Anne, check out the Brother HL-1440 laser printer.  I bought mine when they first came out and it is still running faultlessly.  It was the editor's choice printer for 5 or 6 months.  The extended print cartridge (6000 pages) is $60 delivered and the printer is now selling at Computers4sure for $145.  They have the HL-1435 for $99.  It has the same print engine as the 1440. I bought a second 1440 when the price dropped to $200 as a backup.  So far, that has been a needless expense.  I am now well into the 8th toner cartridge.  I do all of the printing for our church, bulletins, newsletters, posters, correspondence, etc., so reliability, quality, and expense was an important consideration.  The 1440 consistently prints at its rated speed of 15ppm.  Another nice feature is there is nothing you have to insert or pull out before printing.  The paper is carried internally in a tray so the footprint remains the same whether you are printing or not.  When memory prices dropped, I upgraded both printers to the maximum 34MB for about $10 total.  They use 62-pin SIMMs instead of proprietary memory like some.

Jim

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Date:    Sun, 21 Mar 2004 20:51:32 +1030
From:    Anne Smith <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: re Laser Printer

Hello,

I use Win98SE  on a duron 1200 with 256meg RAM.

I am trying to work out the best laser printer. I am looking at a =
reliable and most importantly economical.

I have been told that some printers use the same toner cartridges as =
other brands (where one is cheaper than the other) and does anyone have =
any comments on the remanufactured and refilled cartidges?

The printer would be for home use - getting heavier over time as my =
children are all in school with their printing requirements growing =
every year.

I live in Australia, so please bear this in mind when answering.

Thank you

Anne Smith

Mono is fine as colour is probably beyond my reach financially.

Thanks

Anne Smith

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