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Laser Printer Rec. for and iMac ?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2001
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i have an HP LaserJet 1300
it's done great service for a zillion years
however, it now 'paper-jams' every 2 or 3d piece of paper for a job.
I have to reach in and pull that paper out and reset the HP
its a pain.
on the other hand I don't print that much
but a fair amound around TaxTime
Id perfer to stay with a laserjet
unless there is a good but fairly priced ink-jet unit that only prints black
ie does not require color cartrdge replacemenets is all you need is black ink
thanks
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MacPro 2.66 dual 3GB RAM 1.5 TB HD's
24" + 21" Samsung flat panels
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Mac Elite
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thank you for your suggestion.
HP as a similarly priced item
but I needed something soon, so i got this :
HP LaserJet Pro M402n Printer | Staples®
one good thing about Apple, it does the chit-chat with the OS
and its ready to go.
its a bit noisy, but I dont use it enough for that to be a concern to me
thaks again.
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MacPro 2.66 dual 3GB RAM 1.5 TB HD's
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Might as well make this "printer talk".
I have an HP now. It's not horrible or anything, but Brother seems to be what HP used to be in terms of printers. Just get one. Doesn't matter which. They're all good.
Yeah... for HP, that was a long time ago.
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Join Date: May 2001
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For me laser printers must have two things:
(1) Postscript
(2) Built-in networking
A third one is neat, but optional:
(3) Apple Air Print (that allows you to print directly from iOS devices)
In a pinch, you can live without built-in networking. Point (1) means you never, ever, ever have to worry about drivers. Last month, my university had to replace my Canon color laser which was great in every respect, but one: the driver would sometimes inexplicably crash when printing regular pdf files. Sometimes it would work if I printed from Acrobat instead of Preview, but in the end it got so bad that they replaced it with a new Epson color laser — with Postscript.
Nowadays Brother printers have become the default recommendation, and it feels as if HP has been coasting a little too long on its reputation. If you want to an alternative, have a look at Kyocera and Oki printers. Kyocera printers in particular are very well-built for the price, even the cheaper models last upwards of 50,000 pages in real life.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Duplex is nice.
Brother has treated me well so far. Recommended one to a friend. He likes it.
The main beef I have with my HP is the crazy-aggressive power saving mode.
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Originally Posted by subego
Duplex is nice.
Indeed. I couldn't work properly without it.
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