Homebrew PCBs

On Mon, 9 May 2005 19:48:09 +0200, Martin Haverland  
<professional@...> wrote:

> Ha,
> the HP's of today became crappier and crappier (the new laserjets feel  
> like
> toys and are expensive), we had HP LJ 1100 and 1200 when we swapped HP at
> work (too expensive, paper pickup is the first thing that blows, picking  
> up
> more and more pieces of paper...), seen nearly 500 in service. We tried  
> out
> Kyocera Mita FS-1010 and 1020 after that with 60 pcs until now, they are
> pretty solid and worth the money...
> but no chance to test the toner for tt, its replacement/refill-toner  
> anyway.
> BUT the first tonerload of a brandnew one is only 50-20% fill !!! A  
> really
> bad habbit in the printerworld...you have to buy the second load
> instantaneous, because they don't loose quality but the toner empty LED
> sometimes comes one sheet before the no-go.  I saw a lot printers at  
> work -
> and what should i say? the oldest TI-600 are pretty usable after more  
> than 6
> years of hard daily work...
> btw: the laserwriter sucks in service terms... i have to give myself  
> another
> hour and wish it was a Kyo...you wouldn't even need a service manual with
> them...
> thanks for your hints again!
> Martin

Thanks, i will look at the Kyocera printers when i need to replace the  
Lexmark.

bad thing with high resolution is it is only in newer printers, where  
there is still high demand for toner.
I bought the Lexmark reading it has 1200DPI, in fact these are fake  
"picture" DPI and it has only 600. Still better than the HP tho.

ST