On 7/25/2006 at 7:16 PM Jim Isbell, W5JAI wrote:
OTOH....I have an HP1600 color printer/scanner/copier
that wasnt worth
$5 the day I bought it new. The ink is expensive the printer often
doesnt recognise the cartridge and even when I dont need
ink...scanning...it wont let it work unless I have ink in it. What a
waste of technology. Currently it isnt recognising the color ink
module so I will be pitching it into the trash tomorrow after less
than 300 copies.
I've never owned an inkjet printer. The whole idea smacks too much of King
Gillette.
I do recall seeing the IBM inkjet printer demo at NCC back in 1970's. My
reaction was that it was such a complicated affair that (heavens!) couldn't
even print on NCR multipart paper, so what good was it, above being a very
clever bit of machinery?
Cheers,
Chuck