I like to talk about my ever-so-reliable laser printer, a Brother monochrome that has lasted me almost 8 years now and is still going strong. Paid around $600 back in 2000 and thought it was a bargain. Colour laser printer? You probably need a budget of a small car back in 2000 to ever consider [...]

It has been a while since I last wrote about printers. After all, who really rely on the dead trees anyway? Oh wait. I am applying for automatic direct debit to pay for my credit card bill today, and I have to print out the form, sign it, and mail it back. Ink on paper [...]

Getting a personal laser printer can be a very cost effective way to reduce cost for students or home office. They cost slightly more than a colour inkjet printer, but if you keep it for a while (3-4 years of college/uni course for example), the running cost might save you a lot. Read my [...]

A follow up to my previous entry on mono laser printers, I found a shop selling cheap Lexmark E230 Laser Printer in Australia. A good looking, bulky (yeah, looks like a REAL laser printer), 17ppm monochrome laser printer with 250 input tray that talks PCL6 is selling at DealsDirect.com.au for $169 + $9 shipping. [...]

Mike Hillyer of MySQL wrote about saving money on printers. Basically, if you are printing text most of the time (like most of us, especially the students, do), then getting a laser monochrome printer will be much cheaper in the long run. We all know how inject printer companies make their profits - selling their colour [...]

Saw this on the front page of Target Catalogue this week: Mercury PC $699, includes keyboard, speakers and Lexmark Z513 printer. Celeron 2.xxGhz* 256Mb RAM 40Gb Hard Disk 56k Modem 17″ CRT monitor Combo drive (burn CD watch DVD) Windows XP Home Edition 64Mb integrated graphics * Can’t read the exact spec on the heavily distorted JPEG file. Everything housed inside a dodgy-looking black case. Not [...]