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Hello Mary,

Our Library allows open printing on HP deskjets and controlled
printing on laser printer. I have no good statistics for you but can
offer an opinion.

The HP deskjets do not seem to be designed for this type of
printing, they are pretty slow and use expensive ink. Using the
Econofast setting helps this somewhat. Dot matrix printers
require frequent servicing to replace ribbons and to align the
paper. In my opinion it is far better to buy a workhorse of a
networked laser printer or two and let them service the entire
printing community. I am not talking about the inexpensive
lasers, but top of the line models with large paper trays, tons of
memory and speeds of 16 ppm. Of course I have not been able
to convince management of this, but it is always good to dream
about while constantly fixing printers.

Tracy Southworth
Information Technology
Moore Library of Medicine


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Once again I am in the position of having to look at printing
options in our IBM Labs.  Up until now we have been using dot
matrix printers (first HP Ruggedwriters, then Epson and
NEC 24 pin printers).  The Ruggedwriters were slow but absolute
workhorses; the Epsons and NEC simply don't seem to be able to
take the constant use and abuse.

I'd like to switch either to DeskJets or LaserJets but my
management is very concerned about the cost of consumables.
Has anyone got any information about this that they can share
with me?

Also, if you are using either DeskJets or LaserJets, do you have
limited usage (i.e. only when consultants are around, per page
cost) or is it wide-open usage?

Thanks for any info you can provide me.


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Mary E. Parlett
Senior Computer Information Analyst
Office of Computer Services
Union College
Schenectady, NY  12308
Voice:  (518) 388-6661
Fax:    (518) 388-6458
E-mail: parlettm@gar.union.edu
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