Best little lazer printer for a POS-VIEW system

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DarthFramer

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What make/model of laser printer do you suggest for use with a pos system? I guess you need color to print off the sample picture on the receipt? Thanks! Darth
 
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I've been happy with B&W Brother units. I just ordered a color all-in-one, the 9970CDW to replace my Epson CX11NF; I guess we'll see how it does.
 
We have never had any issues with the B/W Brother printers. They're like the energizer bunny and we currently have a 2170 and 2240 in service where I set the defaults to "Save Toner" and resolution to 300x300 for quick, workorder type printing that I know is going to be trashed. Toner cartridges seem to last forever.

As far as color, I haven't seen a color laser that does as good a job as our old Dell 3100cn which I ruined by using a set of generic toner cartridges against my better judgement. It is now a boat anchor in the closet that was replaced by a Brother 3040 which does a respectable job for our demands.
 
We use black and white for use with the POS. Color lasers will do the job, too. Inkjets come out wet, are far too expensive, and are too slow to operate for a POS; in my personal opinion.

Brother is the brand we have used in our shop for the past ten years, too. They're inexpensive and just keep going and going. We retired our original all-in-one brother fax/laser/copier, but it still works fine. (it's a spare now)

The entry level one is usually about $49-$79 (and almost always) on sale at office supply stores.
Example: HL2240 is $79 this week at Staples.

The all-in-one model is a bit more, and has printer, fax, scanner, auto document feeder, and flatbed copier.
Example: MFC7360N is $129 this week at Staples.

We also use (Star 100) thermal receipt printers at each workstation. $205 shipped from posworld.com Customer receipts and POS processed credit card slips go to the narrow format thermal receipt printers, while (back room) workorders, corporate invoices, and daily reports go to the laser.

Happy Shopping
Mike
 
In the last few months I have set up a couple low cost monochrome colors from both Brother and Samsung.
I tend to prefer the Samsungs. Seem a bit more durable, but either should work.

If you really want color, as far as a laser goes, Samsungs CLP series is the absolute best in their price range. Actually better than more expensive ones.

The Epson Workforce units are nice as well. Just dropped one a few weeks ago in a fleet office and they have been very pleased, but it was an ink jet.
 
We have an inexpensive Samsung color laser in our plaza (for a sister business) and it has been very reliable now for 3+ years.
 
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