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Re: Buying a printer

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From: Robbie
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 01:55
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In demon.tech.pc, Andy Mabbett bashed his keyboard wildly and
produced...

>Father Christmas is going to bring me a printer (or, rather, cash to use 
>when buying one).

<snip>

HP - chose the printer within your budget that uses a popular cartridge
type, purely because lexmark have a problem with 'retiring' cartridges
and ink is where they all make their money.

Canon have always been hit or miss for me, and if B&W makes up 90% of
what you print I'd consider a cheap/2nd hand laser...

robbie
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From: Robbie <robbie@arrakis.nu>
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Subject: Re: Buying a printer
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