[Beneddie1112]

Hey guys,

Was wondering if anybody on here has a laser printer and wouldn't mind answering a couple of questions for me?

1st is roughly how many prints do you get before all toners are replaced?

2nd is do you think they would be suitable for runs of say 500 leaflets, or would it be cheaper to go to somebody like Neil?

Also, if you don't mind, could you please state the type that you have,

Thanks very much,
Ben

[Jeewhizz]

It'll be cheaper to get someone like Neil to do it.

Toners will last differently depending on use (photos, line art, letters) and the printer. My dad's HP one lasts forever...

[Beneddie1112]

Thanks Khalid, was looking at doing a new run of 500 every fortnight, so thought I might be able to save a few quid by doing it in house.

Cheers,
Ben

[Greg Findley]

Hi Ben,

As Khalid as said definietly cheaper to get Neil/RayB to get the printing done for you, whilst laser printers are very economical they won't be as economical as getting a digital printing company to do them.

Greg

[admagic]

Depends on the objective....


I Suggest you do print your own

Try a few versions, split test a few different offers and the copy, on couple of hundred job lots
and when you have an offer and leaflet that work well together.

Then go to digital printer and get 000's done

I have an Epson ALC8500 with attachments my direct mail/ DVD cover/CD cover workhorse.....
Goes on for ever and ever, but then these are big toner cartridges and they are not cheap!!
At £100 a throw.

Bought off ebay 18 months ago for £300 , (including 2 spare toners, worth as much as the printer) and still going strong

So the point I would make to Beneddie is - if you can do a stupid deal like that on ebay - the printing then is almost free!

Im curious to know if anyone has succeeded using toner refill packs...

[Beneddie1112]

Thanks AdMagic, what sort of amounts of prints do you get for the DVD covers?

[admagic]

I used to use DVD cover paper - eg Neato. Complete waste of time

Now I just use moderate (not even heavy gauge paper) around 100g and Guillotine.
So that can produce short runs of 50-100 or so pretty quickly

I always do that on a new product

Anything over that quantity and it is time to use a Fulfillment house, who can put the whole lot together and ship for less than £5 for a couple of DVDs cases -

Oh...if the question was about lifetime of toners...not sure - dont do huge qtty and it depends whether they are mainly white or black!!

[Beneddie1112]

Do they also have facilities to print straight onto discs?

I often do lots of 50 or 100 of these for my mates bands, but doing it on an inkjet, ink orders are a nightmare. So looked at getting a laser, could help money wise and be used in my long term plans.

Thanks very much,
Ben

[admagic]

Nope.... the printer cant

I also have a robot CD/DVD copier, I just stack up what I want doing , then go out for a run: cost about £500 - again off ebay around 2 years ago.

It is great - I stack up a random combination of masters, with the right number of blanks behind each one...and it recoginess which are masters, which it then uses for all blanks till it gets to another master to learn

It spits out all failed copies after testing

And whilst that cant print either, there are versions of it that can, and I recommend you get one! If you have to produce large qtty.

[Beneddie1112]

Saw one advertised just yesterdy, and I used to have a duplicator about 3 years ago, when I did a lot of music work. Would love to get back into it, but trying to foucs most of my money back onto the t-shirt printing.

(Jesus, that seems like ages ago )