[Info-vax] OT: HP Poised to merge PC and printer divisions

[mathog]

Paul Sture wrote:
>> Rich Jordan wrote:

>> Well, this one is simple to answer.  Use Brother printers.  They don't
>> charge you anything to talk to you, before or after the sale.  Even
>> after the printer is out of warranty.

> I've been very happy with the Brother printer I have. It just works, no
> fuss.

+1 for the Brother printers.  We have a 5250DN (a little double sided 
laser, the current version of it is the 5370DW) at home and that thing 
has been fast and reliable since day one.  I'm probably asking for it 
just by saying this, but in the 5  years we have had it we have never 
had a page that didn't print correctly.  Mechanically it is great - so 
far not even a single paper jam.

The one and only thing I don't like about that printer is that peak 
current draw can top 10A, so it does not play nicely on a shared circuit 
with anything else that uses a lot of current.  Average current use is 
much lower, and when it goes into sleep mode it only uses about 9W of power.

Regards,

David Mathog