Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
Agreed. We saved over 3 days per month in extra office help when we moved to email invoices. We still send some by hand but we charge for them and there aren't that many of them anymore. As for a print shop, we're still over 30 miles from the nearest McDonalds! 45 from the nearest stop light. It's very time efficient to be able to take care of ourselves as much as possible. marlon - Original Message - From: jree...@18-30chat.net To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 5:51 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers I personally (and professionally) do not do paper statements or printing that large anymore. That has saved a ton on time/money. The printing that is left can be handled by what I have or rarely, by the local print shop. I know this is not true for everyone. Marlon K. Schafer wrote: I've been really happy with our 2610d. They aren't made anymore, but should be available somewhere. Kyocera used to make a really good printer. I used to be a factory certified service tech for them. That's been 10 years ago though. Right now we're looking at a Panasonic or Sharp multi function unit. 40ppm copier/printer with built in scanner and network connectivity. They are certainly a lot more money than a printer but we'll get GOOD 11x17 full color pages when we want them. And we'll get a full service contract including toner. $10,000 might be a bit out of your budget for one though. Having said that, this is one piece of hardware I'll lease. One payment will cover the machine and all repairs for the next 5 years. Sometimes it's worth it to not have to wonder if things are going to work or not I was a copier tech and business owner in that industry for many years. I can tell you that you'll almost always come out ahead if you get a service contract. Always if you perform proper maintenance on the machines marlon - Original Message - From: Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.net To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 11:26 AM Subject: [WISPA] OT: Printers I have used HP printers for probably 15 - 20 years. The first printer (680c) probably still works. Anything we've purchased in the past 10 years has been garbage. The DeskJet 6940 just plain stopped working, HP replaced it with a 6980, which after 403 pages I hear is having problems. The OfficeJet 6110 had paper handling issues and stopped auto answering faxes. Replaced it with a 6310, which after 3000 pages had paper handling issues and uses incredible amounts of ink. I hear it has some fax issues as well. What printers are worth a damn? I was recommended to Dell laser MFPs, but I'm not yet sure on spending $500 on a printer if it's not going to be around. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
Save a few K and use Vista Print or any other online printer for your added size printing needs. I have got nearly 70,000 pages, mostly duplex, on a hp laser jet 2200. I've got a whole $150.00 in it. Maybe old and slow but what a work horse. Then a Costo HP photo smart c7250 all in one for color and copy needs. And the HP920c on the shelf for large jobs(three or 4 years haven't plugged it in). Total investment in all three less than 500. And I get to pour myself some coffee on some print jobs. With that big Koycera you never have time to smell the roses ;-) Chuck Profito 209-988-7388 CV-ACCESS, INC cprof...@cv-access.com Providing High Speed Broadband to Rural Central California -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:35 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers Agreed. We saved over 3 days per month in extra office help when we moved to email invoices. We still send some by hand but we charge for them and there aren't that many of them anymore. As for a print shop, we're still over 30 miles from the nearest McDonalds! 45 from the nearest stop light. It's very time efficient to be able to take care of ourselves as much as possible. marlon - Original Message - From: jree...@18-30chat.net To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 5:51 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers I personally (and professionally) do not do paper statements or printing that large anymore. That has saved a ton on time/money. The printing that is left can be handled by what I have or rarely, by the local print shop. I know this is not true for everyone. Marlon K. Schafer wrote: I've been really happy with our 2610d. They aren't made anymore, but should be available somewhere. Kyocera used to make a really good printer. I used to be a factory certified service tech for them. That's been 10 years ago though. Right now we're looking at a Panasonic or Sharp multi function unit. 40ppm copier/printer with built in scanner and network connectivity. They are certainly a lot more money than a printer but we'll get GOOD 11x17 full color pages when we want them. And we'll get a full service contract including toner. $10,000 might be a bit out of your budget for one though. Having said that, this is one piece of hardware I'll lease. One payment will cover the machine and all repairs for the next 5 years. Sometimes it's worth it to not have to wonder if things are going to work or not I was a copier tech and business owner in that industry for many years. I can tell you that you'll almost always come out ahead if you get a service contract. Always if you perform