Colour lasers again
Oct. 6th, 2013 10:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ffuturesThe Ricoh SPC240DN duplexing colour network laser printer I mentioned a few weeks ago is available for less than I thought; someone has then new at £73 inc delivery on ebay.uk. add £11 for a 3-year warranty.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/380675855169
The down side is that the toners supplied are chipped to 1000 pages; the up side is that the toners can be refilled and re-chipped to 2000 pages for about £15 per cartridge. So if I buy this I can expect to get say 800-1000 pages, refill, and say another 1800-2000 pages for a total price around £133, or a bit under 5p per colour page, say 1p per mono page.
I think this sounds like a pretty good deal - it's probably overkill for my needs, and it's a big heavy printer, but my idea of having a mono laser and a separate colour inkjet has turned out to be a mistake, with the inks drying out before they got much use. The mono laser is down to about a third of a cartridge, and they are expensive and difficult to refill. The Ricoh looks better than my last colour laser, and I was happy with that for several years.
Bottom line, I'll probably order one today unless someone suggests a good reason not to, and try to flog the mono laser while it still has some toner.
Later - now purchased, probable delivery Thursday. We'll see how it goes...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/380675855169
The down side is that the toners supplied are chipped to 1000 pages; the up side is that the toners can be refilled and re-chipped to 2000 pages for about £15 per cartridge. So if I buy this I can expect to get say 800-1000 pages, refill, and say another 1800-2000 pages for a total price around £133, or a bit under 5p per colour page, say 1p per mono page.
I think this sounds like a pretty good deal - it's probably overkill for my needs, and it's a big heavy printer, but my idea of having a mono laser and a separate colour inkjet has turned out to be a mistake, with the inks drying out before they got much use. The mono laser is down to about a third of a cartridge, and they are expensive and difficult to refill. The Ricoh looks better than my last colour laser, and I was happy with that for several years.
Bottom line, I'll probably order one today unless someone suggests a good reason not to, and try to flog the mono laser while it still has some toner.
Later - now purchased, probable delivery Thursday. We'll see how it goes...
