Toner's are around the £30 mark for compatibles - want the genuine article and you'll pay as much as you did for the printer again. Also remember that the toner included will not be a standard full one. It will be a "starter toner" with about half the capacity of the replacements.
MIB15
10 Dec 163#5
Great price and was tempted until I saw the toner prices, compatable cartridges around £40 each, originals around £60 each.
Heat given for price, but not for me.......
anthony69
10 Dec 163#1
Sounds good, how much are replacement toners for these?
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biker2011
28 Apr 17#46
I am selling 4x new tonors if anyone wants them let me know.
panddda to biker2011
29 Apr 17#47
I'd be interested, please can you message me info of where/how you're selling them? Gutted they took FS boards off here!
chiefchick
14 Dec 16#45
It really is huge !!!
you_gotta_be_kidding
14 Dec 161#44
see above comment
you_gotta_be_kidding
14 Dec 16#43
I normally get mine from a French company that sells on amazon uk called toner experte. They are £25.99 but currently out of stock.
They are however plenty of sellers around the £30 Mark.
Where do you get your compatible toner from? Thank you.
SlightlyFoxed
12 Dec 161#41
We had this model in the office - no end of problems - repeated paper jams or just refusing to print. Can't say if they are all problematic, but ours was shocking.
Saulosi
12 Dec 16#40
Not really clued up on these sort of things.....would I be able to print direct from an Ipad to one of these? Cheers
bubblesmoney
12 Dec 16#39
Can you please link to the set of toners you referred to. I could only find costlier ones. Thanks
panddda
10 Dec 16#18
Any recommendations for a cheap colour laser printer that takes cheap replacement toners? I'm not the keenest on trying to refill them, would rather buy a cheap compatible toner if possible! Currently got the Ricoh mono and it's great, apart from the fact that it doesn't (obviously!) print colour, and as toner is due for replacement I might be as well going for a new printer altogether.
dheydl to panddda
10 Dec 162#24
Only decent cheap one was the Dell 1760nw. Stocks are virtually gone now as Dell has ceased production in the autumn. Next best is the Dell c2660dn - around the £130 mark. Big as this Ricoh but does duplex. A set of 4 toners runs to £40 odd but are higher capacity than this printer. Otherwise, mono seems to be your best bet. Plenty to choose from there.
I know someone who has this and it's HUGE. Check the dimensions and only buy if you have the space.
panddda
11 Dec 16#35
Any of you guys know much about the Ricoh toners? I've currently got the SP213w mono (around £30 a few months ago) and the toner low light started flashing, so I looked on ebay and bought a part-used genuine one (apparently his printer had broken so was selling the toner with 50-60% remaining), thinking it might be better than a compatible, however when I put it in the toner light just goes on to indicate 'toner set incorrectly' and it won't work at all. The old cartridge still works (still showing low but printing fine). The seller was great and refunded, and told me just to chuck it, but it seems a shame and a waste. Is it likely to be the chip that's at fault, do they register themselves to the machine they're in or something like that?
norm1 to panddda
11 Dec 16#36
Buy a replacement chip off the bay will work then.
MIB15
10 Dec 163#5
Great price and was tempted until I saw the toner prices, compatable cartridges around £40 each, originals around £60 each.
Heat given for price, but not for me.......
bblgoose to MIB15
11 Dec 161#34
Use 75% of the provided cartridge, sell the printer for £30 with a few hundred pages of toner left, buy another printer with full toner.
martynbez
11 Dec 16#33
Got one from box.co.uk when they last come round. Great printer but a shame about the toner cost.
wezt4321
11 Dec 16#32
Unfortunately no, the chip on the side counts how much toner has been used and then 'kills' the cartridge. In short, they are a one shot deal.
topss
11 Dec 161#31
Why?
A full set of refills is around £47 inc the chips. That would give you around 2000 prints at 5%. Seems much better value than the 700 or so prints from the £30 it originally cost you.
You can't pull the rip off chip from the old cartridge just?
Chrisrx718
11 Dec 16#27
I have the non-wireless version of this printer I picked up for £30. For that money I never intend to bother with consumables, I'll just bin it. It's definitely more of a workhorse than something that will print pretty images though - if pictures/photographs are your intention then get a quality ink jet and a CIS.
Dominatez
10 Dec 161#26
looking for a new printer as the Kodak range of printers is a total rip off.
You cannot use your own ink as it has a chip and it decides when the cartridge needs changing when the prints are perfect. AVOID Kodak printers at all costs and look at others. My kodak printer is being sent back to kodak head office after Xmas as i am disgusted with their shoddy service.
