On 07 Jan 2005, at 06:40 PM, Cecil Rigby wrote:

 I looked at a refurbished Ricoh
600 with all the functions the new 5100dtn has and it was almost two
thousand dollars more.

WHAT???????????

That *can't* be right. Either it wasn't a Ricoh AP600N, or someone was trying to scam you.

The Ricoh AP600N starts at $978.

http://shopper.cnet.com/Ricoh_Aficio_AP600N_-_printer_-_BW_-_laser/ 4014-3155_9-30594783.html

The duplexer for the Ricoh is $200, which brings the total price for a duplexing, networkable AP600 to $1178.

http://shopper.cnet.com/DUPLEX_UNIT_AD410_FOR_AP2600_AP2600N/4014 -6513_9-6632163.html

The HP LaserJet 5100DTN starts at $2259.

http://shopper.cnet.com/HP_LaserJet_5100dtn/4014-3159_9-20286267.html

There is just no way that a *refurbished* Ricoh AP600N could have cost *more* (let alone $2000 more!) than a brand-new HP 5100DTN unless someone was seriously scamming you.

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NB -- you can get an HP 5100 (*without* the network card and duplexer) for $1342.

http://shopper.cnet.com/HP_LaserJet_5100/4014-3159_9-20286264.html

And you can get the duplexer for $320:

http://shopper.cnet.com/DUPLXUN_FOR_LASERJET_5100_SERIES/4014-6513_9 -20286269.html

This brings the total price for a duplexing HP5100 to $1662 -- obviously *much* better than the $2259 for a 5100DTN (with the duplexer and network card built-in). True, for that price you don't get the network card, but Mac OS X 10.3's USB printer sharing is so good, you probably don't need a network card.

- Darcy
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Brooklyn, NY

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