> On Nov 28, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Fiskum, Steve wrote: > > > I've had my 5000s since they first came out and > > have never had to make a call for service, very reliable. They are > > worth the > > money IMO. > > > > I have never purchased the duplex tray so I have no experience with > > dulpexing. > > > > The duplexer is no longer made or supported, so you'd have to buy a > refurbished one from ebay or somewhere. The duplexer has always been > the Achilles heel of this model, since in my (repeated) experience it > only stays in full operating order for about a year--then it starts > jamming on large, heavy paper, then on thinner large paper, then on > legal size. You can coax it along for maybe 3-4 years on letter-size > paper alone, which is the state my latest duplexer (the 3d) is in right > now. > > Otherwise, absolutely: a great printer. > > Andrew Stiller
The Laserjet 5200 came out a few months ago, which is apparently another notch faster than the 5100. I'm still on a 5000 (5+ years), only maintenance being a new set of rollers last year. I had a refurb duplexer for a short time but it was a real POS, so I went back to manual duplexing. With 3rd party software to handle the details of booklet making (Fineprint on the PC), it's not a big deal. The 5200 has a new duplexer available, no idea if it's any better than the ones for the 5000 and 5100. Lee Actor Composer-in-Residence and Assistant Conductor, Palo Alto Philharmonic http://www.leeactor.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
