My wife has just started a freelance writing/copywriting business.
Basically, she needs a printer that will print excellent letterheads (with
color), brochures, etc. Ideally needs to be a perfect tradeoff between
quality and speed. When I go on google, I find too many options. I don't
need fax, scanner, etc - just an excellent printer that will last years.
Price range is $200-$400.

thanks,

brian

"Brian Huether" <bhuetherNO@comcastSPAM.net> wrote in message
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Just got myself an HP 6840. Mostly for writing letter and general printing.
Might be worth a look..

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en...51-385457.html

RRP $179

Pro:

Good quality colour and vibrant (can do borderless photos etc)
The draft mode is fast enough and quality is still good enough for most
letters..
Comes with automatic double sided printing (Duplex)
USB, Ethernet and Built in wireless LAN (which I use)
Pigment ink so shouldn't fade
Optional extra 250 sheet paper tray available.

Con:

Output "tray" quite a poor design. Just a support really.
Pigment ink doesn't always work well on plastic (eg OHP films etc). If you
want to print lots of OHP films use a dye based inkjet.
The chip in the HP90 series carts hasn't yet been hacked.

I am also interested in color laser printer.
I am currently using Canon ink jet printer for printing color flyers.
How good are color laser prints compared with color inkjet prints?

Satoshi



"CWatters" <colin.watters@pandoraBOX.be> wrote in message
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On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 12:08:02 -0400, "Brian Huether"
<bhuetherNO@comcastSPAM.net> wrote:

even do duplex.

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Thanks for your information.
After reading your post, I am seriously considering to buy an expensive,
affordable laser color prints.
So now I have more questions.

a) Are there 3rd party color laser toners like the way we see now for ink
jet printers?
b) What brand of color laser printer would you like to recommend?

Satoshi



"Bill" <bill@c.a> wrote in message newsO2dnQ6kyf-AoVXfRVn-uA@golden.net...

"Bill" <bill@c.a> wrote in message newsO2dnQ6kyf-AoVXfRVn-uA@golden.net...
Someone told me they dont handle envelopes very well because these days most
are self dhesive. Is that true?

Thanks Bill,

I was always under the impression that color laser printing could cost a
fortune.
I will look into buying HP unit in very near future.

Thanks again for your important information.

Regards,

Satoshi





"Bill" <bill@c.a> wrote in message news:laydneb2MtKdFlXfRVn-1g@golden.net...

Text usage is generally based upon 1500 10pt characters and color based on
5% coverage would be 4 5/8 sq inches which isn't a lot. Heavier coverage per
sheet and the costs go up while the page yield comes down. As with ink
refills the availability of third party toner would significantly reduce per
page costs.
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"Bill" <bill@c.a> wrote in message news:BradnWNvIMyDE1XfRVn-3g@golden.net...

satoshi wrote:

If I understand it correctly color laser printers do not produce colors
with a very wide gamut. That means the colors are less vibrant/dynamic
and saturated. I used to have a HP color laser printer at work place that
I can print anything freely. I quickly learned that it is no match to
the colors of a Canon inkjet printer.

A few questions:

Usage: How many pages a day/week/month

Permanence: How important is water proof and or fade proof prints?

Paper types: Are a variety of paper types required, or will most be bond
paper

Single or double sided?

Will printer have other use beyond text and color letterhead?
(Photographs?)

Art


Brian Huether wrote:

They have all come down tremendously in price over the last year.
However, costs of consumables are quite high, using the same business
model as used for inkjet printers.

Art

satoshi wrote:

In message <da9he0$hdf$1@reader2.nmix.net>, satoshi
<satoshi@thuntek.net> writes
a colour laser, only in my old HP IIIp (and IIp before that) but I
haven't had any problem with them.

The question has to be how much printing do you intend to do. The
cheaper printers generally cost more to run. Generally a laser comes
with enough toner for 1-2000 pages. That might be sufficient for you
for a year or more in which case you can consider the cheap colour
lasers - there are a number available for £200, so presumably less than
US$300. Personally, if I was after a colour laser now, I would look at
Kyocera, their A4 colour laser is about £1,000 but the running costs are
lower.


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In message <UP4ye.38803$J12.36177@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com> , Stevelee
<" Stevelee"@hotmail.com> writes
Take a piece of decent laser paper (eg Xerox colortech 100 gsm) which
costs less than 2p (£0.02) per sheet and tell a colour laser to print on
its thick card setting (or whatever it is for the particular model) now
do the same thing with the top of the range glossy paper in an inkjet.
Is the extra expense really justified?

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Timothy