Best economical printer used by aspirants
I seek your valuable suggestions and advice on the best low cost printer available in the market that you are aware of or you might be using that is economical yet fast and efficient. Economical in the sense that the cost of refiling is economically viable and sustainable in the long run.
I am also open to printers that come with with WIFI and photocopy functionality. Colour printing is not required though
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@Naadan_Parinda Brother, thankyou so much :)
Perhaps, the brother printer seems to perfectly suit my requirement. Can you tell me what is the cost of the ink toner and how long they last?
And of course that camscanner thing. Why I didn't think of that baffles me!
Dont go for scanner printers. My roomate bought a printer with camscanner for test series copies printing. It used to take her 2 minutes for scanning one page ( and a lot of patience ) . mgp copies are like 40 pages. it will take you forever to scan them. Just use camscanner.
Could anyone share their personal experience with the ink tank printers in the market vis-a-vis laser printer, they mention that it is cost efficient .@goldberry Are scanners that bad, or was is it just the case with that specific printer?
Been using Ink Tank printer in this lockdown (at hometown). Canon G2000
Had used laser printers for many years (mostly HP 1020)
Print quality - laser is superior. Ink tank isn't far behind
Print speed - laser wins easily
Color print option - ink tank wins
Ease of refill and maintenance,cost - ink tank wins.. just buy the bottle pour it yourself.
Canon ink tank black ink costs 500 rs per bottle.. approx 4-5k prints. Laser cost might seem similar superficially if you consider only powder refill (300 rs odd for 2k pages) but you do need to replace the cartridge (1000 rs) after 3-4 refills.
Didn't need maintenance till now. Laser you are dependent on a shop for refill. Also paper jam issue is much more on a laser printer..
Duplex - if you buy a one side laser and plan to do manual duplex it will be a pain because paper jams when you try printing on second side. Manual duplex is very good on a ink tank printer
Final conclusion -- they are very close. If you need color prints the answer is straight forward(ink tank). If Greyscale duplex is priority both options are equally good IMO
I have been using Brother hl-2351dw printer. It is a monochromatic, single function (only printing), wireless printer with duplex printing function (prints both sides). The Plus point for me was wireless printing, because I use ipad and mobile most of the times.
If you want photocopy option, then you can go for HP M1005. It has scanner too. My father has this one. But I find some limitations in it such as frequent jamming, no duplex printing feature, slower than Brother printer. And the biggest minus point (for me) is, no wireless printing.
Instead of photocopy, I use cam scanner and then print. So I don't need scanner or photocopy in my printer.
HP printer has good service support, and you can find cartridge very easily, which is not so for Brother.
GaryVee,pristinePerhaps, the brother printer seems to perfectly suit my requirement. Can you tell me what is the cost of the ink toner and how long they last?
And of course that camscanner thing. Why I didn't think of that baffles me!
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