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LaserJet 1320 or Color LaserJet 2550L?
I'm thinking about getting a new printer and have been looking at
the LaserJet 1320 and the Color LaserJet 2550L. I haven't previously had a colour printer before and I don't need to print colour often. However, having the ability would be nice. I have seen the 2550L advertised in Australia for $699 and the 1320 for $708. I want which ever printer I buy to work in Windows (XP) and Linux (Solaris and HPUX would also be nice). The 1320 emulates Postscript level 2 and the 2550L emulates Postscript level 3. According to the HP web site the 2550L comes with a 5000 page black cartridge. I imagine the 1320 would come with a 2500 page cartridge. According to my calculations the 2550L should work out cheaper per page (for black only printing $837 vs $1159 for 6000 pages excluding paper). This is based on an average coverage of 7.5% (which is typical for me based on previous usage). The attraction of the 1320 is that it comes with a duplexer (which doesn't actually offer much in the way of cost savings when a ream of paper is around $5-6), and it takes less desk space. The attraction of the 2550L is that it looks like being cheaper to run and can do colour as well. One concern I have is that I know some colour printers use colour cartridges to do grey printing. Is this only inkjets or can I expect to be using colour toner to print grey? Would anyone have any comments on which might be the better option or the reliability of these printers? Thanks. |
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