Advice for tape drive repair / maintenance

[Jules Richardson]

Alexandre Souza wrote:
>> 1) Take older well-built product which does exactly what I need, and 
>> spend a small sum in parts and maybe four hours of time to make it 
>> good for another five years.
> 
>    That is what I do with my old (and trustworthy) HP Laserjet 4 Plus. I 
> have rollers, gears, motor, lots of spare parts, since I see no 
> replacement for it. Half a million pages, 7000 prints/cartridge and 
> still ticking, thanks! :o)

I hear that so often about Laserjet 4 series printers. Time and again someone 
asks what the best laser printer is to get, and there'll be a flurry of people 
telling them to get a used Laserjet 4.  Practically bomb-proof those things are.

Possibly the last good-quality product that HP built? :-)

cheers

Jules