Color lasers have come *way* down in the last year or so. You can get a
basic HP2550L for under $400, and the full-blown networked (2550n) one
with supplementary paper tray for under $600. 600x600dpi; 20ppm B&W;
4ppm color; parallel, USB, and network ports; runs on PC or Mac. Got
one a c ouple of months ago, and it works great!
Not too bad - the black runs about $79 (5000 page), the colors are
around $75 or $95 (2000 page/4000 page high capacity). Each is
separate, and loads into a sort of revolving cylinder. For a low-cost
color laser it does pretty well, but it is rather noisy as it rotates
the toner cartridges into position.
This one replaced an old GCC BLP-Elite that I bought in 1992 - it was
the first laser printer that listed for under $1000, and lasted me
through many years of good service.
So would that be two toner cartridges? One for black and one for the
colors? Years ago it used to one black and three for the colors.
Ted Novak
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"Mike Pearson wrote in message
This one replaced an old GCC BLP-Elite that I bought in 1992 - it was
the first laser printer that listed for under $1000, and lasted me
through many years of good service
At least you didn't purchase the PLP. It was a SCSI printer that used
Apple's QuickDraw to print and still you had to change the EP magazine
constantly at $145.00 a pop. I thought the BLP had the same EP issue.
Mike S
I used 2 EP cartidges through the life of the printer. Many thousands
of pages. I did 'burn' the EP with sunlight not too lone before we
decided to retire it , so there was a constant smudge in one corner, but
it usually went away by the second page or so, so I had a 'cover' page
that I'd print first if I needed anything that looked really good.
The BLP-Elite was a Postscript printer. The only real limitation I saw
was that I didn't hjave enough memory to print large jobs, but I could
usually break it up into smaller batches and run it. I was very happy
with the printer. I had the fuser go out, and whe I took it to the
local "authorized" repair center they wound up giving me a loaner for
several months while they tried to figure it out. By the time I got it
back from them they decided it needed a fuser, logic board, and that it
had a bent frame, and they wanted over $900 to repair it. I shipped it
to GCC and they fixed anything that was really needed (the fuser) for a
flat $200, then it worked great for the next 5 years.
Keep in mind guys that if you use an inkjet you still have to have a
color copier to copy it to use this system.
You still have to use the system because inkjets or lasers cannot print
white
You could always put the file you want on a disk, and take the disk and
paper to your local office supply store and have them print it if it is
a one time shot
Keep in mind guys that if you use an inkjet you still have to have a
color copier to copy it to use this system.
You still have to use the system because inkjets or lasers cannot print
white
You could always put the file you want on a disk, and take the disk and
paper to your local office supply store and have them print it if it is
a one time shot
Think about white lettering for a rocket's name. White block on a dark blue
rocket.
Now think about printing that on:
- White paper.
- A clear decal.
You would have to cut out each letter from the white sheet to have white
letters if you don't have white ink. If you can print white, you print it
to the clear decal and slap it on the rocket.
Problem is it's not just letters. Sometimes you want white in a logo which
has open areas. Now you have to cut out the open areas if you don't have
white ink.
The web site wasn't real clear on how you use the foil and white
transfers. Is it white only or color only? Can you have a color decal
with white in one pass?
Anyone actually used the stuff?
You can get the foil (and maybe white) at any decent office supply
store. Just print the page, then run the paper with the foil on top
through the printer again to stick the foil to the paper. You then
peal off the foil carrier and you have metallic printing from the laser
printer. Do this with clear peal and stick label material and you have
a self adhesive decal. Put another label over it to protect the foil.
you still cant print white with color laser so....
10 US dollar is alot in taiwan for this kind of service though (a photo
print generally runs for 15NT per photo, thats about 50 cents per photo (4x6
that is))
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