A sign of the times

[Dave McGuire]

On Jan 26, 2008, at 8:13 AM, Alexandre Souza wrote:
>    Very interesting question. The situation was different for a long 
> time here in Brazil. I have an old Laserjet 4+ which had about a liter 
> or two of coke inside, when I bought it on a scrapyard. I bought it 
> for R$ 100, when the market value was about R$ 500 and a new printer 
> was more than R$ 1200. Disassembled, cleaned, rebuilt the printer and 
> I use it since then. But now a **brand new** hp printer costs around 
> R$ 300 and what to do with the old gal when it breaks?
>
>    I still use that (I do a lot of printer circuit making with it) but 
> how long it will last?

   A brand new one is super-cheap, but newer HP printers are absolute 
garbage.  That LJ4+ will last practically forever.  If you can find a 
junker to keep around as a source for parts, you'll be able to keep it 
running indefinitely.

              -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL