[ale] looking for a reasonably priced color laser printer

[Jim Lynch]

On 01/19/2011 10:03 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
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> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Michael Trausch <mike at trausch.us 
> <mailto:mike at trausch.us>> wrote:
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>     Would there be some reason HP brands wouldn't be? Cost is
>     typically the only reason I shy away from their laser printers.
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> HP does things like date stamp a toner cartridge on first use and 
> refuse to use it after a certain date in the future. The claim is it 
> preserves the print quality. Everyone knows it's to kill the refill 
> market. They do the same thing on ink jet as well.
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> -- 
> James P. Kinney III
> I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk effortlessly in chains.
That's why I'll never buy another HP product.  I've had a number of them 
in the past but never again.

Jim.