Despite prices for color laser printers have fallen, I think not many people are buying them.
I would like to find out why. I wonder what could be drivers who have prevented them and conversely compelling drivers that would tip them over to buy.
I was told that the cost per page to print a mono copy on a laser color printer is same or close to when compared to a laser mono printer. What's more you can have the flexibility to print color if I want to anytime too. I wonder if this is true.
Oh yes, what brands/models would be a good short list and if I have to choose one brand/model, which should stand out clearly from the rest?
Thanks..Why are people not adopting Color Laser printers?
While prices on color laser printers continue to drop for home users, typically, the toner cartridges are often lower capacity than most office printers.
Most of the lower priced printer supplies are not yet widely available and won't be for several months, so consider that before dropping your cash.
If you're considering purchasing one, make sure you can get aftermarket compatible or remanufactured toner at a reasonable price and from a reputable dealer.
Refilled is NOT remanufactured and you'll be able to tell the difference because the packaging will say ';Type 1 cartridge'; on remans or ';Type 2 cartridge'; on refills.
The HP 2605dn is one of the best values out there right now. It's a solid workhorse with a built in network card. Colors are bright and great looking. It's not ultra fast, but it's HP and that spells ';r-e-l-i-a-b-l-e';.
The only issue is that the consumables are expensive and only provide 2500 pages per cartridge set. Tough it out for a few months and high quality compatible replacement cartridges will be available for 1/2 the cost of OEM cartridges.Why are people not adopting Color Laser printers?
Most current colour lasers make quite adequate photo printers for ';general use'; but do lack the unltra high resolution of the inkjets. There are 2 things to think about,
1 : What do you really plan to use it for. 2: What are most important criteria ? Cost of purchase ? Cost of running ? Output of colour ? Convenience ?
Generally with ALL printers, inkjet and laser, the more you pay up front to buy it, the lower the running costs will be. A ';CHEAP '; printer of any kind is subsidised from it's ongoing consumables cost. An ';entry level'; colour laser will cost as much to refill with 4 toners (if they all die together) as to replace, while a more expensive printer will cost less to refill, or will at least go longer between refills.
Look at cost of consumables and compare pages / cost. Inkjet carts are cheaper, but last no where near as long, also for quality output on inkjet you really do need the good quality coated paper.
With colour laser you will ger ';decent'; prints on ';cheap'; paper, but will get much better prints if you pay a little more for ';high brighness, ultra white 90gsm'; paper compared to bog standard 80gsm copier paper.
Print times are also misleading, an inkjet has to print 1 line at a time, while a laser does entire page at a go, but lasers are in 2 classes, ';parallel'; prints all 4 colours at once (eg Konica Minolta 5400 series) or ';4 pass'; where each colour is added to intermediate belt and THEN to paper on 4th turn (eg KM 2500 series) Other manuf use similar technologies.
If you only ever print 1 page at a time, diff between ink and laser is less, BUT if you print multi page documents, laser will usuually be quite a bit quicker, and most multi pass lasers have a ';mono only'; option to print black only much quicker.
I'd say take a sample of what you are likely to print, create a PDF of it, and take it to sellers oin a memory key and ask if they can let you see a sample so you can compare outputs.
I don't know too much about brands or models of laser printers, sorry.
Most people don't buy laser color printers for many reasons
here are a few
1) to expensive
2) don't want to have to deal with toner
3) too many cartridges
4) takes too long to print in color
5) too big
6) can be finicky at times
i have a hp deskjet f380 - it is a lower end inkjet but it is inexpensive, it conserves ink, it is quite, it prints fast, and it is small.
I think that any laser printers are meant for the office
Consumer level laser printers generally do not do photos which is an important feature for most people.
The toner for one is a huge expense, and if you are not printing a high volume, rarely worth the added cost.
Aside from he toners you will also have an image transfer kit, fuser and drum until that will need to be replaced usually within the printer's service life, all come at a huge cost.
Size does matter. Laser printers are large, and usually not practical for a small home office, or student use.
Cost, the start of u cost of a laser printer is usually 4-5 times that of a solid multifunction ink jet unit.
It is also much easier to buy ink jet cartridges as they are more widely available.
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