inexpensive laserjet printer

[Kenneth Brody]

On 6/1/2016 1:19 PM, Robert Repko via Filepro-list wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a good blank&white laser jet printer that is
> inexpensive.  I have a client that is driving me nuts about their
> printers.  They hired a new CFO and she is complaining about the cost of
> their current laser jet and line printers.  She has been pushing to
> replace the printers with inkjet printers saying that ink cartridges are
> cheaper than toner cartridges.  I've finally convinced her that laser jet
> is a better, more professional printer and that the cost/page is actually
> cheaper than inkjet.  The current laser jets are color so she is looking
> for a black&white laser jet to replace the color laser jets.  filePro is
> running in a Unix environment but I am running PrintWizard Server so the
> printer can be brain dead.

Yes, an inkjet cartridge is (usually) less expensive than a toner cartridge. 
  But, how many pages do you get from an inkjet cartridge versus a laserjet 
toner cartridge?

Maybe they should also take a look at this:

 
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/feb/23/printer-ink-cartridges-paying-more-getting-less

(In short, inkjet cartridges have remained the same size, but contain less 
ink than they used to.)

And then there's the fact that many inkjet printers say "empty" when there's 
still up to 1/3 of a cartridge of ink left.

 
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2984172/printers/printer-cartridges-epson-flags-as-empty-still-have-a-lot-of-ink-in-the-tank.html

And the drying/clogging issues on inkjet printers which doesn't exist on 
laserjets.  (How much ink is wasted during a "clean print heads" operation?)

Etc., etc., etc.

Why not get them to calculate the cost-per-page of their current printers, 
versus what it would be on a "cheap inkjet printer"?

-- 
Kenneth Brody