As I said, I love my Compaq. I didn't mention HP at all. Why? Because they do build trash. 1 HP PC, and 3 HP printers have all been consigned to the trash heap in the last 5 years. From normal home use. The latest to die was a 697C printer. When Compaq and HP were about to merge, I recieved a survey from Compaq asking for a consumers take on the merger. My response was "don't do it, they will drag you down to thier level, which is rock bottom". I've had several conversations with Compaq tech support, and they have always been right on the money with advise and accurate with all technical questions. HP tech support actually has eclipsed AOL's tech support in applied stupidity. My fear is that Compaq's support crew has been diluted by dolts. Maybe next time, I will "roll my own".
I personally prefer Epson inkjets, but after the first year, any of them are just trash if they break; less expensive to replace than fix. My current one is an Epson 1280.
HP still makes the best lasers, though. I have a 2200DTN on my home network, and will probably never have to buy another.
I guess different people have different experiences - I wouldn't buy any printer other than a HP. Bought my first HP back around '87 when the ink jets first came out. It worked faithfully, in a business environent, churning out page after page, until1999. Always worked, beautiful print quality, until it gave up the ghost, and since I decided I now wanted a colour printer, chose not to have it fixed.
Bought an Epson - BIG BIG mistake. Bloody heads clogged up all the time - had to clean them EVERY time I wanted to print. Took it back twice, but clogged heads persisted. So, gave it away, (I was too honest to sell that heap of garbage) after 6 weeks and bought another HP, which is still working fine, tho now owned by a friend. With a new computer card I wanted a USB printer so bought a HP 930C - a delight to use - photo prints are beautiful, text is crisp, and altho I only use it now and again since I have retired it always prints perfectly even after sitting for weeks and weeks between uses.
I love HP printers - wouldn't buy anythng else these days
Talk about bullet proof! The Apple LaserWriter II (a clone of the LJ3) was (and is) a great printer if it's still working. Repair parts are non-existent anymore, as are toner cartridges for a decent price.
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Waah! My favorite printer part & service web site is gone (had a fantastic search option in using an exploded parts diagram, description (general text), or Part#). Dang! Another Dot.gone! Now we go to the backup site which offers diagrams as well (sort of)
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Simply searching for Laserwriter II, I find diagram and parts (with pricing) Diagram Number Part Number Description Prices and Alternates Where Used
I am not 100% sure Froggy, but I think you might be thinking about Apple Printers - Apple in the early days had their printers made by Canon, then later on switched to HP.
I haven't owned a Canon printer, tho last week I had a Canon Multi thingo (MP 190?) here for testing for a friend (it wouldn't print for my friend). The test prints I did with it were very nice, and it was pretty fast - it was a bit faster than my HP, but the HP was driven by my 200mhz Mac, and the Canon was connected to my 2.6 gighz Windows comp so not a fair comparison. I thought the print quality was comparable, but I didn't print out any photos.
Apple inkjets were made by Canon; Lasers by HP. Towards the end of Apple printer sales, the inkjets were also made by HP, but only for a short period of time.
I've got 4 HP printers, all still working like champs. LaserJet III (circa
1990) still chugging along (40,000+ pages), DeskJet 1120 (got it in 1998) keeps on working, wife uses a 932 all the time, and my latest, Business Inkjet 2230 has printed over 12,000 pages, many of them large color images, in just over a year's use. Note that the machines that keep on ticking are business class items. The cheap home oriented ones won't hold up - by the time you've spent as much on replacement ink as the machine cost, it probably is time to replace it. Same for Canons, Lexmarks, Epsons. They all see the home market as a disposable market.
For those concerned about ink cost - if you print that much, look for the higher end machines that use larger, separate tanks for each color. You'll make up in ink savings the extra cost of the printer, and the printer will last longer as well.
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