Recommend me a $1300 high end printer

[Nate_007]

Hi,

My boss and I are on a search for a mutlifunction printer, preferably laser, colored. We have a budget of $1300 and I would like to see if anyone got any recommendations for us. So far we found this printer, its fast, reliable, low on-going coast, and within the budget. Let me know if you guys can match this printer or a better site to buy this printer from.

http://www.cdw.ca/shop/products/HP-...ultifunction-fax-copier-print/2879876.aspx#TS

 

[lagokc]

What sort of printing are you going to do? Mostly documents, pictures, is lamination important? What sort of duty cycle, etc?

 

[Nate_007]

What sort of printing are you going to do? Mostly documents, pictures, is lamination important? What sort of duty cycle, etc?

Mostly colored documents with some pictures, no lamination, not that I know of at least. As long its multifunction, colored, laser printer. We had a similar Xerox Phaser that we are trying to replaced.

 

[yinan]

Most of the multifunction capabilties are difficult to network. You might just want to focus on the printing part.

 

[Nate_007]

Most of the multifunction capabilties are difficult to network. You might just want to focus on the printing part.

We've been using multifunction printers and we can network them just fine. We just need to replace our old multifunction printer.

Regards,

 

[computerpro3]

I just got the HP X551DW, which is the printer only version of the X576DW mutifunction.

It is simply the best printer/multifunction on the market, without a doubt.

It's the only inkjet in the world with a print head that is the entire width of the page; it doesn't move at all. This makes it the fastest color printer in the world (Certified by Werth Consulting and Guiness World Records) at over 70ppm color. It hits 30ppm in Duplex mode, which is almost twice as fast as anything else out there.

I originally bought a Brother laser but returned it because it was too slow.

To top it off, the quality is way higher than a laser on color prints and the running costs are the lowest on the market - way lower than any laser. It's like 6 cents per page color. Not to mention it uses way less power, less noise, handles 500 sheets plus a second optional 500 sheet tray, can print on photo paper unlike lasers, and you don't have to replace other consumables like laser drums.

The black cartridge can handle 9000 pages so it's not your typical injket.

There really is no competition until you get into the 3000+ laser range.

 

[Nate_007]

I just got the HP X551DW, which is the printer only version of the X576DW mutifunction.

It is simply the best printer/multifunction on the market, without a doubt.

It's the only inkjet in the world with a print head that is the entire width of the page; it doesn't move at all. This makes it the fastest color printer in the world (Certified by Werth Consulting and Guiness World Records) at over 70ppm color. It hits 30ppm in Duplex mode, which is almost twice as fast as anything else out there.

I originally bought a Brother laser but returned it because it was too slow.

To top it off, the quality is way higher than a laser on color prints and the running costs are the lowest on the market - way lower than any laser. It's like 6 cents per page color. Not to mention it uses way less power, less noise, handles 500 sheets plus a second optional 500 sheet tray, can print on photo paper unlike lasers, and you don't have to replace other consumables like laser drums.

The black cartridge can handle 9000 pages so it's not your typical injket.

There really is no competition until you get into the 3000+ laser range.

Awesome recommendation, will definitely put this up as one of the contenders. We have three printers to choose from now. Two HP's and one Xerox. Keep it coming guys.

 

[computerpro3]

I've been printing for three consecutive hours on the HP printer on the highest quality mode creating memorandums for my business. It's absolutely the most incredible printing device I've ever seen. Pages come out unbelievably fast, and here's the biggest thing - THERE IS NO PAPER CURL.

Paper curl on virtually every laser printer makes binding presentations extremely problematic due to the wave frequency in the paper.

I was cringing a bit on the price when I bought this printer but this is the only printer I literally started laughing while watching it print. It's so far superior to the lasers in the price range (or even 1.5x the price range) that the savings in running costs alone will pay for itself with this single print job (it's several thousand pages).

Setup took under 10 minutes - three minutes to remove the tape and install cartridges, and 7 minutes for the auto calibration process. The touchscreen is fabulous. And by the way, the machine can handle multiple tasks while printing - setup, preferences, webapps, etc. Mine is not the multifunction but reviews state it can scan while printing too.

I've had experiences with several lasers in your price range and I really believe that the HP Officejet Pro X series is as revolutionary of a printing product as you'll find.