[Info-vax] Nice printers for OpenVMS?

[Dirk Munk]

Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-08-02 at 13:56 +0200, Dirk Munk wrote:
>>
>> HP doesn't have inkjet Postscript printers any more, they had a few
>> in
>> the past.
>>
>> I'm not affiliated with Epson in any way, this is just to inform the
>> members of this group.
>>
> What about Brother printers? They're just as good as Epson.
>

Not bad either, you're right. I just had to learn that BR-script 3 is 
Brother's version of Postscript level 3 :-) .

I compared the cheapest Brother multifunctional laser with duplexer and 
Postscript with the Epson multifunctional, and added a full kit of large 
capacity toner or ink. The Brother C M Y toner kits are good for 3500 
pages, the K toner kit for 4000 pages. The Epson ink cartridges last 
3400 pages. So no real difference in number of pages. With the Brother 
you will also need a new toner residue container. We can exchange that 
against the 600 extra pages of the K cartridge.

These are the Dutch prices incl. VAT:

Brother:
DCP-9055CDN printer - €470
C M Y toner kits 3 x €133 = €399
K toner kit - €54
Total - €923

Epson:
WP-4595 DNF printer - €410
C M Y ink cartridges 3 x 41 = €123
K ink cartridge - € 36
total - €569

Seems to me the Epson printer is quite a lot cheaper per page.

By the way, in Eastern Europe you can buy the Epson L800. It is a simple 
Photo printer (6 colours), but it has large ink tanks to the side of the 
printer. You can buy 70ml ink bottles for €11.20 to fill the tanks. That 
is about 10% of the price/litre of the normal cartridges.