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The Brother desktop laser printers are amazing workhorses. Also, no DRM! On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 11:24 AM, Sylvia, Margaret <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I can recommend a very inexpensive laser printer that I use at home for > all my printing, including label-printing, the Brother HL-L2340DW. > > I bought it on a review from Wirecutter: http://thewirecutter.com/ > reviews/best-laser-printer and it really does a fine job. We have in > our library office a higher-capacity Brother printer that is also a real > workhorse, but probably overkill for a single-user desktop. > > The HL-L2340DW is $80 today at Amazon and it comes with a starter toner > cartridge. Standard toner cartridges are $30 and high-yield cartridges are > $45, pretty good as toner costs go. > > When I print labels with it, I manually feed the sheets. I'm not sure you > have to do that, but I don't print a lot of labels at home. > > Anyway, my experience with the Brother brand has been entirely positive > and I can recommend the HL-L2340DW for your situation, particularly if you > are looking for something economical and sturdy. > > Margaret Sylvia > Professor and Assistant Director > St. Mary’s University Blume Library > [log in to unmask] > 210-431-2299 ext. 1320 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Julie Swierczek > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 9:35 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [CODE4LIB] desktop printer for label sheets > > Oh Collective Wisdom! > > We use sheets of archival labels to label our document boxes in the > archives. I think we buy them from one of the major library suppliers > (Gaylord, etc.) although I can't say which for certain. > > The person who prints the most labels uses a desktop printer for this > purpose. After three years of printing mostly labels, the printer will not > feed the sheets into the printer any longer. I believe they tried > replacing a roller or some such part - I know, I'm being real sketchy on > details here, sorry - and it did not improve. You can't even get it to > work if you manually feed the label sheet into the printer to help it get > started. > > So, if you were going to buy a relatively-inexpensive - say under $300 - > printer for this purpose, knowing you were going to be feeding labels into > it all the time, what would you recommend? > > And, if you think it is ridiculous to expect a desktop printer to handle > labels for years at that price, go ahead and say so and recommend whatever > more expensive product you think is a good idea. We might just have > unrealistic expectations for a desktop printer in that price range. > > Thanks much. > > Julie > > Julie C. Swierczek > Librarian for Primary Resources and Metadata Services Swarthmore College > Peace Collection and Friends Historical Library [log in to unmask] > http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/peace > http://www.swarthmore.edu/friends-historical-library > she/her/hers >