On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 11:14:20PM -0800, Jaap van Ganswijk enlightened
us thusly
> At 2004-05-18 11:14, Declan Moriarty wrote:
> >On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 12:44:19AM -0800, Declan Moriarty enlightened
> >us thusly
> >>
> >> That's the query. 2 of us here in 2 separate cities require a
> >> change of printer. Both thinking of inkjets, but willing to
> >> consider any jet or laser. My brother dopes a lot more colour than
> >> I do. He of us is a strictly windows man, I have dual boot.
> >>
> >> When you buy three colour & one black cartridge for a Lexmark, it
> >> runs to nearly the price of the printer. Ditto HP with the newer
> >> models.
> >>
> >> No huge special demands on complexity, networking, or dpi. One of
> >> us does a number of large volume jobs. A dot matrix seems to be the
> >> cheapest to run (remember those ribbons?) but noise rules it out.
> >
> >Thank you all for your insights.
> >
> >> > Anybody research this thoroughly?
> >
> >
> >I can safely say yes myself to this now. 2 Sites were mentioned
> >
> >http://www.inkclub.com
> >http://www.vul.nu
> >
> >I had this on another list related to linux as well, and came up with
> >the following set of conclusions, after everyone said your
> >requirements in fact dictate your needs (quality, colour, volume,
> >etc).
> >
> > 1. HP printers are now crap. Epsom got mixed reviews.
> > 2. My post was quickly refined to 'cost per page', and
> > nothing stands out as a success
> > 3. Brother & Samsung lasers were reccomended.
> > 4. Volume, and the need for colour are factors which should
> > be considered in your purchase.
> > 5. The printer might well be chosen by the availability of
> >cheap but usable cartridges from a third source.
> > 6. If b/w only is required in volume, use a laser.
> > 7. Between the lines was: Newer printers are more expensive
> >to run.
> > 8. Lexmark on original cartridges were a rip off.
> > 9. Watch out for smart cartridges with inbuilt timeouts to
> >prevent endless refilling. Found in Lexmark at least. Apparently
> >someone posted a workaround, and Lexmark sued :-o.
> >
> >So it appears the way to go is to choose your 3rd party cartridge or
> >toner first, then buy the appropiate printer ;-).
[snip testimonial]
May I summarize your testimonial, Jaap?
You don't print much; You don't care much; You don't pay much; You are
very good to your family; You know how to wrap old junk pcs as
presents:). The real issue you have is how print-ready the device is
when you take it out of hibernation.
Lucky you. Think of us poor sods doing copy Invoices, Monthly
Statements, Business letters, Flyers, Labels, Agreements, and trying
to satisfy the artistic tastes of our minors in homework and class
projects, guitar tabs, etc. etc. When I was doing a project I printed a
230 page data sheet! Others do many times as much. My old canon must
have quite a high page count by this stage also.
>
> As regards color: It's very overrated when printing your own
> documents, but when for example printing CD-covers from PDF files
> in magazines it can matter.
>
> BTW. A serious photo printer costs much more than the budget
> printers that cost about as much as the cartridges that they
> contain...
--
With best Regards,
Declan Moriarty.
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