[Info-vax] Nice printers for OpenVMS?

[Paul Sture]

On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 10:30:58 -0400, David Froble wrote:

> The current printer I have is far from the first.  Even far from the
> first laser printer.  So I had plenty of experiences to draw upon.  It
> wasn't the salesman that I wanted to talk to.

Here's a tip which worked when buying my last printer in a bricks and 
mortar establishment:

The salesman tried to interest me in HP printers.  I simply pointed to 
the Mac compatible logo on the Brother printers and and the lack of that 
logo on the HP models and that shut him up.

>From other salesdroid experiences I have come to believe that HP kit must 
offer better commission.  One guy even suggested that I buy HP when what 
I wanted was a Mac :-(

> One other lesson I've learned about printers, if the warranty period has
> passed, use it until it breaks.  Then don't even think about repairs.
> Just get a new one with a new warranty period.

Absolutely.  I once watched a very competent Compaq hardware engineer 
getting increasingly frustrated with an LN03 or similar printer.  He 
spent all afternoon getting nowhere.  In the end I told him to take a 
break and go home :-)

-- 
Paul Sture