On Friday 24 September 2004 02:48 pm, Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Sep 24, 2004, at 1:59 PM, Andrew Litt wrote: > > This may be irrelevant, but my HP printer experiances are REALLY BAD. > > It could be bad luck with the models I got, but It could and probably > > is something with the company. > > HPs laserjets (beyond the very low-end vertical path types) have been > the Macs (computers or Mack Trucks) of printers in my experience. We > have one HP laserjet III still kicking along cranking out pages. One of > our student printers is a HP 5si that served as the primary network > printer for the entire college for years.
I've got my eye on getting one...I'm dog-tired of paying big bucks for ink cartridges...don't even tell me about refilling, it doesn't work. I'm bidding on one on eBay right now, as it happens. > > Inkjet printers, OTOH, are all more or less disposable. None, in my > experience, last all that long. (at least until you get into the really > high end. We have a HP Poster sized printer that's as rugged as their > laser printers, but it cost us $12,000...it damn well BETTER last!) Actually my HP 810c, a freebie from Apple acquired in 1999 with my Blue-And-White G3, is as reliable as Old Faithful. The thing is built quite solidly and the cartridges, while hideously expensive, give you a new printhead with each cartridge change. I also have a StyleWriter 1200 that is still going strong since 1995. Again, the Canon cartridge for that printer has a head attached, so you get a fresh print head every time. Beware Epsons and Canons that you replace the ink chambers on but not the printheads. Ink clogs are fatal to these printers. I have an Epson that is on its way to the Boneyard (actually Goodwill) because it's been sitting around for a year and it's probably fubared from dried ink. The reason I'm going laser over inkjet is consumable costs. Considering that two inkjet cartridges that will last a ream and a half of paper cost $66+, the cost of the laser toner cartridge isn't all that much. Especially when you consider that will last you for about 10x as many sheets of paper as those ink cartridges do. Print happy, Michelle -- Michelle Klein-Hass Box 2273, Van Nuys, CA 91404-2273 Brought to you by Linux, KDE and KMail...try it, you'll like it! -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
