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JimboCin wrote:
Nightdiver13
I have not asked if I could print test prints at any of the stores I mentioned - I never had a need to do that.
If you send me some images I will be happy to print them out on my printer for you and mail them to you for your evaluation. (HP M454dn). Would do duplex too if you like, including on thick paper (card stock). But as you said, you have a printer that is similar to mine.
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I have had inkjet printers in the past. The reason I went to a color laser (in addition to my B&W laser) was one thing - print speed. I got tired of waiting for my inkjet to finish printing longer color documents. For printing "regular" color documents there is no comparison in my opinion - color laser is better in all aspects. Photo printing? A different issue.
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I looked at the 11x17 inch color laser printers on the B&H web site - there are 12 of them. If I consider you are a school and the price you most likely want to pay, there are only three:
- HP CP5225dn, 20 pages per minute, duplex printing, $1868, 32 reviews
- HP CP5225n (not duplex), 20 ppm, $1649, 26 reviews
- Xerox C7000DN (duplex), 35 ppm, $1799, 1 review
Based on the number of reviews I bet the HP's well outsell the Xerox, but that certainly does not rule out the Xerox. I have owned a number of HP printers, never a Xerox. One thing I would look into would be cost and availability of cartridges.
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My HP M454dw and the HP CP5225's both say "HP image RET 3600 calibrated" - whatever that means. You might want to contact HP and ask them how the color of the two would compare for photo prints.
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I read your comment about testing various color laser printers in the school and getting different results. I wonder if they were using OEM color cartridges or after-market (as is common in schools).
You might want to open up the printers to take a look, or short of that look into the supply cabinet and see what is stocked for the printer.
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Duplex Printing
My HP M454dn is a duplex printer. I have never had any problem doing duplex printing, and I do this often. It automatically does this all by itself, I do not have to manually feed.
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Not trying to steer you in one direction or another - just trying to give you information for you to make the best decision from.
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That's a very generous offer, and I certainly appreciate it. Thanks! But yeah, as you said, I expect my printer is close enough in this case.
The speed issue is of huge importance to me, and I'm glad you mentioned it. I am generally trying to print batches of 30 or 60 full page prints, and the laser jet can knock those out pretty fast which is important when I'm trying to fit that into a short window between classes.
All of the printers in my district are managed by a third party local company who only resupplies using OEM inks, so that should be pretty consistent across the board. Thanks for sharing all your thoughts on the B&H selection and I appreciate your help.
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