Thrift store score: HP LJ4L

[Allison]

>
>Subject: Thrift store score: HP LJ4L
>   From: Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
>   Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:07:15 -0500
>     To: classiccmp at classiccmp.org
>
>After years of looking at an HP LJ4L I got at the Uni surplus that
>someone had removed the fuser from, I found a nearly-unused 4L at the
>nearby thrift store yesterday.  It printed the test page without a
>burp, but was on the shelf without a price.  I found someone to get it
>priced and walked out a happy customer $6 later.
>
>The only thing it's missing is a right-angle IEC power cord to fit
>behind the access door, but it works well enough with a straight-in
>cable.
>
>-ethan

Good hit on that one.  Those are reliable and #6 is dirt cheap as 
they are still useable.

Also it will work with a lot of the non-pC systems that had centronics 
or similar inerfaces with minor connector-wire matching.

Allison