So the family is in need of a black and white laser printer. There are so many out there it boggles me.

Anyone happy with theirs or recommend one?

I'm looking for pure efficiency/bang for buck/cheap maintenance.

speed is not an issue

wifi connectivity is needed

or maybe just some things I should look out for when picking a laser printer?

That is an easy solution.

I can easily plug the printer into my router. OK!

So whats your printer pinky? and why is it pro?!

There are brother ones that are sold for around $40-50 they are awesome 2140 or something is the model.

Harvey Norman and office works stock theM.I.A. Job done

Brother toners aren't too expensive either

Haha, after all that b/s my printer isn't a network printer. Although I have it plugged into my NAS which acts as a print server and it is therefore available over wifi *shrug*. It's an HP LaserJet 1022, and I'd definitely recommend. I also recommend the no-name toner for it, which is much cheaper, but I thought I'd give it a crack and I've been very happy with it.

Would recommend any HP LaserJet really. I've used quite a few, and never had a problem.

Another option is the 5370dw umart has for 318 and theres a $50 cashback at the moment. Has a lower cost per page than the 2270dw ($80 toner for 2600 pages)
compared to the 5370dw ($150 toner for 8000 pages)


http://www.brother.com.au/products/printers/monochrome_laser_printers/hl-5370dw.aspx

HL-2270DW looks pretty good right now. If nothing else comes out of this thread I'll probably go and get it.

Anyone personally running that one and can tell me how much it costs to replace/refill? So clueless with printers since I haven't owned one since 2000. Mananged to get throguh uni by printing on campus.

Former brother / HP service agent signing in.

Go the brother, its normally the same printer engine in each series btw. So you will find that if it shits itself you can normally use parts for the same family series to repair.

New carts shouldn't be anything over 60 a throw new.

I've got a brother HL-22 something or other, it does full duplex printing (prints one side, sucks paper back in, prints other side) and I'm pretty sure it also has wireless, which I never use because I'm a dickhead. When I bought it I thought hmm yeah I want wireless so I can print from everywhere, forgetting I could plug the ethernet into my router. DUUURRRRR got it from officeworks

What?!?! you can do that? d'oh. i must try it

I work for the printer company Ricoh atm and i'm no help to this thread whatsoever.