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Cool, a printer thread. I've been wanting to get a mono printer to save ink costs from my all-in-one inkjet, which I've spent far too much on ink for. A new Brother printer w/o wifi or network is about £65 but I can get an older HP LaserJet for anywhere from £20-40 after shipping. Add a JetDirect EX add-on for about £5 and it's networked. Does anyone have suggestions for a particular LaserJet? I've looked at the 5L and 6L which I like the look of, but I'll need to worry about paper feed or just get the kit and install new rollers, which seem to be plentiful on eBay. A 6P is quicker but a lot bulkier. Someone mentioned the 2100, which sounds much more recent but looks about as bulky as the 6P. I'm not printing off manuscripts so 10ppm isn't a necessity, but I would be printing a bit more if I didn't have to worry about £25 black ink cartridges. At the moment I'm just shopping around but there seems to be a good selection of recently serviced or used eBay LaserJets around so anything in particular I should look out for?
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url posted:Judging by the pound signs, you're in the UK. Thanks, that's a great review. I've only just recently started looking at a laser for home use, however the only thing I'd need color for is printing a few photos, so I just need a mono laser, which is why I'm happy to have a 'retro' HP, which are about half the price of a new, non-wifi mono laser like a Samsung. When the Canon ink gets too exhorbitant (not too long, I'm sure) I'll definitely get a color laser, considering the prices these days.
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Mar 30, 2010 21:29
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Yeah, sorry that's what I meant - I'll use up the Canon ink printing whatever color stuff I need and when that's all gone I'll go to online only. Costco has really good prices but I tend to save up photos to print until I have 500+ so I can get their best deal. I just checked on Freecycle and there's a guy that's got a few office LaserJet 1100's that just need an updated roller kit. Free printer + £10 roller kit + parallel-to-USB adapter and I'm all set for now 
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Mar 31, 2010 19:08
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Any ideas how I can get an old HP printer with a parallel connection hooked up on USB? I'm told there's a specific HP-standard connection that apparently isn't the normal parallel connector, and they're supposedly hard to find but I don't know what to look for. eh, more extensive googling found the answer, I'll leave the answer in case other folks sourcing old LaserJets have the same issue: http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447626+1270569231603+28353475&threadId=778999 - basically look for 'Half Pitch Parallel Printer Adapter' or HP36 male connector or 'Half Pitch Centronics 36 Male' normal parallel port:  half pitch connector: 
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Apr 6, 2010 16:51
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FISHMANPET posted:FWIW, I think I've got one of those cables rattling around somehwere (or I threw it out with the POS printers, I'm in the UK, but thanks I did find the same cables for UKians and EUians though: http://www.tronisoft.com/2482.php http://www.tronisoft.com/2487.php Apparently the way to set these up is this: quote:You must not connect everyting together first or your printer will NOT WORK! Hopefully this helps old HP cheapskates like me
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Don't most printing options for word processing or whatever have the option to print consecutive odd-numbered pages and then you reload the paper to print consecutive even-numbered pages? I seem to remember doing this in the past, the biggest pain was getting the paper in the right direction. edit: Ebuyer doesn't have any mono duplex lasers with a scanning function, have you thought about picking up a cheap scanner (I see them free all the time on my local Freegle listing) Anyway, I just picked up 2 free HP LJ 1100's that need a USB-parallel converter and roller kits, plus an LJ 2100N that needs black toner and a cleaning kit. Score! Just have to figure out where the put them for a couple of weeks while I wait for the bits to arrive. krushgroove fucked around with this message at 19:03 on Apr 20, 2010 |
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