<p>its one of the printers I have been looking at purchasing.</p>
<p>My only gripe is that it doesnt print in postscript...stupid GDI</p>
<p>All of the cheaper laser printers have GDI based.</p>
<p>Usually, you need one with more processing power and memory to support Postscript emulation. Only the expensive laser printers actually support Postscript natively.</p>
<p>no they dont. Plenty of printers at least use PCL and there are samsungs priced at around $250 that have full postscript support.</p>
<p>i have HP PSC 1350xi
it's a printer/scanner/copier and it has card readers on the front. it does color and b/w. i'd say a third to half of the students in my dorm have this model or the other version that's the same but w/o the card readers. i bought it for $99 at costco. ink ranges from $19 to $35 depending where you go. i'm happy with it.</p>
<p>i also do a lot of printing in the labs, but it's b/w only there, and only 15 pages a day.</p>
<p>also, if you're worried about space, put the printer UNDER your desk. the cables should be long enough to reach.</p>
<p>I have more trashed printers than I have sharpened pencils. My advice? Canon. It's that simple. When I installed the latest printer (or, rather, it installed itself), I laughed out loud. I had NEVER felt so good about a peripheral before.</p>
<p>PCL is not the same as postscript. The only Samsung that I saw that has postscript support is the ML-2251NP which seems to run about $300.</p>
<p>Personally, I would just get a HP printer since they have always been good to me. HP toner or ink cartridges are almost always available everywhere, unlike some more obscure brands. It might cost a little more, but at least you know your printer will be there when you need it.</p>
<p>I am not sure if I will have the room, but I am thinking about bring in a laser all-in-one and then a photo inkjet for those times I need color. Or maybe an inkjet AIO and a laser printer. An inkjet alone is too expensive to operate, and I am sure that I'll run out of ink when I need it most.</p>
<p>Any good ideas? Printing from the computer lab probably won't work, since I'll only get 100 pages per quarter.</p>
<p>Canon makes great inkjet printers, but their laser printers still need some work.</p>
<p>The main problem I have had with Canon is that I don't use my inkjet often enough to prevent the printheads from clogging up. And the Canon printheads are $50 a pop. Still, it might be worth it just to replace it every year or two...</p>
<p>With HP, you get a new printhead with every cartridge. But the cartridges cost more and have less ink inside. And the photo quality is worse.</p>
<p>Does your school dorms have house printers?</p>
<p>A dedicated laser for each house that is not very costly would be better than 100 pages at a lab.</p>
<p>I am still a senior in high school, so I don't really know the situation yet.</p>
<p>But from what I have read, there are labs at several of the dorms that students can use to print. Right now, I have to decide if I'll have enough space for two printers. If I don't have the space, I'll have to compromise or buy smaller things.</p>
<p>Which is the better and more cost effective option for a dorm printer: ink-jet printer that prints in color, or a laser printer that gives higher-quality print but only in black and white?</p>
<p>laser.</p>
<p>the text is far superiour (you cant argue it with ANY inkjet unless you are using coated papers and LOTS of ink) and toner is dirt cheap (maybe a toner cartridge costs more than ink but it lasts for thousands of pages.</p>
<p>I believe that over time, most laser printers end up at something like $.02 per page while inkjets are 5times that or more.</p>
<p>If you need color, there will always be someone else to borrow from (just search the network for a good quality printer and print it there "oh sorry man I think I printed to the wrong printer")</p>
<p>Worst case scenario, you can also buy a cheap inkjet for those odd color jobs.</p>
<p>Laser is definitely better for most purposes. I haven't even used my inkjet for 3 months, which probably explains for the clogged print heads.</p>
<p>Just make sure you look at reviews for feed problems before buying a laser printer. Feed problems and jamming will **** you off more than anything if you have a printer that does it (and lasers often have more complex paper paths).</p>
<p>ok, I think the hp 1200 series should do the trick. It's laser and its small.</p>
<p>HP 1012 - about $190 at Staples and $180 at Costco. Laser, prints about 15 ppm, and small.</p>
<p>I have a really old laser printer that still works well, but it has a parallel plug and my new laptop just has USB's. I've been looking online and I know there are adapters, but some look like the port (is that the right word?) wouldn't fit my printer's plug, and the descriptions aren't very good. My printer's plug has 25 little prongs on it - can anybody help me out?</p>
<p>Hey the HP 1012 is $150 on Amazon.com. Also consider Brothers. They are more cost effective and receive good ratings. I have the ML-1710 Samsung laser printer and its horrible. I got it a year ago an the manual feeder as well regular printing is misaligned. I brought it to a print shop that was authorized by Samsung for repair under warranty and they could not fix it. I would stay away from Samsungs.</p>
<p>The HP 1012 will slow down to about 4 PPM after about 50 pages. That is because the printer does not have a fan and therefore resorts to slower speeds to keep itself from overheating.</p>
<p>I know this since we were printing a PDF manual once at my friend's house and it became slow after a while. I don't know if HP fixed this problem, but HP support said that this was normal at the time.</p>
<p>PDFs often print slowly because of the size of the files.</p>
<p>My 1012 prints fine after 100 pages, which, sadly, I do on a fairly regular basis.</p>
<p>Are most laser printers huge?</p>