proper maintenance on the machines marlon - Original Message - From: Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.net To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 11:26 AM Subject: [WISPA] OT: Printers I have used HP printers for probably 15 - 20 years. The first printer (680c) probably still works. Anything we've purchased in the past 10 years has been garbage. The DeskJet 6940 just plain stopped working, HP replaced it with a 6980, which after 403 pages I hear is having problems. The OfficeJet 6110 had paper handling issues and stopped auto answering faxes. Replaced it with a 6310, which after 3000 pages had paper handling issues and uses incredible amounts of ink. I hear it has some fax issues as well. What printers are worth a damn? I was recommended to Dell laser MFPs, but I'm not yet sure on spending $500 on a printer if it's not going to be around. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org
Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
I've been really happy with our 2610d. They aren't made anymore, but should be available somewhere. Kyocera used to make a really good printer. I used to be a factory certified service tech for them. That's been 10 years ago though. Right now we're looking at a Panasonic or Sharp multi function unit. 40ppm copier/printer with built in scanner and network connectivity. They are certainly a lot more money than a printer but we'll get GOOD 11x17 full color pages when we want them. And we'll get a full service contract including toner. $10,000 might be a bit out of your budget for one though. Having said that, this is one piece of hardware I'll lease. One payment will cover the machine and all repairs for the next 5 years. Sometimes it's worth it to not have to wonder if things are going to work or not I was a copier tech and business owner in that industry for many years. I can tell you that you'll almost always come out ahead if you get a service contract. Always if you perform proper maintenance on the machines marlon - Original Message - From: Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.net To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 11:26 AM Subject: [WISPA] OT: Printers I have used HP printers for probably 15 - 20 years. The first printer (680c) probably still works. Anything we've purchased in the past 10 years has been garbage. The DeskJet 6940 just plain stopped working, HP replaced it with a 6980, which after 403 pages I hear is having problems. The OfficeJet 6110 had paper handling issues and stopped auto answering faxes. Replaced it with a 6310, which after 3000 pages had paper handling issues and uses incredible amounts of ink. I hear it has some fax issues as well. What printers are worth a damn? I was recommended to Dell laser MFPs, but I'm not yet sure on spending $500 on a printer if it's not going to be around. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
[WISPA] OT: Printers
I have used HP printers for probably 15 - 20 years. The first printer (680c) probably still works. Anything we've purchased in the past 10 years has been garbage. The DeskJet 6940 just plain stopped working, HP replaced it with a 6980, which after 403 pages I hear is having problems. The OfficeJet 6110 had paper handling issues and stopped auto answering faxes. Replaced it with a 6310, which after 3000 pages had paper handling issues and uses incredible amounts of ink. I hear it has some fax issues as well. What printers are worth a damn? I was recommended to Dell laser MFPs, but I'm not yet sure on spending $500 on a printer if it's not going to be around. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
Nothing but the midrange and higher HP lasers here. As sad as it is to say, anything lower end is a gamble. On 6/1/09, Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.net wrote: I have used HP printers for probably 15 - 20 years. The first printer (680c) probably still works. Anything we've purchased in the past 10 years has been garbage. The DeskJet 6940 just plain stopped working, HP replaced it with a 6980, which after 403 pages I hear is having problems. The OfficeJet 6110 had paper handling issues and stopped auto answering faxes. Replaced it with a 6310, which after 3000 pages had paper handling issues and uses incredible amounts of ink. I hear it has some fax issues as well. What printers are worth a damn? I was recommended to Dell laser MFPs, but I'm not yet sure on spending $500 on a printer if it's not going to be around. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Sent from my mobile device WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
Why would you use inkjet? Switch to laser or LED. You want to use a single pass system instead of a multi-pass. OKI MFCs are my first choice, as the print quality is unsurpassed and consumables are inexpensive. On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.netwrote: I have used HP printers for probably 15 - 20 years. The first printer (680c) probably still works. Anything we've purchased in the past 10 years has been garbage. The DeskJet 6940 just plain stopped working, HP replaced it with a 6980, which after 403 pages I hear is having problems. The OfficeJet 6110 had paper handling issues and stopped auto answering faxes. Replaced it with a 6310, which after 3000 pages had paper handling issues and uses incredible amounts of ink. I hear it has some fax issues as well. What printers are worth a damn? I was recommended to Dell laser MFPs, but I'm not yet sure on spending $500 on a printer if it's not going to be around. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Kristi Fundu IT-NTS dooel www.it-nts.mk WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
