Coridon Henshaw,

18-Nov-99 16:34:53, Coridon Henshaw wrote to Andy Roberts
 CH> On Tuesday November 16 1999 at 18:52, Andy Roberts wrote to Linda Proulx:
          Subject: Get Going

 AR>> I also have a HP DeskJet 340, which is color but only 300DPI, which
 AR>> makes photos look like newspaper print.  I don't use this at all
 AR>> anymore.  The little liquid ink cartridge (typical size of many new
 AR>> printers) will only do about 200 pages maximum if used very quickly.
 AR>> If it is only used once in a couple of weeks, then it will dry out or
 AR>> clog up long before you get 50 pages out of it.  That works out to
 AR>> about $1 per page.

 CH> For comparison, the toner cartridge in a Xerox DocuPrint P8e will
 CH> print 5,000 pages and costs about $200 (CDN) to replace.  This
 CH> works out to 4 cents (CDN) a page.

That price per cartridge seems a bit steep in comparison to the HP4L,
which is usually between $50-70 US.  I'm well into my 3rd case of paper
and have only replaced the cartridge once.  So it too gets 5000+ pages
per cartridge.  That works out to about 1 cent (US) per page.

 CH> If you can afford the initial capital for a laser printer, don't
 CH> waste money on an inkjet.

I agree about Laser, for speed and quality as well as price for B&W.  The
only good reason I can think of to get an InkJet is for color.

I did pay what I thought at the time was a rather high up front price for
the HP4L.  And I probably would not have bought it except the company
paid for it, and it has far better speed and quality than a dot matrix.
Like most commercial equipment, I think the longer life expectancy and
low maintenance, does justify the cost in the long run.

I've checked several times in the last year trying to find a used HP4L
for sale at various auctions, and never seen 1, even though they were
very popular a few years ago.  I guess everyone who bought it is so
satisfied that they don't want to sell it.

     Thanks and Good Luck,        Andy Roberts
                                  andy@shentel.net
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