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Old 10-18-2007, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by LUVMBDiesels View Post
If I were you I would go on ebay and find a Laserjet III or Laserjet4. The new stuff HP is putting out is not as good as the old stuff. my old LJ IIIP is a great printer (I used to sell them back in the '90s) but it cost well over a thousand bucks. It was also made in California and is built like a tank. It must weigh 30 pounds.

Fast forward to today. I have a consulting customer who just bought five HP 1022 laserjets. They are garbage. They are made in China and must weigh 3 pounds. She has had to send two of them back and the remaining three originals are getting worse with everyday. Carly really messed up HP.

To tell you the truth, I don't know what new printer to recommend.
I have a 9 year old Rx80i multifunction printer/scanner/FAX and I love it. I also bought a new one three years ago that is another hunk of junk.

No offense to anybody who loves HP, but I can't recommend them.
HP II, III, 4 Series were commercial grade machines, made to last 5 to 10 years of hard use, and priced accordingly. HP 10_ _ Series are home office machines, made for 2 years of light duty, and priced accordingly.

IOW, you get what you pay for.

Unfortunately, nobody makes 10 year printers anymore. If they did, nobody would buy one in today's market.
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