Hi James, So far so good. The printer works fine. The HP5100tn arrived in what I would call good used condition. They advertised that it had the maintenance kit installed, and I also bought a "compatible" toner cartridge for $99 from them, since they sell it without the cartridge. See if you can specify a real HP cartridge. Mine works fine now, but the first 20 or so pages had a few small random toner spots.
The price was really good, but they offer no warranty. Also, it's kind of hard to get them on the phone after the sale, but they answer emails promptly. They included no installation instructions, but I was able to get their tech guy to explain to me how to hook it up via ethernet. My opinion is that they have great prices on used HP printers, and their customer service is adequate. If your computer does not have a parallel port, you need to get the 5100tn, which has a built-in ethernet port, which connects to your router (not your computer). The 5100 has no USB or Firewire support. John On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 5:59 PM, James Cooper <j...@modez.com> wrote: > John, > > I was thinking of getting one of these printers like you got a couple weeks > ago. I am wondering what your experience has been with the printer pros & > the 5100n. Any bumps? > > --- James > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > James Cooper > Composer, classical guitarist, songwriter > www.ModeZ.com > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:19 AM, jjtk...@gmail.com <jjtk...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Thanks for all your help everyone. I bought a refurbished 5100n from >> http://www.theprinterpros.com. I called HP and even though it's been >> discontinued, they were very helpful in describing it and answering my >> questions. It already has an ethernet port, so I should be good to >> go. >> >> John >> >> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Christopher Smith >> <christopher.sm...@videotron.ca> wrote: >> > >> > On Thu Oct 21, at ThursdayOct 21 7:07 PM, jjtk...@gmail.com wrote: >> > >> >> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Cecil Rigby <rig...@att.net> wrote: >> >>> I, too, use the HP 5100 w/ duplexer, but I haven't had any of the >> problems >> >>> Christopher's had. >> >>> -Cecil >> > >> > >> > Cecil, are you on Mac? Can you tell me what settings you use to create a >> booklet of four 8.5x11 pages on one sheet of 11x17 with the duplexer? I >> can't do this for love nor money without re-feeding the sheets. Respond >> privately if you think it will clutter up traffic (ha!) >> > >> > Christopher >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Finale mailing list >> > Finale@shsu.edu >> > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
