Please recommend me a printer.

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A multifunction mono laser printer for school office use.
Fax, copy, scan print.

The monthly workload is about 5000 copies

Budget is between R3000 - R4000

The price of replacing toner cartridges will also be a factor.
 
Calvin22580 said:
http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/printers/SL-M2885FW/XAA

Price from my supplier is R2962
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With 5000 pages duty cycle you need two high capacity cartridges per month and a drum kit every two months. And cartridges are chipped, you have to replace it even blank pages come out. :)

I suggest separate medium volume laser printer and less expensive multifunction inkjet device. You must chose MFP carefully. Look for device which allow to transfer faxes to PC (without printing). It would let print a fax on the laser and only when needed. Some Canon MFP do not allow it. As for laser I am not familiar with current range, but rule is the same: more expensive printer, lower cost of consumables.

Alternatively Epson continuous ink system MFP device.
 
We are on the 3rd Brother device in 2 years...

Something keeps on screwin out and the imaging drum messes all over the print with little black spots.

Not only excess powder but actually printed spill if that makes sense.
 
boxerulez said:
We are on the 3rd Brother device in 2 years...

Something keeps on screwin out and the imaging drum messes all over the print with little black spots.

Not only excess powder but actually printed spill if that makes sense.
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New printers or rented ones?
 
New. Been replaced under warranty consecutively.

Given up now they are replacing it with a different brother machine.

Will see this coming week how the new one performs.
 
/subscribes

My kids are needing prints for school. Costs of replacing cartridges are expensive. I bought an HP Officejet 6500A because I thought it would be easier on the pocket. The initial outlay wasn't worth the cost I pay in cartridges. *sigh*
 
I second what Venomous says above. Our school was given one (a networkable, office-grade model) by our department of education in 2013. After about 2 toner cartridges, if I remember correctly, the drum unit needed replacing, and no compatibles available. R2000, just for the drum unit. We decided it wasn't worth it and made other plans. You have to wonder if the people who award tenders pay any attention to the maintenance costs. That said, it worked well until that.
 
Marsie27 said:
I second what Venomous says above. Our school was given one (a networkable, office-grade model) by our department of education in 2013. After about 2 toner cartridges, if I remember correctly, the drum unit needed replacing, and no compatibles available. R2000, just for the drum unit. We decided it wasn't worth it and made other plans. You have to wonder if the people who award tenders pay any attention to the maintenance costs. That said, it worked well until that.
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No they dont. I can vouch for this. You just supply even .01% cheaper and they award it to you regardless of quality of product.

As long as it falls within their specs on original request.

Then again anything under 50k does not go through tender even, just an admin noob selecting the best quote out of the bunch of gov vendors wo submitted.

Most likely the case in this instance.
 
nadeem_k said:
Why? In what way?
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Print quality.

Build quality was horrendous, too.

Reference: A printing saga of trying to find a quality replacement printer for someone to match the quality of their HP Photosmart from 6 years ago. Been through Brothers, HPs, now looking at Canon.
 
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