Avoid any MFP unless you get extended warranty is a high end unit. To much that can and will go wrong. And as with any ink jet you need to print to them daily or risk having ink dry up and clog the heads. Stay laser. Had good luck with any HP laser model we use or I used in the past and the Xerox color lasers I have used. Xerox solid ink ones are pretty good as well costs to operate is little higher then laser but quality is better then laser and don't suffer from the ink jet problems. /Eje Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.net Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 13:26:00 To: WISPA General Listwireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] OT: Printers I have used HP printers for probably 15 - 20 years. The first printer (680c) probably still works. Anything we've purchased in the past 10 years has been garbage. The DeskJet 6940 just plain stopped working, HP replaced it with a 6980, which after 403 pages I hear is having problems. The OfficeJet 6110 had paper handling issues and stopped auto answering faxes. Replaced it with a 6310, which after 3000 pages had paper handling issues and uses incredible amounts of ink. I hear it has some fax issues as well. What printers are worth a damn? I was recommended to Dell laser MFPs, but I'm not yet sure on spending $500 on a printer if it's not going to be around. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
www.freecolorprinters.com We have a C2424, which I don't think they offer anymore. Printer, Copy, Scan, etc. Scans to a hard drive, you download from the internal web interface. Very handy. Prints fast, really not much warm-up time. Wax-based ink, IMHO looks better than laser. They basically send you the printer for free, so long as you buy the ink from them. We look at it as paying the same amount as leasing a good $3000 unit, and getting free ink. On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.netwrote: I have used HP printers for probably 15 - 20 years. The first printer (680c) probably still works. Anything we've purchased in the past 10 years has been garbage. The DeskJet 6940 just plain stopped working, HP replaced it with a 6980, which after 403 pages I hear is having problems. The OfficeJet 6110 had paper handling issues and stopped auto answering faxes. Replaced it with a 6310, which after 3000 pages had paper handling issues and uses incredible amounts of ink. I hear it has some fax issues as well. What printers are worth a damn? I was recommended to Dell laser MFPs, but I'm not yet sure on spending $500 on a printer if it's not going to be around. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
I've used inkjet due to the low volume. 3k pages in almost 2 years. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Kristi Fundu fu...@it-nts.mk Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 1:54 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers Why would you use inkjet? Switch to laser or LED. You want to use a single pass system instead of a multi-pass. OKI MFCs are my first choice, as the print quality is unsurpassed and consumables are inexpensive. On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.netwrote: I have used HP printers for probably 15 - 20 years. The first printer (680c) probably still works. Anything we've purchased in the past 10 years has been garbage. The DeskJet 6940 just plain stopped working, HP replaced it with a 6980, which after 403 pages I hear is having problems. The OfficeJet 6110 had paper handling issues and stopped auto answering faxes. Replaced it with a 6310, which after 3000 pages had paper handling issues and uses incredible amounts of ink. I hear it has some fax issues as well. What printers are worth a damn? I was recommended to Dell laser MFPs, but I'm not yet sure on spending $500 on a printer if it's not going to be around. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Kristi Fundu IT-NTS dooel www.it-nts.mk WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
We tried our luck with a Dell laser about 2 years ago. Not bad, but still has a few bugs to work out. Tends to overheat / curl papers more than the HP we had last did. No repair issues or anything though. Randy e...@wisp-router.com wrote: Avoid any MFP unless you get extended warranty is a high end unit. To much that can and will go wrong. And as with any ink jet you need to print to them daily or risk having ink dry up and clog the heads. Stay laser. Had good luck with any HP laser model we use or I used in the past and the Xerox color lasers I have used. Xerox solid ink ones are pretty good as well costs to operate is little higher then laser but quality is better then laser and don't suffer from the ink jet problems. /Eje Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.net Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 13:26:00 To: WISPA General Listwireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] OT: Printers I have used HP printers for probably 15 - 20 years. The first printer (680c) probably still works. Anything we've purchased in the past 10 years has been garbage. The DeskJet 6940 just plain stopped working, HP replaced it with a 6980, which after 403 pages I hear is having problems. The OfficeJet 6110 had paper handling issues and stopped auto answering faxes. Replaced it with a 6310, which after 3000 pages had paper handling issues and uses incredible amounts of ink. I hear it has some fax issues as well. What printers are worth a damn? I was recommended to Dell laser MFPs, but I'm not yet sure on spending $500 on a printer if it's not going to be around. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Randy Cosby Vice President InfoWest, Inc work: 435-773-6071 email: rco...@infowest.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/randycosby WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
