On 12/17/2010 11:54 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > Slightly less crappy are the business-class machines. I'm on my second > HP OfficeJet. Initial cost is higher, but the machines seem to last a > long time (first one lasted 5 years), and the costs of replacement > (time, aggravation, hours lost) are more expensive to me, on deadline > (when else would it fail?), than the initial payout. Combine that with > XL "extended life" cartridges - half-full instead of quarter-full, I > suspect - and the costs are still a little higher than lasers, but > reasonable for low-volume use. Big-box office stores have discounts, > rebates, trade-ins, and "ink club" programs to less the pain. The 8500 > Pro Premier a909n (there are many models of the 8500, with varied > features, distinguished by added names, "Pro" "Premier" "Whizbang" > "Wireless" et cetera) has duplex printing, second tray, networking > (JetDirect), scanning, faxing, memory card reader and good Open Source > HPLIP software support. > We have an HP Color LaserJet 4700DN at work that serves us well. It is 600DPI, and we generally have had no problems for the past 3 years. Every once in a while, if we put in a full ream of paper, it won't load, and we have to remove the drawer, readjust it, and put in maybe a half ream, but the major tree killers who used to work in the office have left. One of the things I miss with my HP 4500 at home is the lack of a duplexer, but we don't print a lot of stuff, and it is easy to print odd then even pages.
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