Brother PG100 - paper cassette

Advantages: Value for Money, Excellent Quality
Disadvantages: Parallel port.

.... Leaving the house. Whatever next? Off we trotted to Staples. Lo and behold they had the very printer we wanted. It was £149.99, just the bottom of the prices we'd seen online which was great. So we bought it and also a lovely new office chair too, because the old one had fallen to pieces. The Brother HL-1230 Laser Printer is just about 14" square and 9" high and sits quite neatly on the corner of our desk. In fact considering the space that you had to leave for the paper to feed out of on our old Lexmark Inkjet printer, then space wise they occupy about the same area of desk. Admittedly it's looks a lot bulkier that the Lexmark. It's a nice light grey/cream colour, the usual shade for office hardware and peripherals. At the bottom of the unit is the paper tray. This cassette hold 250 pages of paper and keeps it all in pristine... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent paper handling, easy installation, reliable.
Disadvantages: Expensive toner cartridges, occasional black dots when printing.

...are not meant to be cleaned, but I am happy to say that this isn't the case with the Brother printers. The first problem I had with the Brother's drum was when I noticed a few tiny black dots running in a line down a series of pages. There were only 4 or 5 per page, but when you are selling your printouts you need to be extra careful about their quality. I rang Brother, who advised cleaning the drum. This is done with lens tissue and lens cleaning fluid, and works a treat, although you can only repeat the operation a few times before the print starts to fade a little. The black dots are caused by tiny specks of paper dust getting picked up by the drum and sticking. I have found that with all laser printers, this problem gets worse when the printer is hot. Thus I tend to run only 100 pages at a time through my laser printer, then allow it 20... Read review

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Advantages: Great prints, looks very impressive
Disadvantages: Price?

...--Introduction-- I haven't written a review about printer paper before, or any other printer consumable for that matter. However, I felt compelled to write this review and sing the praises of a great product. I think personally, that the quality of an individual print out relies on three different things. The brand and type of the printer used are very important, along with the paper that you use to print on. They are all essential to achieving the best results and in this review I will concentrate on what part HP Premium Choice printer paper affects the cycle. I first came across this HP printer paper when I was working in my brother’s office. It was a summer job just to earn a bit of extra cash. As I was relatively inexperienced, I was left with the very simple tasks, such as getting jobs sent out, running errands and also... Read review

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