I got a HP 6122 deskjet that has printed over 20,000 pages in the last 8 years without a problem. Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 2:26 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] OT: Printers I have used HP printers for probably 15 - 20 years. The first printer (680c) probably still works. Anything we've purchased in the past 10 years has been garbage. The DeskJet 6940 just plain stopped working, HP replaced it with a 6980, which after 403 pages I hear is having problems. The OfficeJet 6110 had paper handling issues and stopped auto answering faxes. Replaced it with a 6310, which after 3000 pages had paper handling issues and uses incredible amounts of ink. I hear it has some fax issues as well. What printers are worth a damn? I was recommended to Dell laser MFPs, but I'm not yet sure on spending $500 on a printer if it's not going to be around. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
If your looking for a MFP then Xerox got one think it's their 6180 can scan direct to e-mail, windows file share or ftp server. Works great. Very good color laser as well. They makes some of the best quality color lasers out there. /Eje Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 15:34:58 To: WISPA General Listwireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers I would love to find a scanner that will store the images to either a local media or a networked server... Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth. --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Kurt Fankhauser k...@wavelinc.com wrote: I got a HP 6122 deskjet that has printed over 20,000 pages in the last 8 years without a problem. Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 2:26 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] OT: Printers I have used HP printers for probably 15 - 20 years. The first printer (680c) probably still works. Anything we've purchased in the past 10 years has been garbage. The DeskJet 6940 just plain stopped working, HP replaced it with a 6980, which after 403 pages I hear is having problems. The OfficeJet 6110 had paper handling issues and stopped auto answering faxes. Replaced it with a 6310, which after 3000 pages had paper handling issues and uses incredible amounts of ink. I hear it has some fax issues as well. What printers are worth a damn? I was recommended to Dell laser MFPs, but I'm not yet sure on spending $500 on a printer if it's not going to be around. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
That's close to my home volume for laser. I've had an hp5m/n laser for 9 years at home. It was probably $300 when I bought it. I put toner in it about every 3-4 years. It's still going strong. At work we use an hp8150n laser printer, which is about 6 years old now, and you can get them for less than the cost of shipping on Ebay. A very reliable workhorse that's cheaper to replace than fix. This does about 5000 copies/month of printing. If you're looking for new, I'd suggest a cheap laser or LED printer preferably with postscript emulation for good multiplatform compatibility. That should be $100-300. Brother, Samsung, Oki, etc... On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 02:22:06PM -0500, Mike Hammett wrote: I've used inkjet due to the low volume. 3k pages in almost 2 years. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Kristi Fundu fu...@it-nts.mk Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 1:54 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers Why would you use inkjet? Switch to laser or LED. You want to use a single pass system instead of a multi-pass. OKI MFCs are my first choice, as the print quality is unsurpassed and consumables are inexpensive. On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.netwrote: I have used HP printers for probably 15 - 20 years. The first printer (680c) probably still works. Anything we've purchased in the past 10 years has been garbage. The DeskJet 6940 just plain stopped working, HP replaced it with a 6980, which after 403 pages I hear is having problems. The OfficeJet 6110 had paper handling issues and stopped auto answering faxes. Replaced it with a 6310, which after 3000 pages had paper handling issues and uses incredible amounts of ink. I hear it has some fax issues as well. What printers are worth a damn? I was recommended to Dell laser MFPs, but I'm not yet sure on spending $500 on a printer if it's not going to be around. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Kristi Fundu IT-NTS dooel www.it-nts.mk WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- /* Jason Philbrook | Midcoast Internet Solutions - Wireless and DSL KB1IOJ| Broadband Internet Access, Dialup, and Hosting http://f64.nu/ | for Midcoast Mainehttp://www.midcoast.com/ */ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
