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Article #323Re: Buying a printer
From: Jim
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:46
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:46
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On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 07:06:06 +0000, John Chapple <jc@ch-w.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In article <SuCZCZAhe0F8EwgE@upthorpe.demon.co.uk>, Oz ><Oz@upthorpe.demon.co.uk> writes >>I ended up changing them all to HP. The colours are good, but not truly >>photographic (mind you I only use 3 colour+bk). The black ink (but not >>the colours) is waterproof. The cartridges can be refilled using cheap >>replacement ink (which isn't waterproof) providing you immediately >>refill and put the cartridge to use (that is don't have two and refill >>one as the spare). I use 'economode' almost exclusively which is >>indistinguishable from 'normal' to all intents and purposes except when >>in colour, and which prints very fast as it uses the full (about 12mm) >>height of the nozzle assembly for each pass. >> >>Our very much older HP's still function elsewhere without problem. >> >I've got a variety of elderly HP ink jets which I refill myself. Cheap >and cheeful! Proper printing is done on a HP4si duplex laser (which *is* >waterproof!) Does everybody read their printed output in the bath? <g> Only some of us. Letters with labels sometimes get wet though! J+
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