(Also, put a piece of opaque tape over the toner cartridge tray's sensor hole to get about 2x the capacity out of the toner cartridge.) On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Andreas Orphanides <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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/revie >> ws/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 >> > >