Re: OT: Best New Laser Printer to Buy

Christian Walter wrote:

David T. Ashley wrote:

What is the best new laser printer to buy (for tecchie home use)?

My story: I bought an HP LaserJet 4 in approximately 1992 and put it to medium-volume use. After about 8 years, it started having paper feed problems. I applied some roller renewing chemical to the rubber rollers, which lasted about a year before the paper feed problems reappeared. Then, I ordered a kit of new rollers for $49.00 from a place online--it required a bit of surgery to get them all installed, but now the printer is going strong for several years now with new rollers.

I've noticed that the LaserJet 4 parts chain is still going strong, and I can at this point order anything I want. But sooner or later, something will break and the parts chain will dry up.

Is HP making any decent "workhorse" printers these days? Shamefully, I'm looking for something that will last me another 15 years after I buy it.

Constraints for me:

a)High volume toner cartridges (I need several thousand sheets of paper between changes). (No inkjet or other technologies that are a hassle.)

b)Must work with LaTeX, GhostScript, and other serious tecchie applications.

c)Would be nice if it were directly connectable to an Ethernet network (so I don't need to turn my big computer on to share the printer with my laptop).


Hello,

I bought a HP Laserjet 1320 about 1 1/2 half year ago and in fact it was the best buy I every made. I supports postscript and therefore is an excellent choice for Unix operating systems. The windows drivers are also great and I have also used them for advanced technical drawings (autocad, ...). Regarding the cartridges I am very happy with it but have to admit that I did not count the number of pages I have printed.

I have not tried the 1320TN series but they should be network ready and therefore should be a good choice. Maybe you can get one on Ebay because I think they have been EOLd by HP.

d)Color not required an in fact not really desired.

HP is turning out so many printers these days ... it is hard for me to differentiate the workhorses from ones that aren't as well built.


Kind regards,
Christian

PS: I had the same problems with a Laserjet 1100 and the reason for the printing problems where some manufacturing errors from HP. Sadly I missed the time frame when the replacement parts where available and so I had to buy a new one.


For the HP5L out here I got the improvement kit. IIRC it was some kind of drying or aging of a part at the bottom of the paper stack (not any rollers). At least that's where the new part had to be glued onto via a hard cardboard push. The main problem with those printers was that they pulled in several sheets without that fix and this caused the jams in my case.

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