If you are only printing occasionally then you could find the inkjet cartridge has dried up and it needs replacing - lasers don't dry up!

B&W Laser printing is fast, cheap, reliable and the results are high quality, sharp, precise. They are clean in use and you don't get smudges, smears, ink on your fingers. There's little maintenance required. Heads don't constantly self-clean and don't clog up. Paper jams are less frequent ime. You can bang out 100 pages in a row without breaking into a sweat. They emit an odour a bit like a photocopier. Can get a strong if you're printing a fkton and don't have ventilation. Laser prints onto paper and gets good results even with cheap paper but doesn't print onto CD's etc.

They can seem costly when it comes to replacing the toner. You can either suck that up, the per page cost is cheaper over time. Or you can do some research and make sure the laser accepts unbranded substitutes.

If you're interest is in printing B&W letters and envelopes and that sort of thing I recommend them. They are nice to use, fast, and consistently produce professional results.

Inkjet spray pigment ink diluted in solvent onto the paper and the solvent evaporates to leave the ink. Lasers melt toner particles statically stuck on the drum onto the paper. Lasers don't smudge while injet are not so durable. Inkjet printers are cheap to buy but expensive to run, lasers tend to be the opposite.

Have a look on the urefilltoner.co.uk site for recommended printers for low cost of use and ease of refilling - oh and not all toner is the same, it is printer-specifc.

yes with brother you have to change the drum aswell

Normally its the toner and the imaging drum - always check how much compatables are before buying a printer

Lasers have 2 main parts to change: the toner cartridge and the drum. Brother tend to have them separate so just because the toner is empty doesn't mean you need to change the drum. Ideally the toner lasts around 5000 pages with the drum good for 20000 - 30000 pages as long as you have 'clean' paper (dust and grit free - you drop the new ream of paper on the floor bin it: ream of paper £3, replace a scratched drum £30) so limiting the changes of damaging the drum. Also most toner cartridges can be re-filled - the limiting factor is the size of the waste toner dump - 2 to 3 times. The U refill toner .co.uk site lists the best and easiest printers for refilling: but you have to buy a bottle of toner from them to get the low down how-to do it. On mine there is only a rubber bung to pull out. One word of warning laser toner is a very, very fine dust so refill outdoors with the wind behind you and not indoors over a pale carpet - if you think talcum powder is messy, toner is 10 times worse!!!!

You're welcome.

For your needs, I think an inkjet would serve you better!

Are either of these auto duplex?

Not really. This is for those who don't need the wifi feature and it saves having to pay extra for it.

ethernet should be as standard as it connects with your router, and then thus becomes wireless.

amazon.co.uk/Bro…512 I'm thinking about getting this one. Seems decent enough. You can get it from argos for the same price too.

Or give this a go amazon.co.uk/gp/…sed

This is an excellent printer and is available form argos for £47.99. This has more features

Which makes it 4.8p per page printing cost as the op printer cost 5.7p per page.

Good point. Having bought the printer for £27 I found the replacement toner for £19.99 delivered when I needed one, it is a larger size than the original though.

.do you have the link to Ricoh wireless for £27