Decent, Networkable Color Printer

[Duane Attaway]

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:

> What's good?  What's available at a reasonable price that won't make me
> mess with it for hours for the three prints I want in a month?

I'm afraid color laserjets are your only option.  Ink jets slowly build up 
varnish inside the nozzles if not used constantly.  If the ink jets are 
part of the printer, not the replacement heads, you might be buying 
printers on a regular basis.

The good news is color laserjets no longer cost $4999 and have to be 
shipped on a solid oak pallet.  They are much lighter and can be picked up 
by ordinary people onto an ordinary sized desk.  And I like laserjets, 
because toner powder and drums are easy to get.  Oh, they often do 
postscript too!

Amazon.com is selling the HP2500L color laserjet for $745.69  My dad got 
one of these.  Pretty cool:

Technical data

    * Print method: Laser
    * Print speed: 16 ppm black; 4 ppm color
    * Resolution: 600 x 600 dpi
    * Maximum duty cycle: 30,000
    * Processor type: 300 Mhz
    * Memory: 64 MB RAM
    * Standard emulation: PCL 6, HP PCL 5c, and PostScript 3
    * Standard interfaces: Parallel and USB
    * Paper sizes: Letter, legal, A4
    * Standard paper input: 125
    * Optional paper input: 2 additional trays
    * Standard paper output: 50
    * Optional paper output: 1 additional tray
    * Media types: Envelopes, transparencies, labels, plain paper, vellum 
paper, cards, bond paper, recycled paper
    * Power: AC 110V
    * Width: 19 inches
    * Height: 12.8 inches
    * Depth: 17.8 inches
    * Weight: 47.4 pounds
    * Warranty, parts: 1 year
    * Warranty, labor: 1 year