13 Apr
2009
13 Apr
'09
6:38 p.m.
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:02:54 -0300
From: "Alexandre Souza" <alexandre-listas at e-secure.com.br>
I have a 4+ with jetdirect and
postscript (and globs of memory, of course). This is one sturdy printer I
don't want to let it go. I just cannot justify a newer printer! Maybe if
someday I get a color one for cheap...
Definitions of cheap vary of course. This past holiday season there were
at least three color laser printers priced at $200 shipped to (IIRC) $300
shipped with postscript and ethernet connectivity built in.
The Kyocera EP C170N was $200 shipped from buy.com and through Amazon but
fulfilled by an arm of Buy.com.
The Xerox Phaser 6180 was (again, IIRC) $250 from Staples with free shipping.
Both of the above models accept an optional duplexer, but the duplexer
costs about what the printers were going for.
The third model was something from Brother, I think, with the duplexer
included and priced around $300 from Newegg.
I bought the Kyocera model because it includes AppleTalk support--not
LocalTalk, but support for AppleTalk over Ethernet. I still have some
old Macs around (bringing this sort of on-topic) and the extra
compatibility is nice.
Jeff Walther
P.S. The KTM1523/512 Kingston 512MB module works as an upgrade in the
C170N, so the expensive Kyocera upgrade can be avoided.
13 Apr
13 Apr
6:46 p.m.
>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Walther
<trag at io.com> writes:
Jeff> Definitions of cheap vary of course. This past holiday season
Jeff> there were at least three color laser printers priced at $200
Jeff> shipped to (IIRC) $300 shipped with postscript and ethernet
Jeff> connectivity built in.
Jeff> ...The Xerox Phaser 6180 was (again, IIRC) $250 from Staples with
Jeff> free shipping.
FWIW, I have the 6180. Very good, it is quite fast and its color
quality is excellent. (Much better than the big guys.)
paul
7:07 p.m.
On 13 Apr 2009 at 13:38, Jeff Walther wrote:
Both of the above models accept an optional duplexer,
but the duplexer
costs about what the printers were going for.
Yeah, I bought my last new laser on sale for about $100 shipped (a
Brother). At that price it's almost cheaper to replace it when it
needs a new drum.
OTOH, the Xerox N2825 with duplexer and maintenance kit that I just
picked up off of Craigslist was a deal. The seller's motivated (he
closed his business) and can't get rid of it because people think
it's too big. (Duh! It prints ledger-sized paper). After getting
the hang of configuring it (not simple!), I like it a lot. Pretty
fast at 28 ppm and very sharp print.
It has 32MB of memory in it, with DIMM slots for up to 196MB. I'm
trying to figure out what kind of memory works--so far, PC100 and
PC133 don't seem to be it. There's also a DIMM for flash and a hard
disk interface.
--Chuck
7:18 p.m.
On 4/13/09, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
...OTOH, the Xerox N2825 with duplexer and
maintenance kit that I just
picked up off of Craigslist was a deal...
It has 32MB of memory in it, with DIMM slots for up to 196MB. I'm
trying to figure out what kind of memory works--so far, PC100 and
PC133 don't seem to be it.
60ns EDO perhaps?
<http://www.pcmemorystore.com/Xerox%5ETektronix-DocuPrint-N2825-ram.htm>
-ethan
7:32 p.m.
On 13 Apr 2009 at 15:18, Ethan Dicks wrote:
60ns EDO perhaps?
<http://www.pcmemorystore.com/Xerox%5ETektronix-DocuPrint-N2825-ram.ht
m>
3.3 or 5v? The EDO DIMMs I tried should have worked, but didn't even
register. Some additional research is obviously called for. Maybe
it's the "unbuffered" bit.
Does anyone else find memory module terminology confusing?
--Chuck
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