--- On Tue, 8/19/08, Robert Darlington <rdarlington at gmail.com> wrote: > I second that. That and the damn things are unreliable. My company > has 10 Phaser 8400 or 8500 printers (various models) between 3 > offices. 3 work. Between LCD screens going out and streaking that is > impossible to clean without ripping the whole printer apart, I just > won't buy another. It's way more economical for us to outsource the > handfull of pages we need in glossy, high quality (which isn't *that* > high I might add). Kinko's does a fine job at a reasonable cost and > they keep the maintenance headache! What I abhor is the waste when you have to run a cleaning cycle! Since I only power the printers up when I need them (rarely), it seems like I piss more ink into the waste tray than I ever put on paper! > Now if the printer was free, that's a whole other story > :) Yes, its amazing how that changes the dynamics of the situation! :> I'll run a printer until I have to throw some serious money at it (new fuser, new toner cartridges, etc.) then just recycle the thing. :< A shame since they are just too damn big/heavy to ship...