I'm looking to buy a new printer.
As I don't print regularly (sometimes I don't print during a few months)
I'm wondering if it is not better to buy a laser to avoid print head
clogging.
Is this clogging thing also present in lasers or not ?
Marc <mbbs@telenet.be> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm looking to buy a new printer.
>As I don't print regularly (sometimes I don't print during a few months)
>I'm wondering if it is not better to buy a laser to avoid print head
>clogging.
>
>Is this clogging thing also present in lasers or not ?
>
>--
>Marc
Marc
Laser printers do not clog. If you only print occasionally and don't need
colour you should look at a reasonably cheap laser printer. There is not much
difference in price now between an entry level laser and inkjet printer and in
most cases the laser is a little cheaper to run with no printhead reliability
issues.
Tony
MS MVP Printing/Imaging
Hi, I'm looking to buy a new printer. As I don't print regularly (sometimes I don't print during a few months) I'm wondering if it is not better to buy a laser to avoid print head clogging. Is this clogging thing also present in lasers or not ? -- Marc
Marc Laser printers do not clog. If you only print occasionally and don't need colour you should look at a reasonably cheap laser printer. There is not much difference in price now between an entry level laser and inkjet printer and in most cases the laser is a little cheaper to run with no printhead reliability issues. Tony MS MVP Printing/Imaging
That MAY be very poor advice. It depends on what you are using the printer for. If it is just everyday text and graphics then a laser is OK but if you are printing photos then only a good photo inkjet will do the job well.. The question of use was not asks. Anyway Tony da tiger is in the printing business so who knows what motivated his answer.
Marc wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking to buy a new printer.
> As I don't print regularly (sometimes I don't print during a few months)
> I'm wondering if it is not better to buy a laser to avoid print head
> clogging.
>
> Is this clogging thing also present in lasers or not ?
>
Hi,
Laser printer clogging? It does not even have a head. Look into how
laser printer works. Your question is invalid.
Tony Hwang <dragon40@shaw.ca> wrote:
>Marc wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm looking to buy a new printer.
>> As I don't print regularly (sometimes I don't print during a few months)
>> I'm wondering if it is not better to buy a laser to avoid print head
>> clogging.
>>
>> Is this clogging thing also present in lasers or not ?
>>
>Hi,
>Laser printer clogging? It does not even have a head. Look into how
>laser printer works. Your question is invalid.
Mr. Hwang
There is no such thing as a stupid (or invalid) question; only stupid, ill
thought out or rude answers.
I believe that people with limited knowledge of printers should feel
comfortable to ask their questions here, otherwise what is the point of this
newsgroup?
Tony
MS MVP Printing/Imaging
> Marc wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm looking to buy a new printer.
>> As I don't print regularly (sometimes I don't print during a few months)
>> I'm wondering if it is not better to buy a laser to avoid print head
>> clogging.
>>
>> Is this clogging thing also present in lasers or not ?
>>
> Hi,
> Laser printer clogging? It does not even have a head. Look into how
> laser printer works. Your question is invalid.
I probably phrased my question badly, sorry for that, I'm not a native
English speaker, I'm Flemish.
What I ment was:
What happens when you don't print for some time ?
- when using an inktjet, your printheads probably get clogged
and you get bad print quality
- Is there something similar happening with lasers ?
toner powder getting stuck, or other possible bad things
happening that deteriorate print quality or damage the printer
--
Marc
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> <pre wrap="">Hi,
>
> I'm looking to buy a new printer.
> As I don't print regularly (sometimes I don't print during a few months)
> I'm wondering if it is not better to buy a laser to avoid print head
> clogging.
>
> Is this clogging thing also present in lasers or not ?
>
In fact, I'm looking for a SOHO multifunctional color printer/scanner,
with automatic input tray to scan a number of pages without putting the
pages in manually one by one.
I don't care for photoprinting, so I guess what I need is a small color
laser MFP.
