[GRLUG] Cheap laser printer

[Jordan Hudson]

I work at staples and although this is one of brothers best models, it is
not that awesome as far as lasers go. I would definently go with a samsung
over this, because of the 2 part toner system in the brother. 2 part toner
systems are bad for pocket books, but a little better for the environment.
Samsung has a single cartridge for the toner and drum (much like HP but the
samsungs are built more sturdy and come with better warranties) and almost
all samsung printers have linux support. I bought the ML-2010 and it works
like a dream. It only USB, but they have different models with networking. I
plugged it in and ubuntu found it, I didnt even have to use the drivers
included (yes! actuall linux drivers for more than just red hat on the CD!)
I highly recomend that printer for home users, for office, they have a
couple color laser models that are also nice. The 2010 goes for about 129,
but about every 3 weeks Staples has it on sale for like 50.

On 8/12/06, Timothy Schmidt <timschmidt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ok.  Sorry to keep replying...  just had to satisfy my curiosity.
>
> With a 10,000 page duty cycle, at 20ppm, that's 8 hours, 20 minutes of
> solid printing.  Assuming Brother's average figure of 450W when printing
> is correct (it's at least in the ballpark), that's 3.75 kWh.  Plus the
> other 29 days, 15 hours, 40 minutes @ 5W (3.558 kWh), that's a grand
> total of 7.308 kWh / month, or $0.66 @ $0.09 / kWh.  For one 2 hour, 20
> minute session of running the kill-a-watt, including some printing, it
> calculated a .03 kWh usage.  That works out to about 9.25 kWh over a
> month's time.  Same same.  Fudge for the standby time and figure it
> costs you a buck a month to run.
>
> My IIISi pulls 41W at standby - no sleep mode, and a steady 800W when
> printing (with an occasional 80W blip for 2 or 3 seconds). So...
>
> 10,000 pages (not fair - the IIISi can do 50,000) @ 17ppm = 9 hours, 50
> minutes @ 700W average = 6.86 kWh + 29.1 kWh (the rest of the month @
> 41W) = 35.96 kWh * $0.09 / kWh = $3.24 / month
>
> Over a year, that's a savings of about $27.  Nothing amazing, but I'm
> not disappointed.  It also helps that, because of the higher resolution
> and networking capabilities of the brother machine, I was able to
> replace my IIISi _and_ my 6MP.  Assuming all other costs equal (hah, big
> assumption), the brother machine should pay for itself after the first
> year on electricity savings alone.
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