What multifunction printer should I buy? -

I own a small business and need a new multifunction printer. It has been suggested that I buy a HP laser printer at $900 (AUD) but the salesman has told me that it will only last about two years, as they all do. Is it worth spending more when it won t last any longer than the cheap ones? What brands do you like?

$ 900.00 is quite a bit of money to spend on a printer. Whatever brand of printer you buy, I would definately stay away from Dell and / or Lexmark; Dell s are expensive to operate [Inkjet Cartridges], amp; most, if now all, Lexmark s are total junk. * A little known secret today: Lexmark is the actual maker / manufacturer of Dell printers; In my opinion, this was a disasterous decision by Dell - Dell has worked very hard to bring their total sales closer to HP - Lexmark will surely drag them down. Laser vs. Inkjet - I would go with Laser; any more, prices are pretty close to each other; you should be able to buy an intermediate Laser Printer for $200.00 - $300.00. If you do not do a lot of printing, you might consider a HP All-In-One; Wal-Mart is selling the HP DeskJet F4140 All-In-One [Printer / Scanner / Photocopier] for $ 78.53; includes one Black amp; one Tri-Color Inkjet Cartridge(s). One drawback here - these are small cartridges - each hold only 05 ml of ink. ~ 10 months ago, I bought a HP Deskjet F-340 All-In-One; costs ~ $ 83.00, amp; overall, has done a pretty good gob. It also uses the small Inkjet Cartridges, amp; this is kind of a pain - The Black HP-21 costs ~ $15.00, amp; the Tri-Color HP-22 costs ~ $18.00. If you do buy a Inkjet printer, you might pay attention to the ink capacities of the cartridges - the more, the better. Good Luck, Ken C. quot;Little Covered Wagon Cartridge X-changequot;