal
use). My main concern is the ink cost. It must be Wi-fi connectable.

Thanks

Cari wrote:
Laser printers don't use ink, they use toner.

I'd look for something (gently) used.... I got a Lexmark Optra S on eBay
for the grand sum of $14 (shipping was $50), I got it one toner
cartridge and it's been going fine ever since.... 2.5 years. If you
want it wireless, get a wireless print server. Mine is connected (LPT)
to my MCE 2005 and every PC in the house prints to it as the default
printer very happily.... the others run Vista 64, XP x64, Vista 32,
Server 2003 Rs 64-bit and XP SP2.

Pros..... it never fails... and at $45 for one toner cartridge and the
cheapest paper I can fine (usually $3 per ream) it's spectacularly
economical.

Cons... it's big. Has a table all to itself. And quite heavy. But
they're both heavily outweighed by the benefits.

I totally agree. My printer is a IBM/Lexmark 4039. I've added an
envelope feeder, a duplexer and a wired network print server. All the
machines on the network (including the WiFi ones) print to it with no
problems.

If you are patient you can find genuine toner cartridges for under
$20.00. That will give you around 14,000 pages.

I like them so much I have three and I've given one to my
Brother-in-Law. They are a workhorse.

John