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Re: printer purchases

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From not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject Re: printer purchases
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
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Date 2025-08-05 09:15 +1000
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Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>I find older HP office machines reliable. Others swear by Brother.
>>
>>One thing tough, the chunkier and more solid is is the better. Don't go 
>>too cheap.
> 
> I had a used Lexmark Color 35-pages-a-minute laser from 2014 to 2023.
> Was happy with it until I found out that the toner cartridges (rated
> for 3500 pages, cost about 30 Euros per coloar) were empty after about
> 800 pages. My explanation is that the printer might move lots of toner
> to the waste bottle when turning it on,

I noticed that with my colour Lexmark laser printer, though it never
mattered much since I couldn't convince the Linux drivers to work
with colour printing enabled. While sitting on my to-do list to
revisit driver hell one day, the rollers have gone hard and it
hardly feeds paper now anyway. At least I got it for free so
nothing lost except the cost of a set of new toner carts. It can
still print a few pages in colour connected to a Windows laptop if
I really need that, but I've generally concluded that colour isn't
worth the effort.

The other factor with extra toner use is whether your usage matched
the page coverage spec on those "3500 pages". That's usually at 5%
page coverage, which is probably significantly lower than your own
average page coverage.

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printer purchases Popping Mad <rainbow@colition.gov> - 2025-08-03 03:49 -0400
  Re: printer purchases c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-03 04:10 -0400
    Re: printer purchases Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-08-03 18:51 +0000
    Re: printer purchases Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2025-08-05 16:57 +1000
      Re: printer purchases Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-06 09:26 +0100
        Re: printer purchases The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-06 10:10 +0100
          Re: printer purchases rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-06 20:01 +0000
          Re: printer purchases Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-08 22:10 +0000
            Re: printer purchases rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-09 00:05 +0000
              Re: printer purchases c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-08 22:54 -0400
                Re: printer purchases rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-09 04:27 +0000
                Re: printer purchases c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-09 01:37 -0400
                Re: printer purchases rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-09 21:00 +0000
              Re: printer purchases The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-09 11:03 +0100
                Re: printer purchases rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-09 21:12 +0000
                Re: printer purchases The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-10 10:19 +0100
                Re: printer purchases Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-10 01:59 +0000
  Re: printer purchases Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-04 05:36 +0000
    Re: printer purchases Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-04 09:15 +0200
    Re: printer purchases Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-04 09:16 +0100
      Re: printer purchases The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-04 11:17 +0100
      Re: printer purchases Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid> - 2025-08-04 13:58 +0100
        Re: printer purchases The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-04 19:03 +0100
      Re: printer purchases rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-04 19:04 +0000
    Re: printer purchases "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-04 12:40 +0200
      Re: printer purchases The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-04 11:50 +0100
        Re: printer purchases Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-04 15:12 +0200
          Re: printer purchases "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-04 20:27 +0200
            Re: printer purchases Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-05 08:10 +0200
              Re: printer purchases "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-05 12:26 +0200
              Re: printer purchases Louis Krupp <lkrupp@invalid.pssw.com.invalid> - 2025-08-05 05:59 -0600
                Re: printer purchases Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-05 15:12 +0200
                Re: printer purchases "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-06 12:38 +0200
              Re: printer purchases Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-09 00:15 +0000
          Re: printer purchases rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-04 19:09 +0000
            Re: printer purchases Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-05 08:10 +0200
              Re: printer purchases Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-09 00:13 +0000
                Re: printer purchases Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2025-08-09 03:49 +0000
                Re: printer purchases rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-09 04:36 +0000
                Re: printer purchases Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-09 09:12 +0100
                Re: printer purchases The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-09 11:08 +0100
                Re: printer purchases Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2025-08-10 03:19 +0000
                Re: printer purchases Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-10 09:43 +0100
                Re: printer purchases Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-10 09:45 +0100
                Re: printer purchases Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-09 11:31 +0200
          Re: printer purchases not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-08-05 09:15 +1000
            Re: printer purchases Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-05 08:12 +0200
              Re: printer purchases c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-05 03:48 -0400
                Re: printer purchases Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-05 11:23 +0200
                Re: printer purchases The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-05 10:49 +0100
                Re: printer purchases Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-09 00:19 +0000
                Re: printer purchases rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-05 19:29 +0000
              Re: printer purchases The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-05 10:42 +0100
                Re: printer purchases Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-05 15:14 +0200
                Re: printer purchases The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-05 14:54 +0100
                Re: printer purchases c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-05 19:38 -0400
            Re: printer purchases c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-05 03:45 -0400
              Re: printer purchases The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-05 10:54 +0100
              Re: printer purchases not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-08-06 08:20 +1000
                Re: printer purchases Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-06 00:01 +0100
      Re: printer purchases Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-08 22:06 +0000
        Re: printer purchases Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-09 00:17 +0100
          Re: printer purchases Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-09 00:33 +0100
          Re: printer purchases The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-09 11:00 +0100
            Re: printer purchases rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-09 21:02 +0000
        Re: printer purchases Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-08-09 14:04 +0000
          Re: printer purchases rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-09 21:15 +0000
          Re: printer purchases Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-10 01:56 +0000

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