Suggest - Colour and B&W Printer

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Hi guys,
We're moving to a bigger office & require more printers. We require about 3 B&W printers in total i.e 1 each for the accounts, sales & operations department. I was thinking of going in for the HP 1020 laserjet as many ppl suggested laserjet b&w makes more sense than taking a b&w inkjet.
Any suggestions if there are more vfm b&w laserjets besides this.. and when i say vfm im talking abt the toner/cartridge.

I'm also looking for a colour printer for my department - Creative. Right now I'm using the HP 2600n - a set of toners for this costs 12,000 :S .. Hence i need something good but then again not too expensive. I think a inkjet would be better in this case. Could you guys please suggest? I was thinking of something in canon.

Cheers,
Ash
 
Pixel said:
I was thinking of going in for the HP 1020 laserjet
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Last week a friend wanted a printer for office work so I asked Prime for prices for CHEAP HP Lasers and was quoted 5300/- for the 1018 and 6600/- for the 1020. I recommended the 1020 and my friend bought this one - I set it up for him and I was amazed at how smoothly everything worked in this printer - the toner and lids and tray setups were smooth and needed no force of any kind - in contrast to this is the FREE Samsung 1610 Laser I got with my 740N LCD monitor which requires everything to be banged and slammed in to work. I have to literally SLAM the toner into the printer otherwise it does not work :@

GET THE HP 1020 !! DONT BUY OR EVEN ACCEPT A FREE SAMSUNG LASER !!!
 
@ Eazy

will you please share your experience of SAMSUNG LASER.

many local clients also ask for it...... I didn't used it yet so can't comment.
 
Eazy said:
Last week a friend wanted a printer for office work so I asked Prime for prices for CHEAP HP Lasers and was quoted 5300/- for the 1018 and 6600/- for the 1020. I recommended the 1020 and my friend bought this one - I set it up for him and I was amazed at how smoothly everything worked in this printer - the toner and lids and tray setups were smooth and needed no force of any kind - in contrast to this is the FREE Samsung 1610 Laser I got with my 740N LCD monitor which requires everything to be banged and slammed in to work. I have to literally SLAM the toner into the printer otherwise it does not work :@

GET THE HP 1020 !! DONT BUY OR EVEN ACCEPT A FREE SAMSUNG LASER !!!
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Hey Eazy,
yep the one we have at work is pretty good. So I guess I'll just pick up a few more 1020's :D ..

Regardign the colour printers - inkjet - since its cheaper when it comes to the colour.. what do you suggest? I spoke to a dealer at lammy today, he told me
about something i heard abt frm a friend - that there is this system where you will get external ink cartidges which automatically refill the cartridges in your printer and its really cheap to refill .. 1500 for all 4 to refill (inkjet) .. so was thinking of this, and he said it works on as hp as of now ( he thinks)

Let me know if you guys have heard about this before and if it is a sensible thing to do as well.

Thanks,
Ash
 
Pixel said:
I spoke to a dealer at lammy today, he told me about something i heard abt frm a friend - that there is this system where you will get external ink cartidges which automatically refill the cartridges in your printer and its really cheap to refill .. 1500 for all 4 to refill (inkjet) .. so was thinking of this, and he said it works on as hp as of now ( he thinks)

Let me know if you guys have heard about this before and if it is a sensible thing to do as well.
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YES I have heard about this - seen ads for this in local computer trade magazines too. Dont know how good it is though. The one I have seen had massive external cartridges with plastic pipes going to the print heads - before you go and buy this check with people who know about it if it is worth while.

@iosoft ... what can I say besides what I have already mentioned - the Samsung 1610 Laser is a P.O.S. I dont like it at all - it is not as well made as the HP 1020 and I have a lot of problems to get the toner cartridge inserted - it is a real struggle each time. Also the paper out tray's paper clip is terrible - very flimsy and difficult to manupilate. UGH !!

Please Note: My experience is limited to the Samsung 1610 model - possibly the other models are better :)
 
Pixel said:
.... its really cheap to refill .. 1500 for all 4 to refill (inkjet) .. so was thinking of this, and he said it works on as hp as of now ( he thinks)
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Are talking about Laser Printer Cartridge (Color Toner) or Deskjet Printer Cartridge (Color Ink Cartridge)?
 
6pack said:
Wow those cis cartridges have 85 ml of ink whereas a genuine ink cartridge contains just 5 ml. :O
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But the ink has a long way to travel ... GAWD knows if this system has ink drying up problems if not used regularly :huh:
 
exactly the very same though i had in mind. but the guy who reviewed it in post #8 didn't tell abt any such probs. Incidentally he's stopped using this now and switched to lower priced refills bcause of the hassle of setting up this device.
 
Pixel said:
I spoke to a dealer at lammy today, he told me

about something i heard abt frm a friend - that there is this system where you will get external ink cartidges which automatically refill the cartridges in your printer and its really cheap to refill .. 1500 for all 4 to refill (inkjet) .. so was thinking of this, and he said it works on as hp as of now ( he thinks)

Let me know if you guys have heard about this before and if it is a sensible thing to do as well.

Thanks,

Ash
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Why would you want to mess with something like that? I buy colour cartridges (new, not refills) at just Rs 120/- for my Canon Pixma IP1000. The make is ImageMaster and a colleague of mine gets it for me. You can even get 3rd party cartridges from Amkette by buying them online. I have been using them for the last 2 years without any issue. Saved enough money to buy a new printer if the 3rd party cartridges were to destroy it but the printer is going strong so far.

Decent results too. I have even used these cartridges to print photgraphs.
 
Emil said:
Why would you want to mess with something like that? I buy colour cartridges (new, not refills) at just Rs 120/- for my Canon Pixma IP1000. The make is ImageMaster and a colleague of mine gets it for me. You can even get 3rd party cartridges from Amkette by buying them online. I have been using them for the last 2 years without any issue. Saved enough money to buy a new printer if the 3rd party cartridges were to destroy it but the printer is going strong so far.
Decent results too. I have even used these cartridges to print photgraphs.
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interesting .. where in mumbai would i find imagemaster color cartridges ?.. ive got an ip4200 at home and each cartridge is 800 bucks!! gimme a linky or something.. im from mumbai..
 
guys.. i need to buy replacement cartridges for my ip4200 as the one's from hp as falling too expensive!

i asked a local vendor and he said other brands are not available for my model..
 
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