Printer Price in Somalia (2026): HP Lasers From $165, Plus What Toner Really Costs

A printer is the last analog step in a digital life: the school form, the invoice, the clinic record, the ticket. And in Somalia it is exactly the appliance where the cheap choice backfires — inkjets meant for a cool office dry out and clog in our heat, and a printer that needs its head cleaned every second week is not a bargain at any price.

The two lasers below are what homes, schools and shops actually buy. Here is what they cost, what toner really costs, and how to order.

Printer prices in Somalia right now

Live on the home & office shelf, fixed USD prices:

1. HP Laser 107A — $165. The home and student pick: a mono laser that prints about 20 pages a minute, month after month, without drama.
2. HP Laser MFP 135A — $224.90. The same laser engine plus scan and copy — for shops, schools and clinics that used to queue at a photocopy stand.
3. HP 651A Original Toner Set — $1,580. Original HP cartridges for bigger office Color LaserJets — the example of what "original toner" looks like on the shelf.

Every price above is the final price — no VAT added at checkout.

Laser vs inkjet, in Somali conditions

An inkjet sprays liquid ink through tiny nozzles. Heat and dust are exactly what those nozzles hate: ink dries in the head, the first page comes out streaked, and cleaning cycles eat the cartridge. Toner is powder — it sits in the cartridge for months and prints the day you need it. For a machine that works in a Mogadishu summer or a Hargeisa winter, mono laser is not a preference; it is the sane default.

Rule: inkjets are for photo studios; lasers are for everything else.

Print-only or MFP?

• HP Laser 107A ($165): printing only. Students, home offices, anyone whose copies happen twice a year.
• HP Laser MFP 135A ($224.90): printing, scanning and copying in one box. If the household pays a photocopy stand even twice a week, the MFP pays for itself inside a few months — and the kids' school forms get scanned and sent instead of lost.

The toner math, before you order

Both printers take the HP 106A cartridge (about a thousand pages), and each ships with one in the box. The mistake to avoid is buying the printer and forgetting the toner — put a spare cartridge in the same cart so the machine never sits idle.

Two rules protect your money: buy original cartridges (compatibles are the reason cheap printers get thrown away), and match the exact number printed for your model — the 651A original set at $1,580 fits the bigger office Color LaserJets, not these two.

Setup and ordering

1. Pick the model from your honest monthly page count.
2. Add a spare toner to the same order.
3. Place the printer within USB reach of the PC that prints — both models connect by cable.
4. Check out with EVC Plus, Edahab, or card at the exact shown total — the payment guide explains what the secure checkout protects.
5. Keep the packaging until the first ream has gone through — it is your reference if anything must come back.

Delivery is $1.50–$3.00 by district in Mogadishu and a flat $6.95 nationwide. The full shopping list around the printer (desk light, microphone, network) lives in the home office setup guide, and the bulk quote form prices multi-printer orders for schools and offices.