So heat for this Ricoh printer as it looks like what i need.
panddda
10 Dec 16#25
Thanks! The mono is fine for 90% of the junk that gets printed like travel confirmations, but the eldest has just started secondary school with various homework assignments requiring colour print, so I'm forever running in to work to print out colour pages, not too bad at the moment but I guess it will get worse as he progresses. A colour version is definitely in the pipeline for the next one, I'll just keep an eye on all these deals in the meantime and hopefully something will pop up that's not too expensive. £130 is just a bit too much at this time of the year while I've got a working one at home. Maybe should do more research into refilling old toners.
wezt4321
10 Dec 161#23
It's a messy job but pretty simple to do. I got the toner and chip from http://www.tonertopup.co.uk, which works out at around £20 for a bottle of toner which will do around two top ups and £6 for the chip.
anthony69
10 Dec 161#22
Can get a full set of compatible cartridges for my Dell printer for under £20. Just saying.
wezt4321
10 Dec 161#20
I've had this printer for a while now and for the price it's been great. Only issue, as mentioned already, is the price of replacement toners. To save money we have been refilling the original toners, but this also requires the toner chip replacing too.
sowotsdis to wezt4321
10 Dec 161#21
is that easy and how many times can you do it/how much for chip n refill?
orthopod
10 Dec 161#19
Dell/samsung printers are much better with cheaper compatible toners
netjock
10 Dec 162#14
It is like ink jets all over again. Cheap to buy the printer but costs two printers for consumables.
Roger_Irrelevant to netjock
10 Dec 16#17
There's always a way to do it on the cheap, people aren't daft. :wink:
norm1
10 Dec 16#12
You can get refill kits for the cartridges surely?
Stoofa to norm1
10 Dec 16#16
A bag of generic toner and a funnel?
sofiasar
10 Dec 16#15
I just find it hard to print from pdf or vouchers.
really annoying!
chiefchick
10 Dec 16#13
Fantastic deal thank you
Stoofa
10 Dec 163#11
Toner's are around the £30 mark for compatibles - want the genuine article and you'll pay as much as you did for the printer again. Also remember that the toner included will not be a standard full one. It will be a "starter toner" with about half the capacity of the replacements.
Geemac
10 Dec 16#10
This seems to be available to all not just Prime members?
cishfake
10 Dec 161#9
Be warned: this is very HEAVY! It weighs 27kg. I have a similar model. I don't print much so I probably won't bother replacing toners as it's not economical. Good printer.
AndyRoyd
10 Dec 16#8
Toner carts supplied with the printer are the stater versions rated circa 1000 pages. Standard & high capacity replacements seem to have typical capacity circa 1600 & 2300 pages respectively.
SUMMONER
10 Dec 16#6
Great for at home, if you print just a dozen or so pages a month. Just don't bother with replacing the toners. The generic ones are 5 to 6 times as expensive as the ones for my old Dell colour laser.
quidstretchy to SUMMONER
10 Dec 161#7
That's my take on it too. I print very little so it'll last me a long time
When the toners run out I'll check the current costs, if I don't like the prices then printer becomes landfill. I'm sure that I'll have had £50 of value from it by then
mchu6am4
10 Dec 16#4
And?
anthony69
10 Dec 163#1
Sounds good, how much are replacement toners for these?
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http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/networked-duplex-brother-hl-l8250cdn-colour-laser-printer-91-17-after-cashback-191-2110623
For refills I use:
http://www.urefilltoner.co.uk
They sell toner refill kits for £15-£20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3684QMYNDY
Heat given for price, but not for me.......
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They are however plenty of sellers around the £30 Mark.
Ink e-sale New Compatible Laser Toner Cartridge Replacement for Brother TN241/TN245 Pack of 4 CMYK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0140FYE3E/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_4MyuybBK0F7XC
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/networked-duplex-brother-hl-l8250cdn-colour-laser-printer-91-17-after-cashback-191-2110623
For refills I use:
http://www.urefilltoner.co.uk
They sell toner refill kits for £15-£20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3684QMYNDY
Brother HL3140CW A4 Colour Laser Wireless Printer https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00BJOA3HQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_okLtybN3MGZCV
Heat given for price, but not for me.......
A full set of refills is around £47 inc the chips. That would give you around 2000 prints at 5%. Seems much better value than the 700 or so prints from the £30 it originally cost you.
http://www.ebuyer.com/718068-ricoh-aficio-sp-c250dnw-a4-wireless-colour-laser-printer-2-year-901630?mkwid=s_dc&pcrid=51482416019&pkw=&pmt=&gclid=COCtk8jx69ACFY0y0wodPWcMOQ
You cannot use your own ink as it has a chip and it decides when the cartridge needs changing when the prints are perfect. AVOID Kodak printers at all costs and look at others. My kodak printer is being sent back to kodak head office after Xmas as i am disgusted with their shoddy service.
So heat for this Ricoh printer as it looks like what i need.
really annoying!
When the toners run out I'll check the current costs, if I don't like the prices then printer becomes landfill. I'm sure that I'll have had £50 of value from it by then