HP 9200 series will do that. You can even write flows to send jobs to external programs for faxing, ocr, filing, etc. On 6/1/09, Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com wrote: I would love to find a scanner that will store the images to either a local media or a networked server... Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth. --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Kurt Fankhauser k...@wavelinc.com wrote: I got a HP 6122 deskjet that has printed over 20,000 pages in the last 8 years without a problem. Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 2:26 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] OT: Printers I have used HP printers for probably 15 - 20 years. The first printer (680c) probably still works. Anything we've purchased in the past 10 years has been garbage. The DeskJet 6940 just plain stopped working, HP replaced it with a 6980, which after 403 pages I hear is having problems. The OfficeJet 6110 had paper handling issues and stopped auto answering faxes. Replaced it with a 6310, which after 3000 pages had paper handling issues and uses incredible amounts of ink. I hear it has some fax issues as well. What printers are worth a damn? I was recommended to Dell laser MFPs, but I'm not yet sure on spending $500 on a printer if it's not going to be around. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Sent from my mobile device WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
I can tell you right now that the HP5M/N was not $300 nine years ago... probably closer to $2,000 brand new. Travis Microserv jp wrote: That's close to my home volume for laser. I've had an hp5m/n laser for 9 years at home. It was probably $300 when I bought it. I put toner in it about every 3-4 years. It's still going strong. At work we use an hp8150n laser printer, which is about 6 years old now, and you can get them for less than the cost of shipping on Ebay. A very reliable workhorse that's cheaper to replace than fix. This does about 5000 copies/month of printing. If you're looking for new, I'd suggest a cheap laser or LED printer preferably with postscript emulation for good multiplatform compatibility. That should be $100-300. Brother, Samsung, Oki, etc... On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 02:22:06PM -0500, Mike Hammett wrote: I've used inkjet due to the low volume. 3k pages in almost 2 years. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: "Kristi Fundu" fu...@it-nts.mk Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 1:54 PM To: "WISPA General List" wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers Why would you use inkjet? Switch to laser or LED. You want to use a single pass system instead of a multi-pass. OKI MFCs are my first choice, as the print quality is unsurpassed and consumables are inexpensive. On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.netwrote: I have used HP printers for probably 15 - 20 years. The first printer (680c) probably still works. Anything we've purchased in the past 10 years has been garbage. The DeskJet 6940 just plain stopped working, HP replaced it with a 6980, which after 403 pages I hear is having problems. The OfficeJet 6110 had paper handling issues and stopped auto answering faxes. Replaced it with a 6310, which after 3000 pages had paper handling issues and uses incredible amounts of ink. I hear it has some fax issues as well. What printers are worth a damn? I was recommended to Dell laser MFPs, but I'm not yet sure on spending $500 on a printer if it's not going to be around. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Kristi Fundu IT-NTS dooel www.it-nts.mk WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
I love my HP LaserJet 4 and 5 4 still runs today 5 I gave away after a few years Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth. --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote: I can tell you right now that the HP5M/N was not $300 nine years ago... probably closer to $2,000 brand new. Travis Microserv jp wrote: That's close to my home volume for laser. I've had an hp5m/n laser for 9 years at home. It was probably $300 when I bought it. I put toner in it about every 3-4 years. It's still going strong. At work we use an hp8150n laser printer, which is about 6 years old now, and you can get them for less than the cost of shipping on Ebay. A very reliable workhorse that's cheaper to replace than fix. This does about 5000 copies/month of printing. If you're looking for new, I'd suggest a cheap laser or LED printer preferably with postscript emulation for good multiplatform compatibility. That should be $100-300. Brother, Samsung, Oki, etc... On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 02:22:06PM -0500, Mike Hammett wrote: I've used inkjet due to the low volume. 3k pages in almost 2 years. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutionshttp://www.ics-il.com -- From: Kristi Fundu fu...@it-nts.mk fu...@it-nts.mk Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 1:54 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers Why would you use inkjet? Switch to laser or LED. You want to use a single pass system instead of a multi-pass. OKI MFCs are my first choice, as the print quality is unsurpassed and consumables are inexpensive. On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.net wispawirel...