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On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 09:54:21AM -0500, Dale wrote: |
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> The biggest reason I wanted laser is the cost of ink. The second |
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> reason, longevity of the ink once it is on paper. From my |
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> understanding, once the toner is set on the paper, water won't make it |
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> come off like it does on a lot of inkjets, I think a few inkjets have |
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> special ink that doesn't but never seen one. |
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Well, I read a short while ago in a printer review of a computer magazine, |
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that ink may actually be better in the long-term, because the ink is infused |
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into the paper matrix (as a character on Star Trek would say). Whereas laser |
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toner is only put on the surface on the paper an could be scratched off |
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mechanically. You would need lasting pigments of course, not of the kind |
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that fades with time or exposure to light. |
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FWIW, I have an HP LaserJet 1000, bought around 2004. It has been acting up |
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lately, not always getting recognised on USB. The data cable is actually a |
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centronics one with built-in USB convertor. And I don’t really like hplip, |
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b/c it’s an extra piece of software that needs to run and it ALWAYS wants to |
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re-download the binary firmware blob from the internet whenever I connect |
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the printer. Otherwise it wouldn’t print. Back when foo2zjs was still a |
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common Gentoo way of printing, this was never an issue. |
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OTOH, the printer is still on the cartridge it originally came with, albeit |
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almost empty now. Probably, back then, those cartridges weren’t as empty as |
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today’s starter cartridges. What’s the deal with this, anyway. |
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FWIF2, even though the die is cast and the printer for this thread is |
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purchased, I am also considering a Brother machine. I heard good stories of |
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their Linux support. I would also tend towards a network-enabled one with |
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postscript support. |
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