It's good to know that some LJ3's hold up that well. If you pass the rated 8 ppm through them you only have time time for 11520 sheets in 24 hours. 7000/11520 is pretty busy, representing over 14.5 hours of constantly full utilization. Somebody must have stood there to refill the tray while 3-4 computers kept the buffer full. I'd say you were geting your money's worth during that timespan. I don't like the later laser printers either, though they don't cost as much as they once did. I have an Okidata OL-1200 which emulates an HP4 pretty well, and prints a genuine 12 ppm at 600 DPI, and somewhat faster in text-only. It has the advantage that you can refill the toner reservoir yourself. Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Tuck" <technos(a)crosswinds.net> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 9:55 PM Subject: RE: ancient laserjets

Many of the Pitney-Bowes machines were actually C.Itoh with a new brand name on them. Heavy buggers but worked well too. The one laser I would suggest people stay away from for high volume in HP's line is the L series, mainly the 5L, 6L and 3100/3150 printers - unless you're good at changing separation pads every 8 to 12 thousand pages. -> -----Original Message----- -> From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org -> [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Jim Tuck -> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 10:55 PM -> To: 'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org' -> Subject: RE: ancient laserjets -> -> -> Heh.. I once personally passed 7,000 sheets per day through a -> III for four days straight. One jam, one swap of the cartridge, and -> a quick swipe with a cleaning cloth to kill the dust. -> -> Greatest, most bullet-proof printer I've ever used, with a slight -> exception for an old Pitney Bowes laser.. I still prefer them, to the -> point of refusing a HP4 in trade for it.. -> -> Jim -> -> On Wednesday, August 15, 2001 11:14 PM, Richard Erlacher -> [SMTP:edick@idcomm.com] wrote: -> > -> > passes self -> > test and also prints cleanly. It has 85k sheets through it, though. -> > My two -> > 10-year old (got 'em new) LJIII's have about 15k sheets through them, -> > combined. -> -> -> ->