aglew@mcdurb.Urbana.Gould.COM (12/18/88)
>My only minor complaint is that in Diable 630 (dump printer) mode, the print >begins at the left EDGE of the paper, and there is no way to make it offset. >We only use this mode for dumps, etc., but it is annoying because the printer >can't actually print within about 0.25" of the paper edges, so the first >character on each line is lost. Oh well, I guess that's what Epsons are for. I would think that the inability to print up to the edge of the paper would be a significant disadvantage, for people who want to print overlarge graphics, and tape the sheets together to make a large picture (like a circuit layout). Overlapping is fine, but I hate having to trim the edge Is this a characteristic of most laserprinters?
henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) (12/20/88)
In article <29000003@mcdurb> aglew@mcdurb.Urbana.Gould.COM writes: >I would think that the inability to print up to the edge of the paper would >be a significant disadvantage... >Is this a characteristic of most laserprinters? Yes. It's not something that the sales brochures tend to put in big type, but it's a normal characteristic of the print engines. -- "God willing, we will return." | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology -Eugene Cernan, the Moon, 1972 | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu
mrm@sceard.UUCP (M.R.Murphy) (12/21/88)
One of the most important considerations in choosing a laserprinter is service availability and cost of repair. We have two dead laserprinters here that aren't worth fixing. Total cost > $30k. Service contracts cost about 4 Laserjets/yr. Even considering the extra features (e.g., full-page graphics, vector conversion, fancy internal language support), a less powerful, but less expensive, printer would have been a better choice. It turns out that to become dependent on fancy features and then have the darned thing bust without hope of repair is a real pain. Much better to keep it simple, though I'll probably make the same mistake again. Experience keeps a dear school...:-).