Printer recommendations?

[pbray]

Many years ago, flushed with success after selling my first book, I purchased an HP inkjet printer. As I recall it was on sale for $399.

Pause. Blink. $399. A bargain at the time.

It still works, but it's slow. The input paper tray holds a maximum of 100 sheets, and the output tray needs to be emptied if there are more than 50 sheets in it, otherwise they begin spewing all over the floor. Normally this isn't an issue, except for the times when I need to print an entire manuscript. As happened recently, when I needed to print off not one by three copies, which meant an entire evening of babysitting the printer.

I'm now toying with the idea of purchasing a laser printer. Any thoughts or recommendations? I thought about it last year but was lazy and never got around to making a decision. But the prices of B&W laser printers have come down so much that it's really foolish not to have one.

Comments

[kateelliott.livejournal.com]

I'm on my third laser printer (my first was a reconditioned Panasonic that I used for ten years). I would not now go back to an ink jet. I'm currently using a Brothers multifunction machine, with more bells and whistles than I need but I can copy and scan (b&w) as well as print, and that flat top copy function is invaluable. It's a big machine, because it is a flat top. I could fax, too, but I don't have that set up. Anyway, I'm pleased with the Brother so far. My second printer was an HP, but it had consistent problems with the feed.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Thanks! A friend purchased a Brother laser printer a few months back that they're pretty happy with, but I wasn't sure if it could keep up with the demands of a writer. It's a brand I wouldn't have ordinarily thought of, so it's good to hear another endorsement.

[kateelliott.livejournal.com]

I don't print out a ton, or even on a daily basis. So I don't know if it's a machine that stands up to repeated daily wear. But I'm happy so far. And as I said, having the flat top copy/scan functionality is fab.