Whats a good small buisness color laser printer around 5k or less?

[kerokeroppi82]

Anyone have a good color laser printer they use for their small buisness that they could recomend? My boss wanted something that could print our company newsletters and such so the resolution has to be pretty good and the budget is 5k, although I wanted to find something less if possible. Also cost per color page is very important too since we're gonna be using this a lot. Thanks!

 

[AFB]

You should find a good amount at that price.

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[rmrf]

this is what our marketing department uses. There are about 10 people that share it, and we haven't had any troubles with it yet.

 

[slackerinabox]

Not flaming but asking a question- I noticed that in the past color laser photos look kinda like color copies.. not as vibrant as inkjets.. Is that still the case? I know color lasers are great for presentations tough

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
Not flaming but asking a question- I noticed that in the past color laser photos look kinda like color copies.. not as vibrant as inkjets.. Is that still the case? I know color lasers are great for presentations tough

Color lasers are designed for office color, they are not designed to print photos. Don't let anyone try to tell you otherwise.

rmrf

I do support for the 4600. Word of advice for you:

Make sure you're running the latest firmware revision, it should be 03.012.4.

Latest Revisoin

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[Viper GTS]

kerokeroppi82

Do you need wide format capability?

On the cost issue, color lasers are expensive to run. There's no way around it. A set of toner for a 4600 runs around $750, a set for the 5500 (11x17) runs about $1000.

Viper GTS

 

[rmrf]

Viper GTS

Thanks for the advice. I will check and see what the firmware is.

Just wondering, what are the problems you have seen if the firmware isn't up to date?

 

[Kelemvor]

Chekc out Okidata... link

They have great printers starting as low as $800 or so and going up to $3k. And they have free trials on some of their printers...

 

[BatmanNate]

Supplies and service are going to rape you.

 

[MrScott81]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
kerokeroppi82

Do you need wide format capability?

On the cost issue, color lasers are expensive to run. There's no way around it. A set of toner for a 4600 runs around $750, a set for the 5500 (11x17) runs about $1000.

Viper GTS

Holy crap, how many pages do you usually get from the toner? The one I have at work is a Texktronix, and I used to print about 20-30 pages/week on it just because it was free for me to use.

 

[Utterman]

I suggest getting a xerox phaser printer. It uses solid ink so there is no mess compared the toner from the color laserjet printers. I have used the phaser 8200 and it's color printer quality was great, but it won't be photo quality. I believe the 8200 we have cost around $1500 and all that is needed to fill the ink up is to drop these blocks of color into the tray.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: scottdog81

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
kerokeroppi82

Do you need wide format capability?

On the cost issue, color lasers are expensive to run. There's no way around it. A set of toner for a 4600 runs around $750, a set for the 5500 (11x17) runs about $1000.

Viper GTS

Holy crap, how many pages do you usually get from the toner? The one I have at work is a Texktronix, and I used to print about 20-30 pages/week on it just because it was free for me to use.

Color cartridges for the 4600 are rated for 8000 pages @ 5% coverage.

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[Howard]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: scottdog81

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
kerokeroppi82

Do you need wide format capability?

On the cost issue, color lasers are expensive to run. There's no way around it. A set of toner for a 4600 runs around $750, a set for the 5500 (11x17) runs about $1000.

Viper GTS

Holy crap, how many pages do you usually get from the toner? The one I have at work is a Texktronix, and I used to print about 20-30 pages/week on it just because it was free for me to use.

Color cartridges for the 4600 are rated for 8000 pages @ 5% coverage.

Viper GTS

5% coverage only!?

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Utterman
I suggest getting a xerox phaser printer. It uses solid ink so there is no mess compared the toner from the color laserjet printers. I have used the phaser 8200 and it's color printer quality was great, but it won't be photo quality. I believe the 8200 we have cost around $1500 and all that is needed to fill the ink up is to drop these blocks of color into the tray.

depends on which level of 8200 you purchased, the high end 8200 is capable of 1200 dpi, that is not bad for photos.

also, the phaser gives you pretty strong colors BUT if the paper they are printed on is creased the wax can come off.

it is wax transfer printer after all.

 

[Paulson]

We have a phaser @ school.. really nice, except you can scrape the wax off. If they came up with a way to use something other then wax it would be the ultimate awesome printer.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: scottdog81

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
kerokeroppi82

Do you need wide format capability?

On the cost issue, color lasers are expensive to run. There's no way around it. A set of toner for a 4600 runs around $750, a set for the 5500 (11x17) runs about $1000.

Viper GTS

Holy crap, how many pages do you usually get from the toner? The one I have at work is a Texktronix, and I used to print about 20-30 pages/week on it just because it was free for me to use.

Color cartridges for the 4600 are rated for 8000 pages @ 5% coverage.

Viper GTS

5% coverage only!?

That's 5% per color, so you could print 8K pages with 20% coverage presuming you averaged 5% per color.

Viper GTS

 

[kerokeroppi82]

any reviews on the xerox? I got a recomendation from a friend for that printer as well