@ics-il.netwrote: I have used HP printers for probably 15 - 20 years. The first printer (680c) probably still works. Anything we've purchased in the past 10 years has been garbage. The DeskJet 6940 just plain stopped working, HP replaced it with a 6980, which after 403 pages I hear is having problems. The OfficeJet 6110 had paper handling issues and stopped auto answering faxes. Replaced it with a 6310, which after 3000 pages had paper handling issues and uses incredible amounts of ink. I hear it has some fax issues as well. What printers are worth a damn? I was recommended to Dell laser MFPs, but I'm not yet sure on spending $500 on a printer if it's not going to be around. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutionshttp://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today!http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe:http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Kristi Fundu IT-NTS dooelwww.it-nts.mk WISPA Wants You! Join today!http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe:http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today!http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe:http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
I have a 4 running as well and have printed hundreds of pages since I got it with zero problems. 1) It doesn't do color. 2) It doesn't scan, fax, copy, etc. I'm reluctant to spend $500 on a better printer when the $200 ones I've been getting have been garbage. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 3:21 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers I love my HP LaserJet 4 and 5 4 still runs today 5 I gave away after a few years Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth. --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote: I can tell you right now that the HP5M/N was not $300 nine years ago... probably closer to $2,000 brand new. Travis Microserv jp wrote: That's close to my home volume for laser. I've had an hp5m/n laser for 9 years at home. It was probably $300 when I bought it. I put toner in it about every 3-4 years. It's still going strong. At work we use an hp8150n laser printer, which is about 6 years old now, and you can get them for less than the cost of shipping on Ebay. A very reliable workhorse that's cheaper to replace than fix. This does about 5000 copies/month of printing. If you're looking for new, I'd suggest a cheap laser or LED printer preferably with postscript emulation for good multiplatform compatibility. That should be $100-300. Brother, Samsung, Oki, etc... On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 02:22:06PM -0500, Mike Hammett wrote: I've used inkjet due to the low volume. 3k pages in almost 2 years. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutionshttp://www.ics-il.com -- From: Kristi Fundu fu...@it-nts.mk fu...@it-nts.mk Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 1:54 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers Why would you use inkjet? Switch to laser or LED. You want to use a single pass system instead of a multi-pass. OKI MFCs are my first choice, as the print quality is unsurpassed and consumables are inexpensive. On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.net wispawirel...@ics-il.netwrote: I have used HP printers for probably 15 - 20 years. The first printer (680c) probably still works. Anything we've purchased in the past 10 years has been garbage. The DeskJet 6940 just plain stopped working, HP replaced it with a 6980, which after 403 pages I hear is having problems. The OfficeJet 6110 had paper handling issues and stopped auto answering faxes. Replaced it with a 6310, which after 3000 pages had paper handling issues and uses incredible amounts of ink. I hear it has some fax issues as well. What printers are worth a damn? I was recommended to Dell laser MFPs, but I'm not yet sure on spending $500 on a printer if it's not going to be around. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutionshttp://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today!http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe:http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Kristi Fundu IT-NTS dooelwww.it-nts.mk WISPA Wants You! Join today!http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe:http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today!http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe:http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless
Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
I really really really wanted a laser MFP. But budget said I had to get an injet. I really did not want to support the HP/Gillette-the-printer-is-cheap-we-make-it-up-on-ink/razors business model. So we got an HP 7500 series MFP Inkjet. Sucker ROCKS. Print, Scan, Email, PDF-ize and it sips the ink! Just a hair more expensive in the long run than a laser based system. Oh, and it has a built in print-server so no USB sillyness ryan Mike Hammett wrote: I have a 4 running as well and have printed hundreds of pages since I got it with zero problems. 1) It doesn't do color. 2) It doesn't scan, fax, copy, etc. I'm reluctant to spend $500 on a better printer when the $200 ones I've been getting have been garbage. