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From: Bob Willard on 26 Mar 2010 10:14 Most of my SOHO printing is B&W, for which I use my trusty-but-slow HP LJ 4L (purchased in the summer of 1994, and still working well). For the rare color printout, I've had a number of inkjet printers from a number of vendors, but they all clog due to being unused for days or weeks at a time. If I get a color laser printer, will it be trouble-free with occasional use? (I won't print photos, since I can get super quality by emailing the .JPGs to a commercial photo store.) -- Cheers, Bob
From: Fred McKenzie on 26 Mar 2010 18:31 In article <hoifh8$pcf$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Bob Willard <BobwBSGS(a)TrashThis.comcast.net> wrote: > If I get a color laser printer, will it be trouble-free with occasional > use? Bob- The answer is a definite maybe! There is no printhead to clog. The one serious problem I can imagine, would be if the printer were subjected to continuous high humidity. It would probably survive that if it were always on, so internally generated heat would keep it dry. I have two HP2605DN color laser printers connected to ethernet ports of WiFi base stations for wireless printing. One at my Mom's house is normally turned off and unplugged. It is only used when I am there. For over a year, it has given no trouble. One here has been left on continuously for about two years, although it is not heavily used. There has been no serious problem. On rare occasion there appears to be some kind of network glitch. Turning the printer off and back on again, has always cleared the problem. An HP4600N connected to the WiFi base station, ran for about four years before it died. It is probably repairable but the HP2605DN makes the old clunker obsolete. Fred
From: Don Phillipson on 27 Mar 2010 12:49 "Bob Willard" <BobwBSGS(a)TrashThis.comcast.net> wrote in message news:hoifh8$pcf$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Most of my SOHO printing is B&W, for which I use my trusty-but-slow > HP LJ 4L (purchased in the summer of 1994, and still working well). > For the rare color printout, I've had a number of inkjet printers > from a number of vendors, but they all clog due to being unused for > days or weeks at a time. > > If I get a color laser printer, will it be trouble-free with occasional > use? The HP LJ models of the 1990s were (not cheap and) built to last. No SOHO laser printers are nowadays built to last. To prevent your difficulty with clogged inkjet printers, some brands (e.g. Brother) are hard-wired to run cleaning routines regularly (even if switched off.) -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
From: Warren Block on 27 Mar 2010 16:07 Bob Willard <BobwBSGS(a)TrashThis.comcast.net> wrote: > Most of my SOHO printing is B&W, for which I use my trusty-but-slow > HP LJ 4L (purchased in the summer of 1994, and still working well). > For the rare color printout, I've had a number of inkjet printers > from a number of vendors, but they all clog due to being unused for > days or weeks at a time. > > If I get a color laser printer, will it be trouble-free with occasional > use? In general, yes, they should be trouble-free. Toner is a dry powder, and there aren't any tiny nozzles to clog. Note that there are also non-toner technologies like the Xerox solid ink printers that may have their own low-duty-cycle problems. -- Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA
From: Adam on 27 Mar 2010 18:26
Don Phillipson wrote: > The HP LJ models of the 1990s were (not cheap and) > built to last. No SOHO laser printers are nowadays > built to last. I'll vouch for that! I was offered an HP Color LaserJet 5 (or maybe 5M), manufactured 1997, and it's still working with very few problems beyond routine maintenance. Cost of OEM consumables and replacement parts thru eBay is almost nothing. I read the original price was US $7500, later $5000. OTOH it's the size of a window air conditioner, weighs 102 lbs. (46 kg.) empty, takes a while to warm up, is noisy, slow in color (sometimes 0.1 ppm), and is a power hog (60W when not printing)... but it's likely to outlast every other part of my system! Adam |