Printer Recommendations??
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@jt1001001 said in Printer Recommendations??:
High volume (500 pages/month B&W)
Is that really considered high volume? Personally, I would put that in the low volume category.
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@Danp said in Printer Recommendations??:
@jt1001001 said in Printer Recommendations??:
High volume (500 pages/month B&W)
Is that really considered high volume? Personally, I would put that in the low volume category.
I agree, high volume would be more like 500 pages per day.
That said, I've had good luck with Xerox's solid ink printers in the past. ~2 million pages in 2 years with them at a previous job. Xerox ColorQube 8700 or 8900 are the current multifunction models.
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@travisdh1 said in Printer Recommendations??:
@Danp said in Printer Recommendations??:
@jt1001001 said in Printer Recommendations??:
High volume (500 pages/month B&W)
Is that really considered high volume? Personally, I would put that in the low volume category.
I agree, high volume would be more like 500 pages per day.
That said, I've had good luck with Xerox's solid ink printers in the past. ~2 million pages in 2 years with them at a previous job. Xerox ColorQube 8700 or 8900 are the current multifunction models.
A lot of printers have printer duty cycle in the specs. So you can get the right type of printer for the job.
Something like a HP Laserjet Pro M400 series has recommended max volume of 750-4000 pages per month.
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@Danp Oops sorry all should be 5000 pages/month B&W.
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@jt1001001 said in Printer Recommendations??:
@Danp Oops sorry all should be 5000 pages/month B&W.
Which models are you using today?
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@gjacobse said in Printer Recommendations??:
@jt1001001
Before I left the clinic we were installing new Lexmark MFPs. I don’t remember the specific model but will try to find out.7355b
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@Pete-S HP MMFP 477 they were here before I started; frequent roller issues causing problems with paper jams
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@jt1001001 said in Printer Recommendations??:
@Pete-S HP MMFP 477 they were here before I started; frequent roller issues causing problems with paper jams
We have lots of M4xx and M5xx series HP MFPs in place.
They do v4 printer drivers for their printers which is important.
They are easy to maintain. The WiFi sucks if that's needed on all HP printers. If the printer doesn't get used it drops its connection whether dynamic or static IP. Have to kick it via control panel.
They just drop in. Copiers are a PITA and usually involve contracts that require print/page count monitoring. Lately, copier providers here are requiring a third party app to be installed on the network to "monitor" their machine(s). Nope. Won't do it.
HP drop in, set up, deliver via Group Policy, and done.
We had lots of grief with Lexmark a while back so we don't do anything with them unless specifically requested to do so. Same with Brother. Blech.
Xerox Phaser but they are expensive and are expensive to run. Impeccable prints every time and essentially bulletproof. But, expensive.
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@jt1001001 said in Printer Recommendations??:
@Pete-S HP MMFP 477 they were here before I started; frequent roller issues causing problems with paper jams
Yeah, it's probably too light duty for the job. It has recommended max volume of 750 to 4000 pages per month.
I have it's slightly smaller MFP brother, the HP MFP M281 on my desk and I wouldn't want to use that one for anything more than the occasional print job. So I'd aim at the lower end of HP's recommended volume.
I think you need to step up one or two sizes.
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We deployed a full fleet of Canon printers 4 years ago. We're in the last year of our lease.
I would say they are a solid A. What keeps them from an A+ was that on the desktop MFPs the scanner feeder wasn't great at feeding pages for copies/scans in straight all the time.
