[Discuss] Printer recommendations sought

[richb at pioneer.ci.net (Rich Braun)]

I bought my Ricoh C410DN color laser in December 2006.  Best-ever device I can
recall ever owning.  Originally I bought it to save on ink/toner, and now I
realize that it's delivered not only that but incredible durability.  There's
never been a problem with it, other than a sporadic paper-jam issue with the
envelope feeder (which surprisingly went away after I put the thing on a
bouncy truck/train trip across the nation last year).

My purchase was for home; Ricoh doesn't really sell to consumers but they are
available through any of the usual online retail sites.  Also, Ricoh toner
isn't sold at office-supply stores, but I've found that Amazon.com's delivery
speed, along with the 1- to 3-year (!) lifespan of each cartridge at my
current usage, make that an irrelevant issue.  My page counts since purchase
are:

Total		:	25449
Black & White	:	10554
Full Color	:	14842
Single Color	:	0
Two-color	:	53
Duplex		:	8468

The purchase cost was $650 and so far I've spent a similar amount on toner
cartridges so it's under 6 cents a page, including buying the printer.

-rich