A3 Laser printer colour

I cannot directly help you, a few years back I bought my daughter one from Argos of all places. They had an excellent deal at the time. Otherwise, a Google search, perhaps even Freecycle hunt might turn up something. Sometimes the ink and toner vendors have offers that might be worth a glance.

Don’t look at the headline price for the printer, it’s the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) that counts. The last printers I’ve bought came with fully loaded cartridges, not the “starter” ones. It makes one hell of a difference even in the first year of ownership. Your first set of carts could cost more than the printer.

Dell especially suck people in with cheap start up then bloody expensive ownership. HP Inkjets are definitely worth considering too. Quality these days is right up there and HP Instant Ink, whilst it’s a subscription service, is a very good deal with no tie ins and good flexibility – all managed through the cloud with the printer feeding stats back automatically.

Give me a day or two and I’ll have a look, but some idea of how many pages / month will help immensely.

Is colour important? A simple B/W (very cheap) laser printer may do for 95% of your high volume requirements and then use a print shop for the rest.

Have a look at the HP OfficeJet Pro 7740 A3 Colour Inkjet, I know someone who has the A4 equivalent and is very happy with it. It’s currently £128, which seems very reasonable, but there’s £60 cash back and a 3 year warranty. Printing costs with the XL cartridges is reasonable too.

Lasers you’re looking at £650 after £150 cashback and 50% higher running costs for a Xerox monster. To get running costs down to inkjet levels you’re talking £1200+

This is the Epson new Steve: –

http://tinyurl.com/ry5jved

This is cartridge prices (genuine)

http://tinyurl.com/w45f36d

Compatibles:

http://tinyurl.com/tyjm3pb

Didn’t think so, that’s why I included compatibles. Give me a break!😊

Compatible toner cartridge prices seem to be all over the place. I think that may be down to whether the cartridge is a simple toner receptacle or more complex. You have to remember that there are other consumables besides toner, like fuser units and transfer rollers. These can be eye wateringly expensive but have a long life (I doubt I’ll ever have to buy a transfer unit @ 130,000 pages).

Things are a lot more reasonable in the A4 world. My Brother HL L8260cdw with compatibles is down at ink jet cost levels. It’s a nice printer and is currently £177 with either £100 cashback or 3 year warranty.