PLW.. Your greatest expense will be paper. Inkjets... everytime you buy ink, you pay the equivilent of a new printer. (Anecdote: A local PC shop tells their customers when they come looking for ink to go to WalMart and get a new printer. Saves the customer about $10.)
Go back and get that laser. Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Since my Mac Plus days I've used a lot of different now-vintage macs, but > in all that time I have used only 3 different printers with all of them - a > DeskWriter 560C, a DeskWriter 660C, and an old StyleWriter B&W. The 660C I > am currently using at home I got with a P635 about 3 years ago, and I > really don't like it much. > > Now just in the past few weeks I have seen a slew of cheap old Mac printers > in thrift shops & pawn shops, and wonder if it's time to move on. But I'm > so printer inexperienced! Can someone take a few moments to expound on the > relative merits of such printers as Personal LaserWriters (could have had > one for $5 yesterday), Color Stylewriters, old Canons and Epsons, etc. etc. > Also, this may sound ignorant but I'm confused about whether a PC printer > such as DeskJet or Canon can be hooked up to a Mac provided you have the > correct cable and drivers, or are printers strictly Mac or PC? > > Bruce (in Orlando) > > -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
