Which printer type is the better one to buy?

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As the title says, which type is the better one to buy for someone who enjoys printing things in color, but who only prints maybe 10-20 pages a year? Inkjet or Laser?

Note: PLEASE don’t reply with a specific brand, just the type and why you think it’s the better choice.

 

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Laser printer would be best as the ink in an inkjet printer would dry up. Toner does not have that problem.

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Bob99 wrote:

As the title says, which type is the better one to buy for someone who enjoys printing things in color, but who only prints maybe 10-20 pages a year? Inkjet or Laser?

I am in the same category as you and I prefer Laser. Laser toner is a powder and does not dry up like inkjets do. BUT, an inexpensive one is hard to find and the toner replacements are expensive. You have to buy red, yellow, blue and B&W cartridges. (I buy remanufactured toners.) I was lucky to find an inexpensive Samsung ALL-IN-ONE for about $200 just around the time HP purchased them.

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Laser.  Ink dries up.

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Bob99 wrote:

Inkjet or Laser?

Laser hands down.  I’m a laser user for the last 14 yrs.  Same hardware.  I’m on my third drum and 5th toner cartridge. (third party parts, not the brand) Super reliable.  When I click “print” it prints. Period. No surprises. It does a great job printing on both sides of the paper when needed.

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I think it depends on what you’re going to print and how those 10-20 pages are distributed time-wise over the course of a year. If you’re going to print photos an ink-jet will generally do a better job with less fuss. I’ve never had a problem with ink jets drying up as long as I print one page a month with a combination of colors. In Linux Mint I can print a so-called test page each month that has yellow, cyan, magenta, and black (both photo black and text black). Those 32 pages (your 20 plus a monthly test page) will not use much ink; a set of cartidges for, say, $80 – $100 will probably last a few years.

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I personally got myself a relatively inexpensive mono laser printer as soon as the prices came down.  I never did much color printing and when I did I found myself having to do a Head cleaning procedure to remove the dried ink from the printer heads. That procedure used more ink, and then the price of ink got crazy.

When the rare occasion comes up that I need a photo printed I go to a place (usually drug stores or office supply stores) and they print them for me for much less than the cost of owning an Inkjet.

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I’ve used Canon inkjet Pixma printers for AIO printing, scanning and photo printing. I use the USB set up, no wireless for me. No apps on my phone, it’s just what I prefer as everyone has their own way of managing things.

Looking at the Canon Pixma, they have discontinued the MG line and have replaced it with the TS or TR line. I’m still looking at them since I loved the MG series.

You could say that I am independent in thought and love my ability to print on my own via USB.

Canon has given me the fatal B200/203/204 error on one of my printers and on the other, it is the inpad almost full. So, I am on the hunt, and it is driving me a little cray! 🙂 The printers were manufactured in 2010 and 2015, so I guess they are near EOL.

 

 

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10-20 pages a year. Why even get a printer. Save the files to a USB stick and take them to a CVS, Walgreens, UPS, Fed Ex store and have them print them. For the cost of that printer you’ll print for several years. You’ll also get a better quality print on better paper.

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