At 1:44 -0500 6/13/06, Ethan (hope it's not too cold down there yet) wrote:
On 6/13/06, Jim Leonard <trixter at oldskool.org>
wrote:
I have an HP 4ML next to me that is a decade old
and prints(*) as well
as the day I bought it.
I bought a 4ML new, back in the day, for about $1100 - still works great.
Our home printer, replacing a Stylewriter that kept blowing
one of its transistors, is a Laserjet 4M+. The printer was free from
Freecycle, a new toner cartridge was around $100 from HP. I suppose
eventually I should hit
http://www.printerworks.com/ or similar and
reward the thing for its loyal service with memory, fresh ozone
filters, a service manual, preventive maintenance kit, etc. but it's
hard to justify when it just keeps working and working in its
original configuration.
(OT) I figured out enough of the somewhat obscure front-panel
settings to give it a static IP address which seems not to conflict
with our DSL router-supplied DHCP addresses, so now we can wireless
print to it via our 2-Wire router even though our the router seems to
diss Appletalk. (Contact me Offlist if you want the benefit of my
experience on that.)
I have to add my endorsement.
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- Mark
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