What is the most cost effective duplex-enabled laser printer for Linux?
“Cost effective” comes down to a few things for printers: acquisition cost, consumables cost, maintenance and/or service cost, and power consumption. Depending on your uses, those various elements may be more out less important to you. If you need very high volume printing, then the consumables cost advantage on a large printer will pay off dispite the high acquisition cost and greater power consumption. If, on the other hand your print volume is only moderate but you are looking fur a long term solution, then power consumption and service cost may be more important. If you’re just looking for the cheapest acquisition price on a printer with duplex, then that is easily found with price search tools. Remember when calculating consumables cost to factor all parts that may have to be replaced: toner, drums, fusers, waste toner containers, etc may all be required. All will have estimated page yields listed for thier life expectancy, so you can add up a cost per page fairly easily. So don’t
