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[Discuss] color laser printer
- Subject: [Discuss] color laser printer
- From: jabr at blu.org (John Abreau)
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 16:55:17 -0400
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Lat printer I bought for home use was a LaserJet 4000, back in 1998. Never had a problem with it once I upgraded it with a JetDirect card I got on eBay; it still works great today. I remember others on the list over the years assert that HP's printer quality seriously degraded in the early 2000's. On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 4:34 PM, Bill Bogstad <bogstad at pobox.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Daniel Barrett < > dbarrett at blazemonger.com> > > wrote: > > > >> I've had good luck with HP color lasers. My previous one, a LaserJet > >> 2605dn, lasted for 7 years without a repair. > >> > > > > Same exact model here. Bought when it was on sale so not absurd to have > > SOHO/SMB printers at home. > > I actually bought two when they were on an absurd sale. (The cost of > a second printer > was about the same price as a set of toner cartridges) > Unfortunately, that turned out to be a > good idea as one of the two stopped working after about a year or so. > The other one is flakey > and often my Ubuntu systems can't talk to it over the Ethernet. I > bought a $99 LexMark all-in-one > monochrome laser (with duplexer) and use the HP so rarely I'm not even > sure it it works. > (Note: After 5 minutes of fiddling just now I managed to get a test page > out.) > > Exec. Summary: I wouldn't reccomend HP 2605dn. > > Bill Bogstad > > > > > > No problems until recently RED is printing brick red not bright red, so i > > may have a toner going bad before empty, but i suppose it could be the > > "drum" belt ? > > > > My B&W is a HP LJ 1320DN, even older, likewise no problems. > > > > The 'N' suffix is important, that means it has a physical Ethernet > > interface, not just WiFi. I don't want my printer serving as a WiFi > > intrusion point. > > > > Just a few weeks ago, I > >> replaced it with a LaserJet M451dn for about $350. The > >> > > > > Nice price. What's the M prefix mean? > > > > -- > > Bill Ricker > > bill.n1vux at gmail.com > > https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at blu.org > > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix Email jabr at blu.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / 2013 PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6 2013 / ID 0x920063C6 / FP A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6 2011 / ID 0x32A492D8 / FP 7834 AEC2 EFA3 565C A4B6 9BA4 0ACB AD85 32A4 92D8
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- [Discuss] color laser printer
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