A brief history of Brother, Canon, Epson, HP, and Kyocera

[Jan]

Best printer brands for South African businesses

Despite the world becoming more digital, many South African companies still need reliable, high-performance computer printers for their day-to-day operations.

While large parts of conducting business no longer require nearly as much printing as in the past, there are several industries where going 100% paperless is simply impossible.

 

[ThinkCentre]

For myself, I will only buy HP or Brother. I had bad history with Canon and Epson.

 

[G.A.S]

What about others typically found in (larger) SA offices? e.g.

• Konika Minolta
• Ricoh

 

[lordnokon]

What about others typically found in (larger) SA offices? e.g.

• Konika Minolta
• Ricoh

And OKI's

 

[SilverCode]

For myself, I will only buy HP or Brother. I had bad history with Canon and Epson.

Just wait until your HP Printer tries to shake you down in an extortion raquet

My Printer Is Extorting Me

Subscriptions such as HP’s Instant Ink challenge what it means to own our devices.

www.theatlantic.com

 

[Fango]

My Brother DCP J140W has been serving me well for over 10 years using a pirate brand ink at R280 a set.

 

[system32]

For myself, I will only buy HP or Brother. I had bad history with Canon and Epson.

I've not had a good experience with HP.
Doing quite well with Epson.

HP does some strange business things:

HP disables home printer after user’s credit card expires

HP offers an InstantInk subscription service which allows customers get to rent cartridges at fees based on the number of pages they want to print every month.

mybroadband.co.za

 

[Totempole]

My Brother DCP J140W has been serving me well for over 10 years using a pirate brand ink at R280 a set.

I have that same printer for colour prints. Only thing is it's dog slow compared to laser when printing 20 page or more documents.

Also no ADF for scanning, so you have to do it page by page directly to the platen glass.

Also, check Takealot, they usually have LC39 sets for around R149 or less.

 

[backstreetboy]

Kyocera ftw!

 

[RunningFromFat]

I've had my samsung laserjet for at least 10 years and it's going strong.

 

[Space]

what about the Seikosha and Star Micronics - those were stellar dotmatrix printers