Homebrew PCBs

On Mon, 9 May 2005 18:05:01 +0200, Martin Haverland  
<professional@...> wrote:

> Thank you for the hint, i did find out about in the meantime... (prices  
> are
> *insane* at the e-shops)
> ...but now i really have to buy a new printer...paper feed was gone half  
> an
> hour later...
> maybe he is really gone after ten years or so...
> i will give myself half an hour to repair today...if i don't get it run  
> i'll
> go for ebay...
> Martin


Always look at the toners too.
I got a Lexmark M412 for under 20eur, without toner.
But the toner was 80eur. that is a bad joke! in the shops it is 200eur!

With my old HP LJIIID i was accustomed to 30eur-50eur for remanufactured  
toner in the shops and 10eur for ebay toner (HP).
(beware of remanufactured toner, all i tried is bad for TT). granted the  
lexmark toner is 3x more pages, it says, but...


The lexmark is a shoddy printer, all plastic and crap and jams and smells  
bad when heating up...
Having a HP IIID this lexmark is a very bad step back in quality (tho not  
printing quality, just manufacturing).
I wouldn't buy it again, i would buy a HP and hope they are still as good  
as they were (fat chance i know..).
When you lift the thing at one corner it warps and doesn't function at  
all. The HP is made of steel, you could take _ALL_ of the plastic parts  
off and it will still work. Now that is a proper printer. Sadly it only  
has 300dpi which is why i wanted a new one for PCBs.
I will not be surprised, at all, when i scrap the lexmark and the IIID is  
still going strong one day.


ST