[Elecraft] OT--A Suggestion About Printers

2009-12-07 Thread David Yarnes
Hi All, I don't know how many of you share my frustration about printing needs, but I find it to be a fairly expensive process. I've been using an HP printer that is wireless for about 3 years, and it does a very nice job. However, it is a constant battle as those printer cartridges don't

Re: [Elecraft] OT--A Suggestion About Printers

2009-12-07 Thread Jeff KB2M
I wish all my radio manufactures that frequently update their manuals, send out change pages, in addition to full copies. This would save a lot of trees. I know you could just print out the change pages, but then you would have a problem indexing inserts of 2 pages or more. There are obvious ways

Re: [Elecraft] OT--A Suggestion About Printers

2009-12-07 Thread Bob Maser
- From: David Yarnes w7...@cox.net To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 8:34 AM Subject: [Elecraft] OT--A Suggestion About Printers Hi All, I don't know how many of you share my frustration about printing needs, but I find it to be a fairly expensive process. I've

Re: [Elecraft] OT--A Suggestion About Printers

2009-12-07 Thread Hank Garretson
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Bob Maser, W7AQK, bmas...@q.com wrote: When you print, when the print screen comes up and before you hit the OK to Print key, click preferences, set the quality level to Fast Draft and then go to the Color tab and click on grayscale.  Your printer will print

Re: [Elecraft] OT--A Suggestion About Printers

2009-12-07 Thread Rick Hiller
Suggestion: What about printing to a PDF file for most of the informational downloads from the web. Agreed, there are times when you must have a hard copy, but most times a PDF will do quite nicely and you can set up your file storage a management system to reflect different categories, topics,

Re: [Elecraft] OT--A Suggestion About Printers

2009-12-07 Thread Dick Williams
...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bob Maser Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 9:20 AM To: David Yarnes; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT--A Suggestion About Printers When you print, when the print screen comes up and before you hit the OK

Re: [Elecraft] OT--A Suggestion About Printers

2009-12-07 Thread Alan Bloom
Since this is off-topic I'll try to keep it short. On Mon, 2009-12-07 at 08:34 -0700, David Yarnes wrote: I think printers have become like safety razors--cheap to buy on the front end, but very expensive to keep properly supplied. That's been exactly the business model of printer

Re: [Elecraft] OT--A Suggestion About Printers

2009-12-07 Thread Doug Person
Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bob Maser Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 9:20 AM To: David Yarnes; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT--A Suggestion About Printers When you print, when the print screen

Re: [Elecraft] OT--A Suggestion About Printers

2009-12-07 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
I have a Brother HL-2170W wireless laser printer in our office here: 2400/600 dpi on letter size paper, wireless 802.11b/g or wired (Ethernet) network interfaces, 32 Mb internal memory. Costs less than $150 new from most sources. Easy on toner. Fast. Been keeping pace with our needs - appx 200

Re: [Elecraft] OT--A Suggestion About Printers

2009-12-07 Thread wham727
Most of us get a little hot under the collar when you we learn the truth about inkjet printers. The time I researched it, inkjet ink costs about $3000-$5000 a gallon at the retail prices. The printer manufacturers have used the Gillette model for several years now. Not only do they

Re: [Elecraft] OT--A Suggestion About Printers [END of thread]

2009-12-07 Thread Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft
Let's end the printer thread. 73, Eric Elecraft List Moderator __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list