From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 2 22:17:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1845B106564A for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2008 22:17:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [IPv6:2001:4070:101:2::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 110D38FC1A for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2008 22:17:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m52LVUii036973; Mon, 2 Jun 2008 23:31:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id m52LVUp1036970; Mon, 2 Jun 2008 23:31:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 23:31:30 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar To: Ted Mittelstaedt In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20080602232417.J36835@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:13:34 +0000 Cc: FreeBSD Questions , Kurt Buff , Chuck Robey , Derek Ragona , kline@thought.org Subject: RE: Duplex printer advice X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:17:10 -0000 > Color laser is what you want. There are some really > good inexpensive units out there. I recall reading the > inexpensieve Samsung color laser even speaks Postscript. while i don't use color printers, usually this postscript is disadventage. if there is a choice like in HP laserjets - switching to PCL and using ghostscript works MUCH faster giving same results. your computer's CPU is much faster than printer's. > The only time inkjet makes sense is if your printing > needs for your lifetime consist of a single ream of > paper. i don't think they can print as much without failure. my HP LaserJet 4 shows 122000 pages, was 88000 when i bought it for 100PLN (about 40$)+another 100 for made-in-Poland new ink cardridge (enough for about 8000-10000 pages). HP LaserJet 4 and 3 is excellent, anything newer - crap, as HP joined others in making craps so every year user has to buy new one. > My HP Laserjet 4+ at home is the oldest operating piece of > computer equipment I have. And I fully expect it to last > another decade, and once it dies, I have another one in the > basement that I picked up for $50 - WITH a duplexer. i don't think it will stop within 10 years. but do you have original HP manual? if not - i have for laserjet 4 in PDF. do not try to disassembly without it :) > Color laserjets will end up doing the same thing. > > The reason the printer mfgrs love inkjets is that > not only is the cost per page far higher, necessitating > frequent ink cartridge changes, but the ink cartridges > themselves dry up and stop working, and the printers > jam, strip gears, and stop working. Thus you are able > to sell the person printer after printer. as long as people will buy them, they will produce it. > But laserjet technology is old, been around for years, > and is very time tested. If the average printer > consumer realized how much money they were tossing > away on inkjets, they would be demanding lasers and > the price of the laserjet would be dirt cheap. this is his/her money, not yours. if he/she want to waste it - what a problem :) same with computers - most of us don't really needs new ones, while older as really cheap.