Printer shortage

Hello,

Any suggestions on where to find a printer. I think America is in a shortage lol. I traveled from St. Pete to Tampa for about 4 hrs today, have checked Staples, Amazon, Bluedog, Office Depot, HP, Brother…nothing most have said October. Any suggestions?

Welcome to NC! I haven’t had to shop for a new printer in a long time. I purchased a refurbished 4250HP DTN in 2008. A 4350HP DTN in 2012. There were days when both printers were printing in unison, I couldn’t keep up with the packages I was signing using just one printer. They are still busy, busier than ever. I paid $1200 for the first one, $400 for the 4350. Refurbished machines are reliable. HP makes a good strong product.

Have you looked at Newegg.com? They carry several brands of printers including HP. Best of luck in your search and purchase.

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I just got a back up from Amazon. It’s hard to find a set of printer and tray so you might have to purchase separately. I see the Brother HL-L6200DW is in stock at amazon and the Brother Printer LT6500 Tray will be back in stock in two weeks.

good luck!

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Thank you for the suggestion, I’ll check them out now.

You’re awesome, I checked yesterday there was nothing. Thanks so much!!

Your welcome!

What I have come to find is Amazon does not like to disappoint customers. So they put dates out there they can achieve but in most cases beat them.

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Try theprinterdepot.com, good luck!

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I just checked Amazon a few minutes ago. They have printers in stock that are shipped free for Prime members with expected delivery 9/3/20 through 9/10/20. Here’s the link for a Brother, with two trays, on sale. https://www.amazon.com/Brother-Monochrome-HL-L5200DWT-Networking-Replenishment/dp/B01BHSLBLK/ref=sr_1_22?dchild=1&keywords=Printers&qid=1598913322&rnid=2941120011&s=office-electronics&sr=1-22

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Thank you got it last night

You were able to get the Brother I mentioned?

I got the 6200 Lee advised above. Im on phone now trying to see if I can get the one you mentioned. $50 more but 2 trays.

Good Luck. I’m not familiar with Brother, so I hope this one is as good as the one he recommended. A lot of LSA’s in another group that I am a part of are using Brother printers.
I posted that link for you to check out because all of the Canon printers, with only ONE tray, on Amazon are almost twice the price of the Brother! I have a Canon ImageClass MF424dw printer, with two trays, that I purchased almost two years ago for far less than the ones today with only one tray.

If there is a Cartridgeworld in your city.
They have a business program. They provide the All in one printer ( Brothers MFC L5700W dual tray ) , service calls for printer and delivery toner for free.
There is no committment , cancel anytime. Start up cost is 2 toner and one drum. Which we all want to have as back up anyway.
Check is out
https://cartridgeworld.com/why-buy-a-printer/

Thank you for the suggestion, we do not have one in my part of Florida.

You made a great choice. I have the lower model 5200 for 4 years without any issues and it uses third party inexpensive toner replacements very well. Also, my model gets 8,000 pages per cartridge but your model I believe prints 12,000 per cartridge. Double tray? There is no substitute!

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If you have not found a printer yet maybe try these locations if near you.

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Miami, FL · (305) 513-0059

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3601 SW 2nd Ave, Ste e, Gainesville, FL · (352) 376-1146

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8730 US Highway 19, Port Richey, FL · (727) 847-6955

Computer Store, Electronics Retailer

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Ordering directly from Epson worked for me.

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I purchased 4 printers from an local online (about a year ago). I believe most areas have Estate Sales- now online Estate Auctions. it happened that our local Rabo Bank was converting to Mechanics bank and closing the local loan processing centers. up for auction was 12 printers – I purchased 4 huge HP double tray printers for $25 dollars each. Came w toners and paper in them. I also purchased one last month on E-bay for $75 - including Shipping – also had toner in it. There are a lot of good used printers out there… Look for used – toner is cheaper on the older printers too. I really like HP.

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Best buy!! Or online is where I got mine at Best buy

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I just received my printer from Office Depot - Brother MFC-L5850dw. Also got the high capacity cartridge. Second ray is on back-order. Ordered online Aug 31, received Sep 2.

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