Ha,
the HP's of today became crappier and crappier (the new laserjets feel like
toys and are expensive), we had HP LJ 1100 and 1200 when we swapped HP at
work (too expensive, paper pickup is the first thing that blows, picking up
more and more pieces of paper...), seen nearly 500 in service. We tried out
Kyocera Mita FS-1010 and 1020 after that with 60 pcs until now, they are
pretty solid and worth the money...
but no chance to test the toner for tt, its replacement/refill-toner anyway.
BUT the first tonerload of a brandnew one is only 50-20% fill !!! A really
bad habbit in the printerworld...you have to buy the second load
instantaneous, because they don't loose quality but the toner empty LED
sometimes comes one sheet before the no-go. I saw a lot printers at work -
and what should i say? the oldest TI-600 are pretty usable after more than 6
years of hard daily work...
btw: the laserwriter sucks in service terms... i have to give myself another
hour and wish it was a Kyo...you wouldn't even need a service manual with
them...
thanks for your hints again!
Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] silcone paper
> On Mon, 9 May 2005 18:05:01 +0200, Martin Haverland
> <professional@...> wrote:
>
>> Thank you for the hint, i did find out about in the meantime... (prices
>> are
>> ∗insane∗ at the e-shops)
>> ...but now i really have to buy a new printer...paper feed was gone half
>> an
>> hour later...
>> maybe he is really gone after ten years or so...
>> i will give myself half an hour to repair today...if i don't get it run
>> i'll
>> go for ebay...
>> Martin
>
>
> Always look at the toners too.
> I got a Lexmark M412 for under 20eur, without toner.
> But the toner was 80eur. that is a bad joke! in the shops it is 200eur!
>
> With my old HP LJIIID i was accustomed to 30eur-50eur for remanufactured
> toner in the shops and 10eur for ebay toner (HP).
> (beware of remanufactured toner, all i tried is bad for TT). granted the
> lexmark toner is 3x more pages, it says, but...
>
>
> The lexmark is a shoddy printer, all plastic and crap and jams and smells
> bad when heating up...
> Having a HP IIID this lexmark is a very bad step back in quality (tho not
> printing quality, just manufacturing).
> I wouldn't buy it again, i would buy a HP and hope they are still as good
> as they were (fat chance i know..).
> When you lift the thing at one corner it warps and doesn't function at
> all. The HP is made of steel, you could take _ALL_ of the plastic parts
> off and it will still work. Now that is a proper printer. Sadly it only
> has 300dpi which is why i wanted a new one for PCBs.
> I will not be surprised, at all, when i scrap the lexmark and the IIID is
> still going strong one day.
>
>
> ST
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