Decent, Networkable Color Printer

[Chris Wagner]

Duane Attaway wrote:

>On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
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>>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?
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>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.
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>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!
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>Amazon.com is selling the HP2500L color laserjet for $745.69  My dad got 
>one of these.  Pretty cool:
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>Technical data
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>    * 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 
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On that topic, I hadn't done any research on the specs, but I saw a 
Minolta 4-color laser for roughly $500 off the shelf.

I can check more if you're interested.

Chris