kthompso@acs.ucalgary.ca (Kelly Thompson) (06/16/91)
I only have access to one NeXT laser printer here on campus, and the output is streaky. Is this a common problem. It didn't really live up to my expectations of what 400dpi output should look like. I think it was one of the first ones made, so maybe it's just its age showing. Any comments? Kelly
jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura) (06/16/91)
In article <1991Jun15.191851.22533@acs.ucalgary.ca> kthompso@acs.ucalgary.ca (Kelly Thompson) writes: > I only have access to one NeXT laser printer here on campus, and the output > is streaky. Is this a common problem. It didn't really live up to my > expectations of what 400dpi output should look like. > I think it was one of the first ones made, so maybe it's just its age > showing. Any comments? No, if your school is anything like Cornell, then what they did was use recycled toner cartridges. This is a no-no. The reasons why Cornell do it are: Official: It's cheaper. Un-official but rumoured: It's so that people don't use the NeXTlasers as resume printers (or thesis printers, etc.) I think that both are true, but that's my own reasoning. NeXTlasers using original toner almost never streak (in my humble experience). - Jiro Nakamura jiro@shaman.com ps. I go to Cornell, if you're wondering. -- Jiro Nakamura jiro@shaman.com Shaman Consulting (607) 256-5125 VOICE "Bring your dead, dying shamans here!" (607) 277-1440 FAX/Data
jchin@wimsey.bc.ca (Joseph Chin) (06/18/91)
In article <1991Jun16.161125.4158@shaman.com> jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura) writes: ... <stuff deleted> > > No, if your school is anything like Cornell, then what they did was use >recycled toner cartridges. This is a no-no. > ... <stuff deleted> > > - Jiro Nakamura > jiro@shaman.com > I use re-cycled toner cartridge (manufactured by a local company) with special "super-black" graphic toner and a specially coated "super" drum which can be recharged up to 10 times and it has NO streaking and is actually much blacker than the original cartridge. There are lots of simply recharged tone cartridge out there that are real junk and can damage your printer, but there are also many remanufactured ones that are really well done. Shop around ... :-) Joe jchin@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca -- Joseph Chin Wordcraft Systems Corporation jchin@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca 201-434 West 12th Avenue (604)879-9687 (voice & NeXTfax) Vancouver, B.C., Canada V5Y 1V3 ********************* NeXT Registered Developer ********************
wjabi@srvr1 (wassim jabi) (06/18/91)
> No, if your school is anything like Cornell, then what they did was use > recycled toner cartridges. This is a no-no. > The reasons why Cornell do it are: > Official: It's cheaper. > Un-official but rumoured: It's so that people don't use the NeXTlasers > as resume printers (or thesis printers, etc.) > > I think that both are true, but that's my own reasoning. > NeXTlasers using original toner almost never streak (in my humble > experience). > > > - Jiro Nakamura > jiro@shaman.com > > ps. I go to Cornell, if you're wondering. > -- > Jiro Nakamura jiro@shaman.com > Shaman Consulting (607) 256-5125 VOICE > "Bring your dead, dying shamans here!" (607) 277-1440 FAX/Data We have a NeXT Laser Printer in lab and it works just perfect. No streaking or anything. However, it is very lightly used (three to four pages a day). -- - Wassim M. Jabi - - Doctoral Program in Architecture - - University of Michigan - - 2000 Bonisteel Boulevard - - Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2069 - - wjabi@caen.engin.umich.edu -
ckminer@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Chris Miner) (06/18/91)
> No, if your school is anything like Cornell, then what they did was use > recycled toner cartridges. This is a no-no. > - Jiro Nakamura > ps. I go to Cornell, if you're wondering. It is not a "no-no" to use recycled toner cartridges. At Colorado State, all the cartridges are refilled. We use Hp printers, and any streaking is corrected by cleaning the hot roller and corona wires. (carefull, the roller should be very warm) Please consider using recycled carts. This will create the market needed to support their continued reuse. Chris Miner
SAMcinty@exua.exeter.ac.uk (Scott McIntyre) (06/19/91)
What happens after the 300,000 copies of the "duty life" are made? Does it explode? 299,996 to go. Scott -- mcintyre@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Scott A. McIntyre SAMcinty@uk.ac.exeter.exua Cornwall House S_MCINTYRE@uk.ac.lut.hicom St. Germans Road mcintyre.s@uk.ac.exeter Exeter, Devon, UK
petrilli@wookumz.unknown (Chris Petrilli) (06/25/91)
Scott McIntyre writes: What happens after the 300,000 copies of the "duty life" are made? Does it explode? I have used other laser printers based on the Canon engine, and they are good for ALOT more than 300K copies. The LaserWriters around here have 500K+ on them, and though they are beginning to show signs of wear. I wouldn't worry to much... 300K copies is ALOT. 299,996 to go. More fun to come! It's the cartridges that are so expensive. Chris -- | Chris Petrilli | petrilli@gnu.ai.mit.edu | I don't even speak for myself.