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From: J.J. O'Shea on 29 Mar 2010 11:22 On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:02:45 -0400, Andy Hewitt wrote (in article <1jg4hrn.mdjorw1o9zvukN%thewildrover(a)me.com>): > J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: > >> On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:37:47 -0400, Andy Hewitt wrote >> (in article <1jg4ghb.1w8h4re58gcxsN%thewildrover(a)me.com>): >> >>> Bloody printer, it's just died. Looks like the feed mechanism has >>> decided to jam itself up. I've had it apart, given things a move, and it >>> worked for half a page, then stopped again. >>> >>> That was my, until now very happy with it, Canon iP4500. And I just >>> fitted the CISS to it :-(. >>> >>> Seeing as I got fed up with Epsons blocking heads, and HPs have dire >>> software, and this is the second Canon to develop a fault. >>> >>> Anything else that can do duplex, and last more than 5 minutes >>> (metaphorically). Doesn't need networking, as I use this on my Airport >>> Extreme. >>> >>> I don't need all-in-one particularly either, I have a scanner, which is >>> working fine thus far (yup, now I see the four horsemen riding towards >>> it). >>> >>> >> >> Laser or inkjet? Lots of cheap Brother lasers out there. > > Inkjet. I have a laser here (an old LJ4100DTN, which belongs to the > church, but I make use of it too for the small amount I need). Actually, > I also have an old LJ6 in the loft, but I'm not sure that'll work with > 10.6. It's getting difficult to find an inkjet that _isn't_ a MFD, and almost as difficult to find a low-end inkjet that is significantly cheaper than a low-end laser. Epson UK seems to have exactly _one_ inkjet that's not a MFD, (at �40...) and Brother UK doesn't have any. Cheapest MFD is �70, cheapest laser is �85. -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.
From: SteveH on 29 Mar 2010 11:55 T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > Joking aside, I have always been concerned re the thought of fitting > any extra load to the carriage mech Eh? Where's the 'extra load' coming from? -- SteveH
From: Phil Taylor on 29 Mar 2010 12:17 In article <1jg4j9h.2wwr781cwj5tmN%thnews(a)poboxmolar.com.invalid>, Tim Hodgson <thnews(a)poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote: > Andy Hewitt <thewildrover(a)me.com> wrote: > > > Actually, > > I also have an old LJ6 in the loft, but I'm not sure that'll work with > > 10.6. > > Only the 6MP, if I'm reading this right: > > <http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID= > c01844302&lang=en&cc=us&taskId=&prodSeriesId=25477&prodTypeId=18972> > > Thought I expect there's some CUSPy way round it. I wish there were. I have a networked 6MP (via an ethernet to Appletalk adaptor) and I have to keep a copy of 10.5 on a partition of my external HD jst for printing. Phil Taylor
From: T i m on 29 Mar 2010 12:25 On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:22:01 +0100, thewildrover(a)me.com (Andy Hewitt) wrote: >> (I know you shouldn't kick a man when he's down but) Looks like the >> rules to the 'who has the lowest printer running costs' competition >> have just changed then. ;-) > >Yeah, although I guess I should have considered that I was fitting it to >a 2 year old machine anyway. Don't supposed it helped (it being 'old' that is). Mind you, how old must my ip4000 be now (running with cheap copy carts since new)? > >> Joking aside, I have always been concerned re the thought of fitting >> any extra load to the carriage mech (not saying that's what killed >> yours etc), especially these days when everything is pared to the >> minimum. > >I doubt that in this case, there's no extra load on it at all. I think that's impossible, unless the ink is dripped in there from above <g>. I take what you are saying though in that the pipes feeding the ink to the heads may offer *negligible* load to the carriage mech but it can't be none (inc inertial loads)? But if you say it's the paper path that's failed and assuming they aren't using a common system etc then as you say, it might just be one of those things. ;-( Any chance your ink kit would fit a current model? Cheers, T i m
From: Andy Hewitt on 29 Mar 2010 12:35
Tim Hodgson <thnews(a)poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote: > Andy Hewitt <thewildrover(a)me.com> wrote: > > > Actually, > > I also have an old LJ6 in the loft, but I'm not sure that'll work with > > 10.6. > > Only the 6MP, if I'm reading this right: > > <http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID= > c01844302&lang=en&cc=us&taskId=&prodSeriesId=25477&prodTypeId=18972> > > Thought I expect there's some CUSPy way round it. Yeah, it's the 6MP I have, but it only has an old Apple serial and Parallel ports. Mind you, I do have a JetDirect box with it. All said, I don't really need it at the moment anyway. It's colour I need. -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/> |