Q: im wanting to buy a printer but need to know which one is better. Inkjet or laser printer? whats the different? which is cheaper and which cartridges are cheaper? im going to be printing mainly labels.
A: FYI HP laserjet printers and MS Word make printing envelopes and Avery labels very, very easy and so professional looking esp in Small Caps... Normally the HP lasejet printer will show one the direction to set the envelope in, and envelopes are found on the top of the main MS Word tool bar under Tools, and then come down to Letters and Mailings... Toner in LASERJET printers last FOREVER, and never dry up. HP Laserjets have been around forever...and the prices just like Computer PCs have dropped. There are GOOD low cost options for professional quality printing in Black & white and the Best Advice unless you like spending good money buying expensive inkjet cartridges, if I were in your shoes I would simply look for an older Hewlett Packard (HP) Laserjet Printer like one from the HP Laserjet 4 or 5 series, HP 2100 or 2200 series etc. and NO LASERJET PRINTERs are Not Bad for Your Health? As you know the print quality for any papers or documents you have to submit is TERRIFIC and all the drivers are still readily availble on-line for download. Like someone else suggest I actually saw some GOOD WORKHORSE HP LASERJET 4 printers on sale for $12.00 on CRAIGLIST which caught me by surprise me...since I personally own like 4 Hewlett Packard black & white HP Laserjets that I paid from a free-gift away, $35, $65 and like $1,500 <= years ago brand new. Naturally I don't need any more but where I saw it was on my local CRAIGSLIST under the FOR SALE category then COMPUTERS. What happened was Seller bought a huge lot of commercial HP Laserjet printers on few pallets and simply did not have storage. Just be PATIENT if you didn't see any under a wildcard search or maybe POST YOUR OWN CL Inquiry in 2 places under WANTED and COMPUTERS but most likely all you will attract is people dumping inkjet printers. EBAY COMPUTERs might be another Good Buy to find a good laserjet printer, but do yourself a favor and SEARCH BY CLOSEST DISTANCE bec S&H will certainly be costly. Also genuine unopened HP toner lasts forever and never dries up, and with patience can be bought for like $25 or more and one toner cartridge can easily last a full year. Hope the Above Info Helps!