New A4 Mono Laser

[mrmrrza]

Hi All,

It is time to replace our trusty A4 Mono. Anyone have any suggestions as to a replacement (Requirements: UTP, Duplex, reasonable cartridge prices, R2000-R3000)?

Anyone familiar with after-sales support for OKI in South Africa?

 

[Fox1]

I saw Game running specials on Ricoh printers meeting your requirements. Maybe go check them out.

 

[MickZA]

OKI make good SOHO workhorses, the B410n is good value for money.

One advantage is the separate toner/drum design, this makes for lower running costs. Toner is good for 3,500 pages and when it finally calls for a new drum (+/- 25,000 pages) it's best to buy a new printer given the cost.

Never had to send one in under warranty and we have quite a few with clients.

 

[Grubscrew]

Brother? Always heard good things about Brother printer.

Just avoid samsung.

 

[howardb]

I've had an OKI laser at home for years and works well - the individual OEM replacement toners are a bit expensive, but found that filling them myself is much cheaper - you cannot refill the toner cartridges that originally come with the printer, so need to shell out on at least 1 original replacement set - then use a decent replacement toner and some resets from ebay.

Brother is also good, agree to steer clear of Samsung.

As mentioned, look at the toner/drum replacement costs first before making a decision.
It also depends on the number of prints you will be making daily/monthly? Don't go for a cheap-a$$ printer with a low volume output if you're doing medium/high volume prints, as you'll end up with issues...