Thrift store score: HP LJ4L

[Ethan Dicks]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Alexandre Souza
<alexandre-listas at e-secure.com.br> wrote:
>>>> I found a nearly-unused 4L at the
>>>> nearby thrift store yesterday.  It printed the test page without a
>>>> burp... and (I) walked out a happy customer $6 later.
>
>   I don't see too much value on these all-plastic-printers. I have a 4Plus
> (now 4MPlus, added postscript and tens of megabytes of ram, and also a
> jetdirect) for YEARS and it is still going strong. I do love my printer :)
> All-steel and very durable construction :D

Perhaps you missed the bit where I said my 4ML was bought new in 1993
and is still going strong?  I use it for business and personal
printing.  The only difference between the 4L and the 4ML is the card
with the Postscript engine on it (and the Mac 8-pin-minidin).  The
case and the engine is the same.

I call 15+ years of use durable, but I don't dance on it at office parties.

-ethan