SynicalFox
Casual Gamer
So currently I have the following:
HP P1005 Monochrome laser jet
HP Desktjet 3835 Inkjet Colour
Ink costs:
Toner for HP P1005 : R300 - R350
Cartridges: B/W : R200
Colour : R250
Now we don't replace the cartridges in the ink jet as they are too expensive for a mere 200 prints on average. So I organized the Laser jet and have been through just over 500 sheets so far no issues on the generic.
The only issue I am having is the fact that having 2 printers on the desk takes up soo much space. It is annoying and well also, making copies of stuff involves scanning to my desktop, then printing to the laser jet which sometimes ends up in prints that are lighter than the original making for a headache for such a simple task. Not to mention that printing is only done from my PC at the moment which sucks.
So I want to be able to minimise the printers to 1 single printer if possible and maybe get network printing.
I have a microserver which I intended to setup a printer on and share the printer over the network with to turn the printer into a network printer. problem is with the difficulty of scanning and printing being 2 different printer's, it is a pain in the ass now.
So the choices are:
Purchase a second hand Samsung CLX-3175 Colour Laser Printer (Around R1000) - specs
Or
I purchase a new Canon G2411 Ink Tank System for R2600 (I'll claim back R600 from Canon as a promotional cash back offer) : Takealot.com: Online Shopping | SA's leading online store
Or
This Epson Ink Tank System Printer R2000 : Takealot.com: Online Shopping | SA's leading online store
Feature comparison:
So the Colour Laser Printer has ethernet and network printing built in and would be an all in one printer solution. It also seems very compact and very good quality.
Only issue is the fact that toner generics are R450 each.
Total Cost to setup: R1800 (will yield 1000+ prints)
Ink Tank System printers mentioned will be high initial cost but ink bottles are R200 a bottle for Canon and R150 for Epson. They claim around 1000 prints or more and replacing ink is cheap enough.
This does seem like the ideal solution but not sure on whether I can actually network these and wanting to avoid having the printer only really usable on one PC.
See for copies, at least if the copies can be done where you press black and white button and it scans and copies, that would work fine. Otherwise sometimes scanning will have to be done but then it is difficult to scan when not at the PC which the printer in near, since you change the pages all the time. Unless you scan using ADF.
So this is a tough situation and I'm leaning towards the Ink Tank System. Either way I have to probably spend money out of my pocket just to get rid of the 2 printers for a single one.
HP P1005 Monochrome laser jet
HP Desktjet 3835 Inkjet Colour
Ink costs:
Toner for HP P1005 : R300 - R350
Cartridges: B/W : R200
Colour : R250
Now we don't replace the cartridges in the ink jet as they are too expensive for a mere 200 prints on average. So I organized the Laser jet and have been through just over 500 sheets so far no issues on the generic.
The only issue I am having is the fact that having 2 printers on the desk takes up soo much space. It is annoying and well also, making copies of stuff involves scanning to my desktop, then printing to the laser jet which sometimes ends up in prints that are lighter than the original making for a headache for such a simple task. Not to mention that printing is only done from my PC at the moment which sucks.
So I want to be able to minimise the printers to 1 single printer if possible and maybe get network printing.
I have a microserver which I intended to setup a printer on and share the printer over the network with to turn the printer into a network printer. problem is with the difficulty of scanning and printing being 2 different printer's, it is a pain in the ass now.
So the choices are:
Purchase a second hand Samsung CLX-3175 Colour Laser Printer (Around R1000) - specs
Or
I purchase a new Canon G2411 Ink Tank System for R2600 (I'll claim back R600 from Canon as a promotional cash back offer) : Takealot.com: Online Shopping | SA's leading online store
Or
This Epson Ink Tank System Printer R2000 : Takealot.com: Online Shopping | SA's leading online store
Feature comparison:
So the Colour Laser Printer has ethernet and network printing built in and would be an all in one printer solution. It also seems very compact and very good quality.
Only issue is the fact that toner generics are R450 each.
Total Cost to setup: R1800 (will yield 1000+ prints)
Ink Tank System printers mentioned will be high initial cost but ink bottles are R200 a bottle for Canon and R150 for Epson. They claim around 1000 prints or more and replacing ink is cheap enough.
This does seem like the ideal solution but not sure on whether I can actually network these and wanting to avoid having the printer only really usable on one PC.
See for copies, at least if the copies can be done where you press black and white button and it scans and copies, that would work fine. Otherwise sometimes scanning will have to be done but then it is difficult to scan when not at the PC which the printer in near, since you change the pages all the time. Unless you scan using ADF.
So this is a tough situation and I'm leaning towards the Ink Tank System. Either way I have to probably spend money out of my pocket just to get rid of the 2 printers for a single one.