Please tellme what printer you use and any good discounted sites on printers, toners and paper?
There are 2 that are always recommended. Brothers & HP. Tho’ there are a plethora of other brands that people use. IMO, try Ebay for a gently used older workhorse-type anything with dual trays & lots of ppm.
You are far better off buying an older formerly very expensive one with a higher monthly ‘duty cycle’ than a new, cheaper model. I have an HP4350…bought used for…ah, it’s been so long ago that I can’t easily find the records, but guessing maybe $100-$150. Hopefully, others will chime in with more workhorse model suggestions.
Starting out, one can use a single-tray printer, or one can take the plunge for the additional $100-150 for a multi-tray. There are tools out there that will allow you to print one, then the other and provide a map to bring them together.
For example, there’s Notary Rotary PDF Sorter. Also, SnapDocs allows you to download the documents broken-out.
As you move forward, you’ll probably find the investment in a multi-tray printer, especially with packages over 100-200 pages long (often the most profitable).
My last few tray add-ons averaged around $200 in addition to the price of the printer. If your not sure whether a printer can take a second tray, google the spec sheet for the printer, and check the accessories entry - the tray would be listed there.
FYI, used multi-tray printers are available on ebay for $100-250 including shipping. These older printers also have the advantage of using non-manufacturer (third-party) toner.
One note: often one tray being 100-300 pgs; the other(s) something like 550 or 1050;choose which tray gets the legal by what your most common closings use). I’ve even played with a separator page (in blue) on a 3-tray printer.
As far as specific printers, I’m very fond of the Brother products. The Brother HL-L6200DW meets all the ‘check boxes’… duplex, multiple trays, reasonable price ($150-200), good toner life (3k, 8k and 12k cartridge sizes) compatible with 3rd party toner, etc… Print cost is~$0.01/page for toner, even with the 12k OEM cartridge; good paper shopping puts you at around the $0.02-$0.025/page range (not including printer acquisition).
Additional trays are available - a 250-sheet tray (LT5500) and a 520-sheet tray (LT6500).
The Brother HL-L6200DWT includes the first additional 520-sheet tray (LT6500), saving about $40.
There are also many fine used printers and copiers; depending upon an NSA’s other interests, investing in one of these may be indicated (I personally expect to buy a larger photocopier/printer for my tax practice).
Hope this all helps.
Good luck.
HWB.
For paper, I’ve done well with Staples, as well as other chains,
Amazon and wholesale clubs (I’ve bought at both BJ’s and Sam’s Club) can also be great.
I aim for $30-35/case (10-ream… keep away from the 8- or 5-ream cases) on letter-size paper, before promotions. The legal-size paper goes for $6-9 per ream (I’ve bought a number of 3-ream cases at Sam’s Club on the lower side of that range)
I would say the paper is all a matter of timing, attention and available promotion.
I tend to buy OEM or third-party toner on Amazon, or price match Amazon at Staples (with discount coupons and/or 20% back in points, it can be impressive savings - I’ve had $300-500 in spendable points during some periods - I bought laptops for staff and holiday gifts for clients on the office store’s dime).
HWB.
I am using the 6200dw from brother. I have speckles all over my papers. replaced cartridge. cleaned drum like 5 diff times, etc. nothing seems to work. talk about frustrating. printing pages 5-6 times to get a clean copy at first to now not getting one clean copy so stalled my accepting assignments was looking for another option also to have at my work location
okay what I did was take my drum completely apart and clean it out. works like a charm now… found video on youtube. saving me alot of money