SSX4life
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join:2004-02-13 | reply to cheap_joe
Re: Suggest old LASER PRINTER with low operating cost
Oddly enough, I just picked up a Laserjet 1022n for 35$ at a yard sale.
50% toner
3000 pages
Clean Rollers
Clean Fuser
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Subaru
1-3-2-4
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join:2001-05-31
Greenwich, CT
clubs:  | reply to cheap_joe
yep the older HP printer are real workhorses |
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scajjr
join:2005-03-01
Kingston, NH | reply to cheap_joe
Got a 6P at a local community center surplus goods section for FREE. Only had 2000 pages on it, runs fantastic. Works fine with Vista/7 RC.
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whymeintrouble
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join:2001-06-20
Woodridge, IL
 ·AT&T Midwest
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just a heads up, if you have a freecycle group near you, you may wish to subscribe and keep an eye on there. I had received a LJ 4 in good outside condition. needed to do some roller replacement, after a $25 investment she be running like brand new, at my mom's house  easy mother's day present ! |
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Subaru
1-3-2-4
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join:2001-05-31
Greenwich, CT
clubs: | reply to banditws6
I have a LJ 4 great printer picked it up for $25 shipped on ebay.
Almost near 200,000 pages printed. |
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DoberDaddy
@comcastbusiness.net
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HP Laserjet 5/5N. I have one on the router and one hanging off a pc in the garage. Got one from the thrift for 8 bucks with 25,000 pages on it. One of the most solid printers I have ever used. We have some in our stockroom that have been in constant use for over 10 years. probably a million+ pages on the things. Drums and rollers have been the only maintenance that I know of. Maybe a fuser or 2 in that time. They run 3 shifts all year except major holidays and they are not turned off then. They just sit there and run and run and run,,,,,and run,,,,,and run. |
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Wily_One
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join:2002-11-24
San Jose, CA
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I have to disagree on the "newer is more expensive" opinion of the OP. I have a Dell 3010cn (which is color) that's almost 3 years old, and I have yet had to add any toner. Black is down to 10%, but it's been saying that for a while - we have printed 3,700 pages over the life of the printer. (Note that the manufacturer lists the yield at 2,000 pages, which we have far exceeded.) When I do finally have to buy toner, it's only $45 for a new cartridge. The second-hand price would be half that.
Maybe a used, 10 year-old model is cheaper, but I know my printer is a helluva lot cheaper to run than an inkjet. |
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stormbow
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join:2002-07-31
Simi Valley, CA
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Another 6p owner, run it off an external jet-direct and it works great. As for drivers, windows comes with standard basic drivers that work without all the junk from the HP drivers. Just make sure the printer you're getting has built in drivers and you should be good. Also, the 4000 series has lots of options as well as the "n" models having jet-directs (networking) built-in. |
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RWild
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Cary, NC
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I know that the LJ4 and LJ5s use the same toner cartridge and believe the LJ6 does, too. I have a 4M (on a Linksys printer server) and a 5M (internal ethernet). The 4M sometimes has trouble with complex PCL pages and is pretty slow in PS mode. The 5M is happy in PCL or PS mode. Both have had very heavy but sporadic use. |
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cheap_joe
@verizon.net
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These were all good suggestions. I did some more research and found that any of the 4-series, 5-series, 6-series units are true workhorses and cheap to operate. Likewise the 1000-4000 units seem pretty good also.
Looks like those were all winners. Refill toner cartridges are cheap for all of them. Learn to love the parallel port! |
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adamtech78
join:2006-01-25
Chicago, IL
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I replaced my HP 4M+ when the rollers started to get really bad.
Now I have a 4100 and am super happy. Installed 133 or so MB of ram and second tray. This thing is a total work horse. That's why I reccommended one to my brother and he has a 4050 model.
At work we got a new printing contract and are phasing out our Dell 1700 printers which never gives us problems mostly, in favour of HP. We'll actually be purchasing a few refurb 4100's instead of freebie printers Apple want to throw with a new order.
The only thing really to watch for is to replace rollers when they start to slick. |
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banditws6
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join:2001-08-18
Naples, FL | reply to cheap_joe
I still have the HP LaserJet 4P that I bought new in...1994, was it? You absolutely cannot kill that thing. It's a little slow to start up, but it's built solid.
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Boricua65
join:2002-01-26
Puerto Rico
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I bought the HP LaserJet 4000n a few years ago off eBay. I don't print as much as the OP. In fact, I was printing with the original toner cartridge until a few weeks ago when it ran out. I bought one from an outfit Iowaink that only cost me $45.00 USD. I don't expect to run out of toner for some years now .
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anonymous07
join:2007-10-13
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To the OP: Thank You for making this post. I am looking for the same info (with similar parameters as you) and additionally one that has cheap MICR cartridges ... just had an laserjet 3p die. And I don't print enough to require anything fancy; just cheap.
Again thanks, this is a great post! |
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Subaru
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join:2001-05-31
Greenwich, CT
clubs: | reply to cheap_joe
I brought a HP LaserJET 4 off ebay for around $25 it has over 129,000 pages printed and it's still running strong. |
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SSX4life
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join:2004-02-13 | reply to cheap_joe
Another vote for the HP 4000 series printers. Solid support and cheap refills on the toner. We still have plenty at my place of work (university).
They are built like tanks and have 300K pages and still going. |
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cheap_joe
@verizon.net | reply to mworks
That's what I'm talking about! Good age, too. |
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mworks
join:2006-06-13
Faison, NC | reply to cheap_joe
Hp laserjet 6P
Got two of them at a local auction for $5.
Both work great and are about 10 years old. When I connected one and used software to query pages printed , it was over 28,000.
Very cheap to refill. About $20 |
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cheap_joe
@verizon.net
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In reply to BA, I understand your point, but you are comparing new-to-new. I would still say without any hesitation that the drivers for the new model will be bloated and in-your-face, and it is HIGHLY unlikely that the new printer will have the same lifespan as those old models. And how about those date-expiration microchips in the new supplies? I often use old supplies that are 10 days old and they work fine. Can't do that anymore with microchip date expirations.
But new vs new is not really the issue -- the minute that I buy a new unit at a retail store, and buy retail-purchased supplies because the product is too new for new surplus supplies to be sold by liquidators, I have already lost big-time vs buying a OLD used model (which in all honesty won't cost much of anything) and buying surplus ink/toner from liquidators.
This is the reason why I annually print with my old inkjet almost for free (less than $10 per year). I pay $2 - $3 each for cartridges on fleabay instead of $30 ea at retail. My cartridges hold 4 to 8 times more ink than new models. And I get a free ream of paper (or $3 cash credit) when I recycle the old cartridge, which means I essentially get paper and ink for pennies, although you still need to buy some additional reams of paper because you print a lot more than 1 ream of paper per cartridge. FACT.
With an annual $200 savings, and this is a conservative estimate, if they PAID me $500 to take a new printer and forced me to use it, I would be at a LOSS by the third year.
Easy math. |
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happy4ya
join:2004-10-31
West Babylon, NY | reply to cheap_joe
If you can find a used HP Laserjet 1000 or 1200 they work great....we have one of each at work and my dad and I both have a laserjet 1000 at home and you can get toner cartridges for about $30 online. |
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