Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2008-12-04, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I have a friend that owned a business that was closed on weekends. >> Every Monday we had to fan the paper and take out the toner cartridge >> and give it a little shake. I have heard that if it is a humid location >> that you either have to leave the printer on or print a lot. The claim >> was the toner would start to clump from the moister in the air. I have >> never seen that happen myself. >> > > I've had an HP LaserJet 1200 for about 4-5 years now. I only > print once or twice a month, and I've never had a single > problem. It's still on the original toner cartridge, and I > don't think I've even got through an entire ream of paper yet. > > It does Postscript, and there's a .ppd file for it, so it "just > works" with CUPS. It gets pretty hot/humid in the summer and > pretty cold/dry in the winter, and it doesn't seem to affect > the printer. > > It doesn't do color, but I write all my code in black and white > anyway... > >
My friend had two printers. I think it was the OLD Apple printer that did that. The HP, in another room, never had a problem. Might I add, the HP printed faster too. ;-) We seem to like HP on this list. lol Dale :-) :-)
