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On Sep 25, 2012 5:55 AM, "Matthew Marlowe" <matt@××××××××××××××××××××.com> |
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> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Peter Humphrey |
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> <peter@××××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> > On Monday 24 September 2012 18:45:29 James wrote: |
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> >> So now I'll have to think about all of this some more.... |
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> >> HP printers have worked for me for over 14 years with linux, |
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> >> unix and bsd systems...... |
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> >> |
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> Both Xerox and HP have had good cross platform support and make some |
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> sturdy reliable printers that can last decades. |
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> The problem of course is that they both have their good/bad years and |
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> can be relatively expensive for the laser MFP's and associated |
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> supplies. |
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> I used to buy HP laserjets only, but then their costs went sky high |
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> while reliability and features went down. I switched to using Xerox |
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> Workcenters....but Xerox has a tendency to end-of-life troublesome |
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> models early and requires active support contracts for any real |
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> support after the initial purchase support period. On the other hand, |
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> the color laser MFP purchased in 2006 for the home office is still |
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> going strong. |
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> To my knowledge, Brother had a better reputation decades ago but |
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> recently is known more as a low-budget competitor. |
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> I'd definitely second that you focus any evaluation on the printer |
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> implementation of postscript...postscript is the true universal |
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> language in this industry. |
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> If you don't have any major feature needs, than also pay attention to |
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> the standby power usage, time to warm up for prints, power needs |
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> during startup, and cost per page for color and b/w prints. My MFP |
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> draws a huge amount of power briefly when it begins the day, uses |
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> solid ink that normally lasts me 9-12 months and then about every 2 |
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> years I have to spend ~$150 for an updated maintenance kit(toner?). I |
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> can live with all that, but I'll probably be paying more attention to |
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> power util on the next purchase 5-10 years or so from now. |
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> Matt |
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Just to add my experience re: Brother... |
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In my previous employment, we had a Brother MFP Color LED printer, its |
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operating cost was far lower than HP Laserjet Color (toner cartridge is 100 |
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USD, about 40% as expensive as HP's, but each cartridge lasts significantly |
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longer, like, about twice the life of the latter). Support is great, |
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probably because we bought one of the premium models. |
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Unfortunately, it was a Windows-only environ, so I can't tell if it has |
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good Linux support. |
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Rgds, |
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