[Leaplist] Freecycling 2 (two) HP Laserjet III printers
slitt
slitt at troubleshooters.com
Fri Feb 12 22:26:00 EST 2010
On Friday 12 February 2010 00:38:45 Joe Bob wrote:
> One was bought re-conditioned as a backup for the first, which has an
> insanely low page-count (2-3 boxes of paper). Both have the same problem.
> The hard bits and electrical bits are fine - but the rubber stuff has lost
> its magic.
>
> These things were built like diesel locomotives (and probably share some
> parts) and if you're handy enough to replace the pickup/feed rubber these
> will provide you with cheap, reliable bw printing, probably until your IBM
> Model M keyboard dies, which will be several generations from now, if
> ever.
>
> One has a maxed out memory cartridge (useful if you need to print images).
> and of course, they are 100% Linux-friendly.
Hey Joe Bob,
Does either have a duplexer?
SteveT
Steve Litt
Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware
http://www.troubleshooters.com/
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