Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: printer purchases Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 20:27:32 +0200 Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: <106n49s$5c$1@reader1.panix.com> <106pgsv$207l1$1@dont-email.me> <8af6mlxuk.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <106q3a4$23dsr$4@dont-email.me> <106qbk0$10t1c$1@news1.tnib.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net BZsl/kKGG8Ae7WzcXXwBgQYIsbBYXYOanDkCiTvz1X379EwDbr X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:G1ez61da25amJxpXaPkaEDoK75Y= sha256:Ff6SPYV3Ck62ZNWb9etVSp+xSIXoUdLhVqEyqu+JYIg= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <106qbk0$10t1c$1@news1.tnib.de> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:70337 On 2025-08-04 15:12, Marc Haber wrote: > The Natural Philosopher 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, and while that only happens > once a day in a department setting and then printing hundreds of pages > over the day, I turned it on to print one or two pages. I don't have such a suspicion with my HP Colour Laserjet cp1515n, but it is good to know that it can happen. My trouble with it is that the rollers can no longer grab heavyweight paper (120 grams/square meter vs 80). I have a bottle of a product that may rejuvenate the rubber, difficult to find, but I have not applied it yet. It is old: cer@minas-tirith:~> lpstat -a cp1510n_ps accepting requests since 2015-04-01T20:17:57 CEST cp1515n_hpijs accepting requests since 2010-03-09T21:32:13 CET cp1515n_pcl3 accepting requests since 2010-03-09T21:43:17 CET Oh, I just found the invoice, October 2008. > Stayed with the Lexmark since toner cartridges for more recent > printers had tripled in price since my Lexmark was built. Good catch, we tend to forget to check those prices. > > When it eventually died, I changed to a Canon Inkjet that gets fed by > ink bottles. It's an order of magnitude slower than the Lexmark, but > I'm still happy with it. > > Greetings > Marc -- Cheers, Carlos.