LiveMusic Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 I never use color print. So, I have this old Lexmark 5700 printer humming along on the Win machine, still haven't made it work on the Linux machine. Black cartridges for this are $31 with tax. I have had some streaking problems with this printer, it's not 100%. If I were to get another printer... I have considered a printer to print CD "labels" directly onto CD blanks. That would mean Epson, I suppose. Sam's Club had a model 200, I think it was and I think it was around $80. That could so double duty, I suppose, printing to CD blanks but also general purpose b/w printing on paper. Other than that, what do you consider the best bang for the buck b/w printer? Might be laser, huh? Could also buy a refurbished printer, might be worth checking into. > > > [ Live! ] < < < Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 I had really good luck with an Okidata led (lazer for all practical purposes). Thing is, the toner will last as long as a bunch of those $30.00 carts. You're looking at around $150.00. I think my Lexmark Z32 gets around 400 pages out of a $30.00 cart where the Oki gets 2500 pages out of it's $28.00 toner cart. Makes the bill and a half price for the printer not seem so bad eh? Here's the printer I was talking about: http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=3477747 -David http://www.garageband.com/artist/MichaelangelosMuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanmass Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 No matter what, for black only, lasers are king. Far cheaper per page cost, far cheaper on consumables. HP's are under $300 now. I have 2 Samsungs that I paid less that $150 for, and they are very nice.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not Cereal Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 i've ben very happy with my two canon color printers. the older one is a C80, which i could never get to print exactly centered so it is used for non-cd stickers only. it does darn near photo quality. the newer one, i forget the exact model, maybe a 5430 or something is even better. both are night and day better than the $2800 apple laserwriter that sits in the "pile of shame" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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