(Fwd) Re: Thrift store score: HP LJ4L

[Patrick Finnegan]

On Monday 26 January 2009, Dave McGuire wrote:
>    I've gotten two stupendously good deals on serious printers...The
> first, last March was an eBay auction for an HP 8100DN (Postscript,
> 11x17, dual paper trays, duplexer, 100Mbps Ethernet, the rated duty
> cycle is huge...150K pages PER MONTH!).

>From my experience, spending more than $50 or so on an 8100 is too much 
to spend... The 5si, 8000, 8100, and 8150 are from the same basic line 
of printers, and I've been very happy with all of them, with higher 
models adding speed and resolution.

The best thing is that it's usually cheaper to get a new printer than 
buy a new toner cartridge for the thing, and a cart with 10% left will 
typically last me many years of printing.

Pat
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