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 3:21 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers I love my HP LaserJet 4 and 5 4 still runs today 5 I gave away after a few years Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth. --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote: I can tell you right now that the HP5M/N was not $300 nine years ago... probably closer to $2,000 brand new. Travis Microserv jp wrote: That's close to my home volume for laser. I've had an hp5m/n laser for 9 years at home. It was probably $300 when I bought it. I put toner in it about every 3-4 years. It's still going strong. At work we use an hp8150n laser printer, which is about 6 years old now, and you can get them for less than the cost of shipping on Ebay. A very reliable workhorse that's cheaper to replace than fix. This does about 5000 copies/month of printing. If you're looking for new, I'd suggest a cheap laser or LED printer preferably with postscript emulation for good multiplatform compatibility. That should be $100-300. Brother, Samsung, Oki, etc... On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 02:22:06PM -0500, Mike Hammett wrote: I've used inkjet due to the low volume. 3k pages in almost 2 years. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutionshttp://www.ics-il.com -- From: Kristi Fundu fu...@it-nts.mk fu...@it-nts.mk Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 1:54 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers Why would you use inkjet? Switch to laser or LED. You want to use a single pass system instead of a multi-pass. OKI MFCs are my first choice, as the print quality is unsurpassed and consumables are inexpensive. On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.net wispawirel...@ics-il.netwrote: I have used HP printers for probably 15 - 20 years. The first printer (680c) probably still works. Anything we've purchased in the past 10 years has been garbage. The DeskJet 6940 just plain stopped working, HP replaced it with a 6980, which after 403 pages I hear is having problems. The OfficeJet 6110 had paper handling issues and stopped auto answering faxes. Replaced it with a 6310, which after 3000 pages had paper handling issues and uses incredible amounts of ink. I hear it has some fax issues as well. What printers are worth a damn? I was recommended to Dell laser MFPs, but I'm not yet sure on spending $500 on a printer if it's not going to be around. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutionshttp://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today!http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe:http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Kristi Fundu IT-NTS dooelwww.it-nts.mk WISPA Wants You! Join today!http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe:http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today!http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe:http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http
Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
I sell (and use) HP PSC printers. The white with light grey, not the dark gray ones (I do not knwo why the dark ones are such POS's). Never touch a Lexmark (or Dell Home/SOHO AIO series, same brand). Lately I have been pushing the Brother HL-2170W. Fast PPS with inexpensive refills. BW only (they have a color version). Ethernet and Wireless built in, $130 NIB. Mike Hammett wrote: I have used HP printers for probably 15 - 20 years. The first printer (680c) probably still works. Anything we've purchased in the past 10 years has been garbage. The DeskJet 6940 just plain stopped working, HP replaced it with a 6980, which after 403 pages I hear is having problems. The OfficeJet 6110 had paper handling issues and stopped auto answering faxes. Replaced it with a 6310, which after 3000 pages had paper handling issues and uses incredible amounts of ink. I hear it has some fax issues as well. What printers are worth a damn? I was recommended to Dell laser MFPs, but I'm not yet sure on spending $500 on a printer if it's not going to be around. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
Josh Luthman wrote: I love my HP LaserJet 4 and 5 4 still runs today We had an HP Laserjet 4, until it sent someone to the hospital. (Our Printer Guy was replacing something, maybe the drum, and got overzealous with balancing the printer's substantial bulk in a funny way. He got distracted, something sharp inside the printer cut him, gravity kicked in, et cetera.) I think it was at about 350,000 pages when it left us. Its replacement is an HP Laserjet 2430tn, which we've had for over three years and 185,000 pages, with no problems. It's just a black-and-white printer (no fax or copy, no color, no frills except the built-in network print server), and it cost around $1000 at the time, but it does its job (mainly printing invoices for customers) quite well. David Smith MVN.net WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
