Work printer

[blue-eye-boy]

At work we have 2 printer solutions now, an HP Laserjet (black and white), and a brother mfc (inkjet), which we use mainly for faxes. Bothy give me the kreeps, and printing costs are high.

So I contacted the printer specialists in Polokwane (samsung, nashua,kyocera, canon). All gave me a quote for a black laser (fax,copier,print). Samsung quoted me like R1700, which I think is a dinkitoy. Nashua quoted me R 25000 for a machine thats far more capable than what we need. canon and kyocera are both in the region of R10 000.

Which one of canon or kyocera is better? Specs are both good, Canon cheaper, but thats not what will let me decide on a printer. I want quality.

Thanks

 

[The_Unnamed]

What about Richo?

 

[blue-eye-boy]

Who are the distributors for them?

 

[guest2013-1]

It's usually not about the printer but how much the paper/toner costs.

Your company never heard about fax-to-email and email-to-fax solutions before? Tree killers...

 

[blue-eye-boy]

The companies that quoted us for the printers, also quoted us on a "service contract". We buy the printer cash, then we have a contract with them, R95 p/m for up to 1000 pages per month. Thereafter we pay like 9 cents a copy. As I understand, is the printer log how many copies it makes, or pages it print, and according to that, we are then billed. And if I work it out, we will definitely save with such a contract, because toners on these machines cost average R 700. But the service contract include toners, drums, service, anything but paper.

As for the fax to email option, it's a butchery, and there is not someone checking email the whole time. There is just not the time for that. And in this type of industry, time is very important. And as soon as someone faxes a order through, you get it immediately. Thats why a plain old fax machine works best. Trust me, if it were an option, I would have done that, I hate paying too much, if I can save.

 

[ponder]

As for the fax to email option, it's a butchery, and there is not someone checking email the whole time. There is just not the time for that. And in this type of industry, time is very important. And as soon as someone faxes a order through, you get it immediately. Thats why a plain old fax machine works best. Trust me, if it were an option, I would have done that, I hate paying too much, if I can save.

http://email.about.com/od/mozillathunderbirdtips/qt/et_auto_print.htm

 

[Gnome]

I really don't see how waiting for a fax to print is easier than opening an email. The email comes in immediately and you can open it.

Some people really live in the past...

 

[unskinnybob]

HP have a pretty damned fine rental plan. I'd say speak to your local HP distributor and find out what fee they'll charge you.

The HPs have notification built in - they'll notify your HP partner when you're low and they'll ship consumables without any effort on your part.

 

[AstroTurf]

We have a brother MFC-8380DN Laser Jet we use as a fax/copier/scanner/printer.

Get one, very awesome, very fast, super cheap to run.

(replaced the cartridge twice in a year, around 800 faxes and 400 prints a month).

 

[spiderz]

For a work printer it's all about the printing cost. (price per printed page)
cost of the unit itself it unimportant. That is why some of these rental options are better to look at.
But you need to know how much you are printing per month, and by how much that will grow.

If you print 5000 pages a month, a small printer will never be able to handle that load and will fail often. The duty cycle of the printer needs to be more than 3x what you are planning to print.
If possible get 2 separate units. One for printing and one for the faxes. If one break down you still have the other one.

 

[AstroTurf]

For a work printer it's all about the printing cost. (price per printed page)
cost of the unit itself it unimportant. That is why some of these rental options are better to look at.
But you need to know how much you are printing per month, and by how much that will grow.

If you print 5000 pages a month, a small printer will never be able to handle that load and will fail often. The duty cycle of the printer needs to be more than 3x what you are planning to print.
If possible get 2 separate units. One for printing and one for the faxes. If one break down you still have the other one.

We have a hp and the brother in the office. I also have a spare printer as well as a spare printer/fax/copier so if something breaks I just lug out another one while it goes in for repairs.
Found it to be cheaper than a monthly contract and one helluva lot simpler. Also good not to have to rely on a 3'rd party for printer damage, not have to wait or have them clutter up the office while fixing the printer.

 

[blue-eye-boy]

I really don't see how waiting for a fax to print is easier than opening an email. The email comes in immediately and you can open it.

Some people really live in the past...

maybe, but same people cant read. As I said, theres not time to check email every few minutes. And as i said, I dont like to pay if I can save, and I just know email wont work for us.