Techtraders is an e-commerce store that deals in computers and electronics. This deal is valid only on the Off-lease HP P3015 Printer. The printer comes without the ink/toner. Usually, the delivery cost is $5 but after you put in the coupon code, the delivery will be free. So, the total cost for the printer will be $30 (including delivery) in NZ.
They cost $275 for official HP ones or $63 for compatible no-name ones at Computer Food (I've used this company for a while, free shipping):
https://www.consumables.co.nz/shop/online-shop/ink-toner-rib…
I use the generic toners from Computer Food, it makes me shudder to think I use to buy the HP toners.
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Here is where you can order the toner from : https://www.cartridgestore.co.nz/products/view/27265/CE255X/…
its $68.92
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Will it run on a Mac and I guess no wifi and not ideal for home use ?
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it doesnt have wifi, but i use it for home use.
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Will it run on a MacBook?
I am not sure if it works with MacBook. But I will let you know by tomorrow. Thanks
Just a quick note for those unaware, it's generally not that difficult to share printers over your LAN nowadays even between different OSes provided both client and server have drivers for the printer. So you can connect this to one computer and print from other ones although the server computer will need to be on whenever you want to print. Sharing with a phone/tablet may be a little more complicated, might still be doable but it likely depends more on the OS and how exactly you want to print on your phone.
Some routers also have a bare bones print server. So if it had the right drivers, you could probably connect this printer to such a router to share it on the network without needing a dedicated print server or to use one of your computers. (This means the printer will need to be whereever your router is.) Given the resource limits (memory and CPU) on most domestic routers, it's probably not a good idea to use this setup for fancy documents but it may be fine for simple ones. If you log in to your router you can look for any signs of printer sharing. It may be with the NAS/shared storage settings.
To give examples, the HG659 which Spark and their subbrands were providing, and also IIRC Vodafone does seem to have a print server. Note I've never used it and I have no idea if it supports this particular printer. But the NF18ACV which Slingshot and Orcon and maybe some other Vocus and other ISPes were providing at one stage for fibre customers does not seem to have a print server, the USB ports are just for NAS functionality. As said cheap ISP routers tend to be very basic and sometimes can even have problems doing their basic function of routing so I wouldn't count on it to work great. Just hopefully good enough for basic printing. It's unlikely this would work well for sharing with a phone although if it works you could potentially still use your computer as an intermediary.
You can of course get dedicated print servers or just use something like a Raspberry Pi but while these are somewhat cheap, once you're doing something like that it may be worth just looking for a printer with ethernet or Wifi.
https://www.affordableink.co.nz/hp-ce255a-toner-cartridge-co…
$59 inc shipping
just bought some other toners from this crowd the other day. It arrived the next day.
Hi. Do you have a link for the toner/ink to purchase with this printer?