Brother here, I decided my printer hunt by looking at the copy consumables. Which are much cheaper than the originals, and seem to be better in many ways too.

 

Many printer manufacturers have cottoned on that their consumables are copied and they have tried to make it harder each time they produce a new model. 

 

Now Im not saying that the latest Brother printers have not done this, Im just saying if you want to keep your consumable costs down its a sensible thing to checkout.

 

 

 

I don't think much has happened in printer tech within the last 4 years.

I've never rated Lexmark. I've still got my Brother colour laser and I still rate them, just like I've had good Kyocera lasers in the past.

A lot of people seem to be getting big colour photocopiers for work instead of printers. For inkjet refillable tank types are becoming more popular.

Still have an old network bw hp laserjet always bought used and models sold in buckets loads on eBay as cheap and spare parts and toner

1 hour ago, sixwheeledbeast said:

I don't think much has happened in printer tech within the last 4 years.

I've never rated Lexmark. I've still got my Brother colour laser and I still rate them, just like I've had good Kyocera lasers in the past.

A lot of people seem to be getting big colour photocopiers for work instead of printers. For inkjet refillable tank types are becoming more popular.

bought a 2nd hand monster one. Charities get rid every 3 yrs etc

Its been flawless and i use it to print the village newletter etc 88000 pages in the last 18 months just on that. 

But ive tried to go as paperless as possible so print a lot less than we did 5 yrs ago. Not cos im green just for money reasons

37 minutes ago, james.wilson said:

bought a 2nd hand monster one. Charities get rid every 3 yrs etc

Its been flawless and i use it to print the village newletter etc 88000 pages in the last 18 months just on that. 

But ive tried to go as paperless as possible so print a lot less than we did 5 yrs ago. Not cos im green just for money reasons

We have a used A3 Lexmark for printing plans I picked up for £40.00 on marketplace  

HP laser jet at home and a Brother duplex thing at work, both rarely used to print, just occasionally scan.

 

Had to roll back the software on the HP because the fuckers updated it one night and it binned off the amazon toners. 

The only colour thing I need is zone charts

 

Xerox (Lexmark) C230 is £200,

 

Toner appears on ebay, but will properly get bummed on a set of fuller toners for £240 instead !

In a break with tradition, Kyocera £254 +vat

Inc toners?

My HP and Brother ones are still going strong although v little use.

starter toners 1500 page irrc