There was a time when color laser printers were prohibitively expensive.\u00a0 As with ink jet printers, prices have been dropping on color laser printers in recent years.\u00a0 Hubby and I have three color laser printers.\u00a0 How on earth did this come to pass?\u00a0 Hubby publishes a kerosene lantern newsletter, which requires a good quality color printer.\u00a0 He has the color laser equivalent of the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 4 (one of the most durable and popular laser printers — at least with the US government).\u00a0 The things never died, and eventually, the only way HP could get people to buy a new printer was to quit manufacturing the print cartridges.\u00a0 Third party or recycled cartridges didn’t work as well as HP originals, so people despaired and bought new printers.\u00a0 Hubby is reaching that point with his beloved ColorLaserJet.\u00a0 He recently had to switch to third party black cartridges.\u00a0 The color cartridges aren’t far behind, but, even after a couple of scares, the printer keeps going.<\/p>\n
Which brings me to how we came to possess three color laser jet printers.\u00a0 Hubby’s old reliable was showing signs of possibly failing.\u00a0 He found a nice all in one color laser jet for $799.\u00a0 I think this was in 2006.\u00a0 At the time, we were geographically separated, so I decided that at that price, I could replace my nice all in one inkjet, so I went to my local iteration of that office supply store and purchased a matching printer.\u00a0 Then hubby’s original color laser jet continued to function, and hubby didn’t really like the way his new printer worked. I loved how mine worked.<\/p>\n
We have two houses, so my printer went to our Central Texas house when I retired, and hubby’s two printers remained in San Antonio.\u00a0 Last year, hubby moved his newsletter production to Central Texas and brought his old printer up there.\u00a0 Once again, it seemed as if it got damaged in transit, but after a few days, it began working again.<\/p>\n
Since he doesn’t like the “new” all in one for his newsletter, that leaves him in a bind when his aged printer finally decides to die.\u00a0 I looked at the HP Printer page today to see what’s available.\u00a0 Today’s color laser jets are lightweight and sleek.\u00a0 I wonder how durable they are — how durable any printer is, because the manufacturers seem to want them to be disposable. But if you want a color laser printer, price shouldn’t be a limiting factor.\u00a0 You can probably buy one for what you paid for your last inkjet if you bought a fairly good quality one — not if you bought the cheapest printer you could find.\u00a0 On the HP site, they ranged from $299-$699.<\/p>\n
If you’re in the market for a new printer, give color laser a look.\u00a0 Several of those also had Air Print capability, which would allow your iPad or iPhone to print.\u00a0 Alas, with three working laser printers, I can’t justify a new one yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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