HP Colour Laser 2550L �189

**venkata** · 26th March 2005

Found on another forum looks a bargain...

HP Colour Laserjet 2550L at [HIDE]John Lewis. wwx.johnlewis.com/Shopping/Product.aspx?type=SKU&Id=230200125 use a �10 voucher that can be found around on the web...[/HIDE]
�189:thumbs

**pheonixsingh** · 26th March 2005

oooh nice

**musado** · 26th March 2005

Cheerz

Looking for a decent colour laser printer

**m3gt2** · 26th March 2005

Excelent

**Little John** · 26th March 2005

I wanna see the offer

Not bad

I bought one a week or so ago from Staples with a �50 trade in on an old printer but the price starts at �229 knocking it down to �179

**Dr-X** · 26th March 2005

I'll take a look. Ta!

**bobbobb** · 26th March 2005

what price is the ink though

**eripmav** · 26th March 2005

Excellent stuff, I've been wanting a colour laser for a while now....I just need to twist the missus arm

**DWEM** · 26th March 2005

might be worth an upgrade from mono.

DWEM

**RogerMcLitty** · 26th March 2005

Toner costs a fortune for colour laserjets, we use these ones in work, pay around 45 quid per colour cart.

**whatnow** · 26th March 2005

u can get refills on toner's though, even colour...probably get's messy though replacing all thre colours but i'm sure it's cheap if you dont mind getting dirty the first few times.

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**venkata** · 26th March 2005

Originally Posted by RogerMcLitty

Toner costs a fortune for colour laserjets, we use these ones in work, pay around 45 quid per colour cart.

Bearing in mind the cartridges last about 4000 pages!!! (That's 4 cartridges Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow at roughly 16000 pages!!! That's 32 REAMS of Paper

)

It works out a lot cheaper than ink cartridges

But must say they're rubbish for photographic print. (i have the 1500L which is pretty similar i think...)

**Lou_smorals** · 26th March 2005

can it be networked?

**venkata** · 26th March 2005

Originally Posted by Lou_smorals

can it be networked?

Yes with the HP 380x USB Wireless Printserver (Expect to pay similar price to printer though) or the 175x (wired)

**chubblies** · 26th March 2005

Originally Posted by venkata

Bearing in mind the cartridges last about 4000 pages!!! (That's 4 cartridges Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow at roughly 16000 pages!!! That's 32 REAMS of Paper

)

It works out a lot cheaper than ink cartridges

But must say they're rubbish for photographic print. (i have the 1500L which is pretty similar i think...)

Wrong there matey, EACH cartridge lasts around 4k (the life of the installed carts with the machine is only 2k btw) copies, but that is based usually at 5% coverage of the page, ie 95% of the rest of the page is blank.....How many things do you print with so little coverage?? All 4 colours get used in a colour print, so for one print, it will use toner from each unit. Colour lasers will use a lot of toner everytime it calibrates too, and you will never get quoted life from the cartridges.

Also, laser cartriges cannot just be refilled, or you get very poor quality, as the cartridges also contain developer which has a life usually matched to the cartridges life, ie 4k.
Bear in mind too that colour lasers have a lot more expensive consumables than inkjet, check the price of a colour drum unit, or fuser unit and you will have a shock!

Not trying to pish on the original post, as it is a decent price for a colour laser, but just bear in mind that HP make their money on consumables, not the machines. (ps, I fix em for a living)