I'm in the market for a new printer, my Epson inkjet just won't cut it anymore (too slow).

Having seen the output from one of these http://www.office.xerox.com/printers/color...-8560/enus.html I'm hooked

So has anyone seen this type of printer in Thailand (BKK), cost, availability of consumables, the usual questions

I am very familiar with Xerox Phaser color printers. They used to give the machine away absolutely free in America,

http://www.freecolorprinter.com/

deliver on a large truck even. But the catch was you had to use the genuine "solid ink" from Xerox which is a horrible smelling WAX type ink. Your prints are printed with a coating and you are a "captive" client for the expensive "solid ink". I see the same technology here 9 years later and cringe for the people who buy and then have PAY for using that smelly device. I would look and feel the prints that come out of that Xerox machine and then smell the printer in action. Once you do the pricing via an unbiased "calculator" on line you will see what this printer will actually COST over a two to five year period.

http://www.office.xerox.com/printing-ink-costs/enus.html

or enter possible color printer models at this web site

http://usa.kyoceramita.com/americas/jsp/Ky...amp;isbestfit=0

While I only bought two Brother b/w laser printers for our home I asked first at the Independent computer shop which models they could easily and inexpensively re-fill the ink. Several color printers were also mentioned, but I highly doubt you could source an inexpensive "solid ink" for a Xerox Phaser color printer in Thailand.

From the review in PC Magazine on the Xerox 8560 below:

Solid ink, on the other hand, is a poor choice for any home office or one-person shop.

Solid ink printers start with solid blocks of ink that the printers have to melt. Once the ink's melted, the printer can spray it on a drum; it then rolls the drum against a piece of paper to transfer the image, just as with an offset printing press. The problem is that keeping the ink melted takes power, which means you have to keep the printer on at all times. If you turn it off at the end of each day, you'll use up an unacceptable amount of ink in the power-on cleaning cycle, driving up the cost of printing.

You wouldn't recommend it then ^^^

The print quality is pretty good though, IMHO on a par with a decent inkjet on coated paper.

We produce small runs of glossy sales literature too small for commercial print runs, the inkjet is more than adequate even very good, it's just too slow

It's the glossy look that colour lasers don't seem able to produce, ideas anyone?

Used to have one in Canada for similar purposes as you and was very happy. The printer lasted about 6 years and then gave up, likely due to too much moving and poor maintenance during the last year (others were using it whilst I enjoyed Thailand). Now I have one again here in Thailand, am not using it as much but the print quality makes up for all of it.

I am sure the cost is high though compared to other options but then coated paper and ink aren't cheap either.

Did you get yours in Thailand? ^^^

login.co.th have the 8560DN at a scary 69,550 Baht I was hoping for something nearer 50k (it's a grand or so in the US with $250 off as well)

http://www.login.co.th/cgi-bin/cs?asset=6&id=944

Got the Xerox Docuprint 2100 colour lazer for 17000THB in pantip few weeks ago. Seems decent enough.

As noted previously, I'm after a glossy finish akin to that provided by an inkjet on coated paper, something that I've not seen from a laser.

If someone can come up with a way to get a colour laser to produce inkjet-like photo (this is brochures) prints, I'm sold

Have a look at the Canon 5100 first print out in seconds, quality on common photocopier paper excellent - no lines to been seen can do double sided as well. There is a cheaper model not quite so fast and no double sided but still good Q.

RE-fills have a RRP 6000Bht but a quick walk around Pantip will find at 4000Bht still original. Generics may well be available soon - they need the chip!

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