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Re: Buying a printer

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From: Jim
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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Subject: Re: Buying a printer
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