Other than sipping the ink, that sounds like my 6310. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: D. Ryan Spott rsp...@cspott.com Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 4:08 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers I really really really wanted a laser MFP. But budget said I had to get an injet. I really did not want to support the HP/Gillette-the-printer-is-cheap-we-make-it-up-on-ink/razors business model. So we got an HP 7500 series MFP Inkjet. Sucker ROCKS. Print, Scan, Email, PDF-ize and it sips the ink! Just a hair more expensive in the long run than a laser based system. Oh, and it has a built in print-server so no USB sillyness ryan Mike Hammett wrote: I have a 4 running as well and have printed hundreds of pages since I got it with zero problems. 1) It doesn't do color. 2) It doesn't scan, fax, copy, etc. I'm reluctant to spend $500 on a better printer when the $200 ones I've been getting have been garbage. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 3:21 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers I love my HP LaserJet 4 and 5 4 still runs today 5 I gave away after a few years Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth. --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote: I can tell you right now that the HP5M/N was not $300 nine years ago... probably closer to $2,000 brand new. Travis Microserv jp wrote: That's close to my home volume for laser. I've had an hp5m/n laser for 9 years at home. It was probably $300 when I bought it. I put toner in it about every 3-4 years. It's still going strong. At work we use an hp8150n laser printer, which is about 6 years old now, and you can get them for less than the cost of shipping on Ebay. A very reliable workhorse that's cheaper to replace than fix. This does about 5000 copies/month of printing. If you're looking for new, I'd suggest a cheap laser or LED printer preferably with postscript emulation for good multiplatform compatibility. That should be $100-300. Brother, Samsung, Oki, etc... On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 02:22:06PM -0500, Mike Hammett wrote: I've used inkjet due to the low volume. 3k pages in almost 2 years. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutionshttp://www.ics-il.com -- From: Kristi Fundu fu...@it-nts.mk fu...@it-nts.mk Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 1:54 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers Why would you use inkjet? Switch to laser or LED. You want to use a single pass system instead of a multi-pass. OKI MFCs are my first choice, as the print quality is unsurpassed and consumables are inexpensive. On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.net wispawirel...@ics-il.netwrote: I have used HP printers for probably 15 - 20 years. The first printer (680c) probably still works. Anything we've purchased in the past 10 years has been garbage. The DeskJet 6940 just plain stopped working, HP replaced it with a 6980, which after 403 pages I hear is having problems. The OfficeJet 6110 had paper handling issues and stopped auto answering faxes. Replaced it with a 6310, which after 3000 pages had paper handling issues and uses incredible amounts of ink. I hear it has some fax issues as well. What printers are worth a damn? I was recommended to Dell laser MFPs, but I'm not yet sure on spending $500 on a printer if it's not going to be around. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutionshttp://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today!http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe:http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Kristi Fundu IT-NTS dooelwww.it-nts.mk WISPA Wants You! Join today!http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe:http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless
Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 15:27 -0500, Mike Hammett wrote: I'm reluctant to spend $500 on a better printer when the $200 ones I've been getting have been garbage. ?? This is complete nonsense. What makes you think that the quality of a $500 would be equivalent to a $200 printer? Certainly, there are some things are just simply pricey for the sake of price or because they have a certain name stamped on the device (Cisco vs ImageStream for example). However, it is USUALLY true that the more expensive products/devices are higher because they are better quality than the lower priced device (Kia vs BMW for example). P.S. I'm NOT trying to start a flame war over Cisco... :-) -- * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* * http://www.butchevans.com/* Network Engineering * * http://www.wispa.org/ * WISPA Board Member * * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers
The $200 ones have a monthly duty cycle of what I've printed in 2 years and fail. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Butch Evans but...@butchevans.com Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 9:37 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT: Printers On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 15:27 -0500, Mike Hammett wrote: I'm reluctant to spend $500 on a better printer when the $200 ones I've been getting have been garbage. ?? This is complete nonsense. What makes you think that the quality of a $500 would be equivalent to a $200 printer? Certainly, there are some things are just simply pricey for the sake of price or because they have a certain name stamped on the device (Cisco vs ImageStream for example). However, it is USUALLY true that the more expensive products/devices are higher because they are better quality than the lower priced device (Kia vs BMW for example). P.S. I'm NOT trying to start a flame war over Cisco... :-) -- * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* * http://www.butchevans.com/* Network Engineering * * http://www.wispa.org/ * WISPA Board Member * * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
