HP LaserJet 1600

Excellent – This is a great laser printer and the quality of printing is of a vry high standard, the price is great for a colopur laserjet, but unfortunatley the price of the toners are a bit expensive, but on the upside if you don't use it all the time you can get over 2500 pages of printing per toner, the printer was very easy to install with no problems at all, so overall I would recommend this laserjet to anyone who is thinking of getting one as it is well worth the money. Price, looks No double sided printing, toner price

OK – Industry standard for black printing is 5% coverage which equals a 3 paragraph business letter. Formula is 2000 pages at 5% costs close to 2 cents per page. Do a full text page at 10% coverage cuts your page count to 1000 pages,and doubles your cost. Including a black graphic can bump the coverage up to 20%, equals only 500pages and 8 cents pp. Adding a color graphic can triple your cost per page. Putting a color photo on this page lifts cost per page to 6cents, provided your are getting all the usable toner out of your cartridge. The toner cartridge is sold as a covenience package the toner only represents 12 to 15% of the total cost of the cartridge. Many years ago we asked another large international printer manufacturer why they only provided a half full toner with a $1500 machine. We were told by the company representative, "We like to see the customer come back soon to buy a new toner". Being a printer user for 2 decades, regrettably in this price price bracket ($400aus) there is little else that competes on print quality, and cost of consumables, provided it is working efficently. Cheers Low cost entry level printer. Print quality good on plain paper. Small footprint. Starter toner only half full = 1000 page at 5% coverage. Prone to backgrounding from black toner. Only does half calibration, leads to print quality problems particularly black. Biggest problem is toner out can activate after using as little 20% of your toner, a common problem with "Canon" Lasershot equivelent. Making them a very expensive printer to run.