Laser color or injet color

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> The Samsung color laser printer is quite afford-able now.
> If compare with the same price range ink jet printer.
> Which one is better?
> Think about this, the ink carts is quite expensive also.


The printer cost is just the upfront cost. Consider the cost of the
consumables, how often you use the printer and how fast the
consumables are consumed, and how long you will be using that printer.
Typically the cost of the consumables swamps the initial cost of the
printer for a heavily and constantly used printer. You don't mention
how many pages you are printing per day or if someone other than you
is going to get the printout that might have different standards than
you.

How long does the printout get to dry before someone handles it
(without concern for how it was printed)? Under what conditions will
the printout get delivered and/or stored? What type of printouts will
you be generating? How much more expensive is it to get duplex
printed (double-sided) included in the hardware rather than pending
the print job and waiting for you to flip the printout, and how long
are you willing to wait for the automatic or manual flip for the first
side to dry? How large are your printouts versus how fast is the
printer (pages per minute)? Will you be printing color to
adhesive-backed paper (i.e., labels) where heat from a laser printer
can cause problems? Will you be printing to transparency sheets where
it will smudge with inkjet even if you get the plastic sheets designed
for inkjet? Are you looking at a high-quality and expensive
professional color laser printer or a consumer-grade and cheap color
laser printer? Are you printing color once in a blue moon and the
vast majority of your printing is just black? Do you need to produce
multiple copies (which makes pages per minute an important spec)? Are
you printing little single-colored logos or icons to fluff up your
printouts, or are you printing out high-quality photographs?

Only YOU know how you will *use* the printer. Awhile back, inkjet was
better for color printing but that's changed. However, it depends on
the technology used by the laser printer if is as good or better than
inkjet.

http://www.laser-printer-reviews.org/

Google works, too:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%2b%22color+laser+printer%22+%2breview

The first hit
(http://www.consumersearch.com/www/computers/color-laser-printers/reviews.html)
is a site listing several other sites with color laser reviews.
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On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:59:24 +0800, " "
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>The Samsung color laser printer is quite afford-able now.
>If compare with the same price range ink jet printer.
>Which one is better?
>Think about this, the ink carts is quite expensive also.

For good quality color laser printers you would want to go
above the low end models. Over the long term the low end
models also cost about as much and sometimes more because
their replacement toner cartridges have less toner, a higher
cost per page... so you might think about how long you
expect the printer to last. Printing some things in color
like charts, graphs, photos, you'll use up a typical color
laser's 2-3K page cartridges fairly quickly, since that 2-3K
pages is a rating for 5% coverage, text.

So essentially, comparing same price isn't such a good idea
as lasers inherantly cost more to manufacture, and the cost
of replacement supplies is also a factor as these printers
may seem disposible based on initial cost but manufacturers
tend to place a careful eye at the price of refill ink or
toner such that you usually don't come out ahead throwing
away the printer to buy a new one instead of refilling it,
unless you are fortunate enough (Or spend a lot of time
watching for sales/rebates/etc, with the time ultimately
offsetting a certain bit of savings) to continually find a
good deal on a replacement printer. This is also less
environmentally friendly, throwing out a printer that still
works when it only needs a cartridge.

With higher priced lasers you also, often find their starter
cartridges have more toner, that pricing is sometimes fairly
related to how much toner they ship with so you might get a
better printer with the same TCO over a few years by just
paying more up front and of course looking for deals as some
of the middling range color lasers may have sizable rebates.

In general a good color laser will not have as good a photo
quality output as a merely average quality inkjet, but
shopping wisely for the color laser, the cost per page is
lower, you don't have the hassles of more frequent changing
of ink cartridges or running out in the middle of a larger
job, and printing is much faster with a laser. Do you need
display quality photorealistic output? How often? If it is
not a continual need, a local drugstore or photomat, even
someplace like Kinkos may be able to handle that specific
printing need which may be a bit of an inconvenience, but so
is fiddling with ink cartridges if you don't have a volume
high enough to offset that.

Ink cart price depends a lot on whether you can find
aftermarket carts with a quality you can accept, and if the
inkjet printer manufacturer hasn't taken so many steps to
prevent 3rd party cards through chips/etc that it's either
not supported or it drives up the cost.

The other option is to own at least two printers, getting
the color inkjet for the photorealistic output and either a
color laser (if you ever need fast drafts or lower
resolution color output), or a B&W laser to lower the
associated costs.
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On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:59:24 +0800, " "
wrote:

>The Samsung color laser printer is quite afford-able now.
>If compare with the same price range ink jet printer.
>Which one is better?
>Think about this, the ink carts is quite expensive also.

I cant comment on the color printers, but I have an older B&W laser
printer, and I would not trade it for anything. It prints clear and
clean copies, and although I dont print that much, I have never
replaced the toner yet. When I need it, they cost around $45, which
should last me years. When I had an inkjet, I was going broke on ink,
and if I didn't use the printer for several months, it seemed the ink
would clog or dry up. You couldn't give me another inkjet.
One other thing, inkjets produce copies that run when they get damp or
wet. If you make a "lost dog" poster (for example) and hang it on a
tree, even thick fog will turn it into a blob of unreadable black (or
color) on paper. Laser does not wash off or run.

As far as color, I cant say. I have never had a need for it. If I
want my digital photos put on paper, I take them to Walmart,
Walgreens, or any other photo store. By the time you buy the ink, and
special paper, it's cheaper to let a store do it. I read some article
where it said that using an inkjet at home, using photographic paper,
cost around 50 cents per picture (or more). The stores do them for
19cents and often less when they have sales. Granted, you cant just
print them when wanted, and it costs gas to go to the store, but I go
to those stores anyhow, and I can wait for my prints. Most of the
time I just look at them on my monitor anyhow. About the only time I
print them is when they are to be given to computerless friends.

One other thing, I really think the manufacturers of inkjet inks are
robbing people. It can in no way cost anything close to what they
charge for that ink. But it's tje same story as gasoline. They know
that you cant use your car without gas, so they can rob you. The
mfgrs of these printers know that when the ink is gone, you'll pay
their outrageous prices for ink. Or, I know someone who buys a new
printer whenever they run out of ink, because the end cost is the
same. One brand, (lexmark), it actually costs more for the ink, than
a new printer including the ink. So, the next time you see a Lexmark
at a garage sale, you know why. I bet I see one of them at almost
every other garage sale I go to. I'd say to avoid anything from that
company.

Just my two cents !!!!
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> The Samsung color laser printer is quite afford-able now.
> If compare with the same price range ink jet printer.
> Which one is better?

As a door stop, the las-er would be much bet-ter due to its extra weight.
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> The Samsung color laser printer is quite afford-able now.
> If compare with the same price range ink jet printer.
> Which one is better?
> Think about this, the ink carts is quite expensive also.

Go with the one that has the cheaper carts.







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