Colour laser printer

11 years ago

Need some advice on buying a colour laser printer. Our old ink jet stopped working and we need to replace it ASAP - our 7yo prints a lot!

I'm looking at a wireless that will work with PC and Mac and hopefully the toner replacements don't cost more than the printer!

Thoughts on these(open to other suggestions)
Xerox 6015ni
Lexmark cx310dn
Brother hl3140cw

Theses are are available under $350 - would like to keep in that range.

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DA_Mccoy
11 years ago
It may help if you check with friends and family to see if they have the 2015 edition of Consumer Reports Buying Guide. It rates seven color laser printers; 3-Brother, 3-Samsung and a Dell. Only one is out of your price range.

DA
Elmer J Fudd
11 years ago
DA, does that article discuss whether the Dell model is truly a Dell product? Dell extricated itself from some parts (but perhaps not all parts) of the printer market some time ago, paying other companies to make Dell-branded models. Perhaps what's listed isn't made by Dell.

Whether or not, I'd take a look first at the cost differences for replacement ink/cartridges (or whatever they're called on a color laser printer) as between competing brands. If you think you'll be buying them frequently, let those prices factor into your buying decision.
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DA_Mccoy
11 years ago
Only a second as I'm back at work. The phone rang. I don't have the model number. It was listed as a Dell. Made by Dell? It is the recommend buy.

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chas045
11 years ago
I had my CR2015 buying guide beside my computer. i see you are looking for the regular printers rather than all in one. CR likes three Brothers. I imagine the hl3170 replaces the 3140 at $280. i see that the big difference between ink jet and lazers are the doubled ink/month costs based on some average of pages printed. Perhaps your child is above that. There are three higher rated printers but the first two are 3x and 2x more expensive for ink. The samsung color xpress c1810w is in 3rd place with similar ink and machine cost to the Brother. BTW, the only laser check rated model was the ink hog Dell C1660w.
I see that you could get an inkjet with half the Brother ink costs (HP officeJet Pro 251dw. I also see that my own Canon inkjet probably uses ink costing like the Brother, so I should probably get another machine if I wanted to save ink costs.
3ilovepie
Original Author
11 years ago
No luck on my end getting CR2015 for review- and after all my interest in a stand alone printer - our son decided all-in-one was more to his liking and would save him time. Ended up with a xerox 6015ni.

Thank you all!

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