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P3005 HP LaserJet printer questions
Tinman57:
I've got an old HP Office Jet G85 All In One printer that was my dads, and I inherited it when he died. It's really quiet, makes excellent copies, and has never had to be serviced with the exception of ink cartridges. The only thing I don't like about it is the cost of the cartridges, which is why I re-fill my own, but it seems that the cartridges are only good for 2 or 3 re-fills before they don't work anymore.
If I ever have to buy a new one, it's going to be one with individual ink wells and that DOES NOT have the anti-refill chips installed like the Lexmarks do. I used to be a real big fan of Lexmark until they started that crap. Now I wouldn't own one if you gave it to me.....
techidave:
we used to have a HP Photosmart all in one, dont remember the model been about 5 to 6 years ago. didn't get used a whole lot but we always had to replace the cartridges (genuine) when we had to use it after sitting idle for 9 to 12 months. i got tired of spending $100 some dollars everytime they wanted to use to print 3 or 4 pages :P but the excuse was we spent $400 on it. some people will never understand1 :D
Vurbal:
we used to have a HP Photosmart all in one, dont remember the model been about 5 to 6 years ago. didn't get used a whole lot but we always had to replace the cartridges (genuine) when we had to use it after sitting idle for 9 to 12 months. i got tired of spending $100 some dollars everytime they wanted to use to print 3 or 4 pages :P but the excuse was we spent $400 on it. some people will never understand1 :D
-techidave (August 07, 2013, 08:04 PM)
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IME Brother inkjet cartridges are designed (probably intentionally) so that happens inside a month.
Shades:
Still happy using a "throwaway" HP LaserJet: the 1020...for almost 8 years now. There is a big refill market here and at the time I bought 2 "fake" cartridges when my original was gone. There was no way to buy a new one from HP, but the two fakers perform just as well and have been refilled quite some times already.
The printer is in a location that doesn't collect (much) dust, out of the murderous sun light and shared over a USB port into the LAN, which consists of a mix-and-match of Windows and Linux systems. All can and do print without problems.
Nothing but good words about my little HP "soldier". :)
techidave:
One of my secretaries has a HP 1100 laser jet with over 100,000 pages on and is still going strong. Had the feed rollers replace one and another HP paid for fix, can't remember what it was.
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