Right, but that is why you have to consider the time and cost of keeping them up and running, cost per page and replacement parts. In the case of the LaserJet 5, everything you buy is going to be refurbished or third party. That means you are at the mercy of the few people that provide that stuff for price and availability instead of the competitive market.
I guess the point I am trying to make is that spending more than an 8 hour day to get a LaserJet 4 or 5 running is not worth it unless whoever owns it is paying someone minimum wage to fix it. Model T Fords can be fixed indefinitely and some have been on the roads for 100 years (and you can still find places that sell replacement parts), but how many people are taking these things on the morning commute? -----Original Message----- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 9:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Printing issue On 17 Dec 2008 at 6:54, Dallas Burnworth wrote: > I apologize for not paying attention at the beginning. Not to get too > far off the subject, but LaserJet 5? Why are you still using that? They > are tanks and last forever, but compared to anything you can get today > you are hemorrhaging money just to keep it running. Here are 2 links > that will prove it. > > HP LaserJet Power Calculator. (You will need to know what you pay per > KWH.) You can compare new HP printers to Legacy HP printers or current > competitive printers. This is really useful and for people trying to > save money any way they can, this tells them exactly where the money is > going. > http://hpbroadband.com/(S(q3zkyv45j14ant45zwnel1rb))/program.aspx?key=In > stantOnMFPs I compared my antique Laserjet 5MP with HP's choice to replace it, the LJ2015. Over 5 years, it saved me all of $6 in electricity. Whoopie Doo! > LaserJet Page Cost Calculator. 70% of an HP printer's technology (not > sure what it is on other brands) is in the cartridge, so it is very > important to control the ongoing cost of every printer with consistency > in manufacture. In most cases man-hours are much more expensive than > just getting the product that is more easily supported and cost the end > user or customer less than a single day of consulting fees. > http://www.hp.com/large/ipg/mfp/competitive-comparison-m4345mfp.html?jum > pid=ex_r2548_go/pagecost This compare big honking units with copier-based units. Most of the cost savings appears to come from the initial purchase price. > I'm not saying don't fix the current issue or anything (sometimes you > just have to make things work), but you can use these tools in the > future to differentiate your value to your customer/boss etc. from your > competition and peers. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +-----------------------------------+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