The aim of this topic was to see what is the best printing technology for my
specific needs. I'll open a new topic to ask for suggestions about what MFP
type would do best, and specify there my requirements.
Well, I guess I can put them here as well, and see what reactions I get.
If there is not so much reaction, I'll open a new topic to give it a bit
more visibility
- Printer technology: color laser (no photo quality needed)
- Toner cartridges easily refillable
I don't know about the price of laser consumeables,
but I don't want to pay a very high price like it is for
ink prices for inkjets
- Scanner with automatic paper input tray
I want to be able to put a pile of paper on it,
push the scan button and have it all scanned automatically
- All in one to save desktop space
- Printer & scanner both well supported in Linux
I had a bad experience with a Canon 4200 scanner,
it is useless under Linux because Canon does not provide
a driver, and they also refuse to give info to the open source
community to be able to create a driver.
So I guess Canon is out of the picture here
- Don't care about PC connectivity (USB, paralel, LAN)
unless it has an impact on performance or Linux support
--
Marc
Marc <mbbs@telenet.be> wrote:
>Tony Hwang wrote:
>
>> Marc wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm looking to buy a new printer.
>>> As I don't print regularly (sometimes I don't print during a few months)
>>> I'm wondering if it is not better to buy a laser to avoid print head
>>> clogging.
>>>
>>> Is this clogging thing also present in lasers or not ?
>>>
>> Hi,
>> Laser printer clogging? It does not even have a head. Look into how
>> laser printer works. Your question is invalid.
>
>I probably phrased my question badly, sorry for that, I'm not a native
>English speaker, I'm Flemish.
>
>What I ment was:
>What happens when you don't print for some time ?
>- when using an inktjet, your printheads probably get clogged
> and you get bad print quality
>
>- Is there something similar happening with lasers ?
> toner powder getting stuck, or other possible bad things
> happening that deteriorate print quality or damage the printer
>--
>Marc
Marc
Nothing similar happens with lasers except after a very long time (like a year
or probably more). Generally you can leave a laser printer for months without
any concern, unlike inkjets. Please do not apologise for your lack of Eglish,
your question was nice and clear.
Tony
MS MVP Printing/Imaging
Marc wrote:
>
> In fact, I'm looking for a SOHO multifunctional color printer/scanner,
> with automatic input tray to scan a number of pages without putting the
> pages in manually one by one.
> I don't care for photoprinting, so I guess what I need is a small color
> laser MFP.
>
> The aim of this topic was to see what is the best printing technology for my
> specific needs. I'll open a new topic to ask for suggestions about what MFP
> type would do best, and specify there my requirements.
>
> Well, I guess I can put them here as well, and see what reactions I get.
> If there is not so much reaction, I'll open a new topic to give it a bit
> more visibility
>
> - Printer technology: color laser (no photo quality needed)
>
> - Toner cartridges easily refillable
> I don't know about the price of laser consumeables,
> but I don't want to pay a very high price like it is for
> ink prices for inkjets
>
> - Scanner with automatic paper input tray
> I want to be able to put a pile of paper on it,
> push the scan button and have it all scanned automatically
>
> - All in one to save desktop space
>
> - Printer & scanner both well supported in Linux
> I had a bad experience with a Canon 4200 scanner,
> it is useless under Linux because Canon does not provide
> a driver, and they also refuse to give info to the open source
> community to be able to create a driver.
> So I guess Canon is out of the picture here
>
> - Don't care about PC connectivity (USB, paralel, LAN)
> unless it has an impact on performance or Linux support.
I can tell you that as a brand, HP printers enjoy excellent Linux
support. The inkjet printers do anyway, and I would expect the same is
true of lasers. Let's see... Looking at the printer database for
Mandriva 2007.0 Linux, for example, I see a very long list of laser
models that are supported, including MFP models. My own HP PSC 2110
inkjet is very well supported, for both scanning and printing.
I'm sorry, but I can't comment on the performance of specific models. I
haven't had anything to do with an HP laser in several years, so my
experience there is no longer valid.
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