Thread: InkJet vs LaserJet

I have an inkjet printer at home but it only gets used 4-5 times a year so I end up having to clean the heads and replace the ink whenever I need it. Do LaserJets fare any better ? Very cold conditions if that makes a difference.

I'm ok with B&W so that means I only need the most basic with wireless printing.

Any advice for a Technosaurus would be most welcome.

laser prints work by making the paper statically charged, poder sticks to those area and then gets "baked on"
theres no ink involved to clog jets but if its a humid environment and ages between printing you may get issues

Originally Posted by No good names left

I have an inkjet printer at home but it only gets used 4-5 times a year so I end up having to clean the heads and replace the ink whenever I need it. Do LaserJets fare any better ? Very cold conditions if that makes a difference.

I'm ok with B&W so that means I only need the most basic with wireless printing.

Any advice for a Technosaurus would be most welcome.

Similar scenario at our place. We bought a B&W laser jet probably 8 years ago and it’s been fine, albeit we keep a pretty warm house.

The one I have is all you need. Brother HL-1210W, it's a great little machine.

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/PTR...reless-Printer
$20 Cashback and 78 near 5-star reviews (my review is there somewhere).

buy a laser

Originally Posted by Hermitage

The one I have is all you need. Brother HL-1210W, it's a great little machine.

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/PTR...reless-Printer
$20 Cashback and 78 near 5-star reviews (my review is there somewhere).

We have the same one but not wireless, hasn’t missed a beat.

Have care with what you get - laser is the way forwards but like with any printer consumables get you by the balls and then seriously start squeezing...

Have a quiet look at what consumables cost before you pull the trigger on one. Having said that, lasers tend to be much more reliable than inkjets as you have suggested - the bloody ink is an absolute bastard. I had an A3 inkjet, it died due to internal software crapping out which is kind of unusual - it stopped duplex printing PDF documents but was fine for everything else. Very sucky. Should have kept it for A3 target printing, but I put my foot through it in an act of revenge. Technology that doesn't function is my personal kryptonite, that's for real.

Replaced it with a colour laser which apart from the cost of toner is light years ahead of the inkjet - although it did have to go back for a warranty repair recently as it let the magic smoke out of the internal power supply board that takes 230v and turns it into the DC that the printer runs off. Bang, done...

That being said - if you sniff around on Trademe and Facebook Marketplace you will often find working B&W lasers being nearly given away as people have upgraded. Just have to make sure you can still get consumables and that they are the wifi-capable type or at the very least USB-connected so you can plug them into your Wifi router at home and access them from the router directly.