With the price of gas as high as it is I would but the owners don't seem to want to part with them.
Jon On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Dallas Burnworth < [email protected]> wrote: > Right, but that is why you have to consider the time and cost of keeping > them up and running, cost per page and replacement parts. In the case of > the LaserJet 5, everything you buy is going to be refurbished or third > party. That means you are at the mercy of the few people that provide > that stuff for price and availability instead of the competitive market. > > I guess the point I am trying to make is that spending more than an 8 > hour day to get a LaserJet 4 or 5 running is not worth it unless whoever > owns it is paying someone minimum wage to fix it. > > Model T Fords can be fixed indefinitely and some have been on the roads > for 100 years (and you can still find places that sell replacement > parts), but how many people are taking these things on the morning > commute? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 9:05 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Printing issue > > On 17 Dec 2008 at 6:54, Dallas Burnworth wrote: > > > I apologize for not paying attention at the beginning. Not to get too > > far off the subject, but LaserJet 5? Why are you still using that? > They > > are tanks and last forever, but compared to anything you can get today > > you are hemorrhaging money just to keep it running. Here are 2 links > > that will prove it. > > > > HP LaserJet Power Calculator. (You will need to know what you pay per > > KWH.) You can compare new HP printers to Legacy HP printers or current > > competitive printers. This is really useful and for people trying to > > save money any way they can, this tells them exactly where the money > is > > going. > > > http://hpbroadband.com/(S(q3zkyv45j14ant45zwnel1rb))/program.aspx?key=In > > stantOnMFPs > > I compared my antique Laserjet 5MP with HP's choice to replace it, the > LJ2015. > Over 5 years, it saved me all of $6 in electricity. Whoopie Doo! > > > LaserJet Page Cost Calculator. 70% of an HP printer's technology (not > > sure what it is on other brands) is in the cartridge, so it is very > > important to control the ongoing cost of every printer with > consistency > > in manufacture. In most cases man-hours are much more expensive than > > just getting the product that is more easily supported and cost the > end > > user or customer less than a single day of consulting fees. > > > http://www.hp.com/large/ipg/mfp/competitive-comparison-m4345mfp.html?jum > > pid=ex_r2548_go/pagecost > > This compare big honking units with copier-based units. Most of the > cost > savings appears to come from the initial purchase price. > > > I'm not saying don't fix the current issue or anything (sometimes you > > just have to make things work), but you can use these tools in the > > future to differentiate your value to your customer/boss etc. from > your > > competition and peers. > > -- > Angus Scott-Fleming > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona > 1-520-290-5038 > +-----------------------------------+ > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
