On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:39:25 +1200 Brett Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 20 March 2007 9:35 a.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT - printer to give away > > > On Tue, March 20, 2007 8:50 am, Roger Searle wrote: > > However the total cost of ownership will not be zero. Kyocera FS1900. > > Usually prints with the grey smears indicative of the worn drum which > > needs to be replaced, cost is around $600 +GST. Aside from that it > > functions perfectly and been properly maintained. Has second paper > > tray, duplex unit, USB/parallel/network connections, I have the > > driver/utility disks - the manuals are hiding from me right now but > are > > somewhere. Originally cost us around $2,000 with all the extras, is > no > > low end printer. We got 75,000 pages out of it (then got a big > > photocopier/printer/scanner/coffeemaker thing) so drum cost adds just > > under a cent a sheet. > > > > Looks like this (imagine the extra paper tray and duplex unit which > sit > > underneath making it taller by about another 50%): > > > > http://www.amatteroffax.com/itempagey_INVID_706738_d_FS-1900.htm > > > > > http://ca.kyoceramita.com/KMCAGlobalpub/jsp/Kyocera/products_printers_de > tails.jsp?pid=5043 > > > > Will give it to a community group or under resourced organisation, if > > you support one who may be interested please contact me off list with > a > > sentence or 2 about them. > > > > Sorry, I can tell you zero about linux compatability. > > > > Cheers, > > Roger > > > > > > www.linuxprinting.org has a pretty good database of what works and what > doesn't. In this case: > > http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Kyocera-FS-1900 > > It does seem to work if it is a FS-1900. However one of the pages you > pointed to is for an FS-19000 (note the extra 0). > Also the linuxprinting page says " Very low per-page expenses due to the > permanent photo-conductor drum. Only consumables are toner and paper. " > Whereas you say it needs a drum. > > Nick the confused, but who has too many printers himself! > > -- > Nick Rout > > > Ah - that would be the permanent, as in we didn't design it to be easily > replaced, permanent drum. > Specs to give the drum life as 65,000 sheets, so it's done pretty well (: Steve
