I Need Help with Printers.

[nuttysandwich]

I'm looking for a good office printer that has multiple trays that can hold different sized papers such as legal size, and it must be able to have a feed to print labels. This is going to be shared between multiple computers and only needs to be black and white. The Suggested printer right now is a HP LaserJet Enterprise 600 Printer M603n, but I want to know if there is a better option.

[Scheer]

I work on printers for a living, we sell a lot of those and rarely work on them so I'd say its a great choice. That is a simplex only printer, just so you are aware.

 

What is a rough monthly page count going to be?

[nuttysandwich]

I work on printers for a living, we sell a lot of those and rarely work on them so I'd say its a great choice. That is a simplex only printer, just so you are aware.

 

What is a rough monthly page count going to be?

Roughly 30,000 between 5 people. And can this printer use multiple sized papers and can i printer labels.

[Scheer]

Roughly 30,000 between 5 people. And can this printer use multiple sized papers and can i printer labels.

 

That is above HP recommended count, and you'll be replacing them quite often. I'd say one will last you two years max. With the page count you are doing you should really step up to a medium sized copier, but you are looking at adding a zero to the price and it will be needing service. Then again, toner will be much cheaper, so it will balance out some. Are you sure that is correct? That would be two reams of paper a day.

 

We have customers run labels thru them all the time, it shouldn't be a problem. They will occasionally peel off and stick in the machine, but are typically easy to get out. Every printer will do this, unless it is an actual label printer. What labels are you printing, and a lot of them?

 

Here is the supported paper. The machine only has a front bypass tray and the one 500 sheet tray. If you want more than that you will have to buy the additional trays to add on to the machine.

Media sizes supported Multipurpose tray 1: letter, legal, executive, statement, 8.5 x 13 in, 3 x 5 in, 4 x 6 in, 5 x 7 in, 5 x 8 in, envelope (commercial No. 9, No. 10, Monarch), US postcard; Tray 2, optional 500-sheet input tray: letter, legal, executive, 8.5 x 13 in; optional 1500-sheet High-capacity input tray: letter, legal

[nuttysandwich]

 

That is above HP recommended count, and you'll be replacing them quite often. I'd say one will last you two years max. With the page count you are doing you should really step up to a medium sized copier, but you are looking at adding a zero to the price and it will be needing service. Then again, toner will be much cheaper, so it will balance out some. Are you sure that is correct? That would be two reams of paper a day.

 

We have customers run labels thru them all the time, it shouldn't be a problem. They will occasionally peel off and stick in the machine, but are typically easy to get out. Every printer will do this, unless it is an actual label printer. What labels are you printing, and a lot of them?

 

Here is the supported paper. The machine only has a front bypass tray and the one 500 sheet tray. If you want more than that you will have to buy the additional trays to add on to the machine.

Media sizes supported Multipurpose tray 1: letter, legal, executive, statement, 8.5 x 13 in, 3 x 5 in, 4 x 6 in, 5 x 7 in, 5 x 8 in, envelope (commercial No. 9, No. 10, Monarch), US postcard; Tray 2, optional 500-sheet input tray: letter, legal, executive, 8.5 x 13 in; optional 1500-sheet High-capacity input tray: letter, legal

 

For a Medium Sized printer what do you suggest cause I dont know anything about printers, we need one that prints multiple sizes and only needs to be black and white. We basically print labels for folders and filing.

[Scheer]

I'd recommend spending $100 on a Dymo Label printer to dedicate to labels if you are printing quite a few. If its just a few every now and then you would be fine sticking with sheets, but the more you run thru a standard printer the more likely it is one will come off and possibly give you a headache.

 

Honestly, for the page count you are going through I would call a local office supply company and have them give you an estimate for a copier. Typically you pay a base lease fee and then a set amount per page. IIRC, it is usually around half a cent per page.

 

We primarily deal in Sharp, so I'd be recommending something like a MX-M264N at the very least, and try and push you towards a MX-M465N. I'm just a service engineer, a salesman would likely come up with something else, this is just my opinion.

 

If you wanted to stick with HP, you could go with one of the larger ones like a M680f, it will run you about $4500 and you could do without a maintenance contract from a service company since the supplies are user replaceable. Toner is going to be more expensive for this than a Sharp (or Ricoh/Savin, Cannon, etc.) though, so while you would save money monthly on the base cost of the machine, the consumables might end up being so much more per month the copiers will make more sense financially.

[nuttysandwich]

I'd recommend spending $100 on a Dymo Label printer to dedicate to labels if you are printing quite a few. If its just a few every now and then you would be fine sticking with sheets, but the more you run thru a standard printer the more likely it is one will come off and possibly give you a headache.

 

Honestly, for the page count you are going through I would call a local office supply company and have them give you an estimate for a copier. Typically you pay a base lease fee and then a set amount per page. IIRC, it is usually around half a cent per page.

 

We primarily deal in Sharp, so I'd be recommending something like a MX-M264N at the very least, and try and push you towards a MX-M465N. I'm just a service engineer, a salesman would likely come up with something else, this is just my opinion.

 

If you wanted to stick with HP, you could go with one of the larger ones like a M680f, it will run you about $4500 and you could do without a maintenance contract from a service company since the supplies are user replaceable. Toner is going to be more expensive for this than a Sharp (or Ricoh/Savin, Cannon, etc.) though, so while you would save money monthly on the base cost of the machine, the consumables might end up being so much more per month the copiers will make more sense financially.

Sorry I actually gave you the wrong number, it's actually around 15000 per month, so would the HP still be a good candidate?