An interesting tale around this subject.
Last year we bought an HP CP1515 colour laser which has just developed a
fault. Thank God we still have one years warranty we thought because we
bought it at the end of February. However the HP database said, no it
was started in Dec 2009 two months before we bought it.
I concluded that we were sold a refurbished printer, reinforced by the
fact that the users manual was for a CP1510 a slightly different model.
Amazon promptly refunded our money because a replacement was not
available. Because we have about £100 invested in toner, we bought the
same model reluctantly because the picture quality is poor despite good
reviews at the time.
Roger
On 06/02/11 15:06, Andy Random wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I need a new printer at home.
>
> I don't print that much but it tends to be in bursts with long periods
> between and in the past I've found ink jets rather unreliable for this
> because the print heads dry up and block so I'm looking for a laser
> printer.
>
> Ideally I'd like it to be colour, but I don't print photos so I don't
> need to worry about the photo quality of a colour laser (which from
> past experience has been poor) as long as it will print the odd map or
> flyer in colour that is all I need.
>
> It must be USB and ideally networkable as well though that is less vital.
>
> It *must* be capable of duplex printing and I don't mean "manual
> duplex" I want to be able to print 50 pages walk away and come back 10
> minutes later to find 25 sheets printed double sided waiting for me.
>
> It has to be small enough to fit on the side table by my computer
> desk, it's a decent sized side table, so the printer doesn't have to
> be tiny, but I'm not looking for something the size of a photocopier.
>
> Price I'm somewhat flexible on, lower running costs and reliability
> are more important to me than a low initial purchase price, though I
> wouldn't complain if it were cheap as well :)
>
> So any suggestions, recommendations or devices to avoid?
>
> Andy
>
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