Yes, we gave away our lexmark copier/fax and flatbed machines to a
thrift store due to excessive ink usage. "New" ink cartridges were
unusually light, as if they were empty, if you didn't print something on
a regular basis, you'd find the cartridges dried up or empty. Black
cartridge cost $36+ per pop, color about the same. The fax machine
almost caught on fire once, melting the head of the cartridge (Lexmark
sent me a refurb by UPS, but the Lexmark service rep in India refused to
replace the melted cartridge).
Oh yeah? Take THAT!
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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977
http://www.zuiko.com | omtech1 AT verizon.net
Matthew Bristol wrote:
> Sadly that's not true of current day consumer Lexmarks. They have one
> of the worst cost per page of any printer out there (expect for Dell,
> which uses rebranded Lexmark cartridges with an even higher markup). It
> seems like the biggest "innovation" of any brand of printer is to give
> you less ink for the money. That's why I'm still holding onto my old HP
> 1220c for wide format printing. Sure it's only four-color, but the ink
> is dirt cheap compared to the other stuff out there.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of ScottGee1
> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 4:49 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: One thing done, another begun
>
>
> Yeah, good ol' HP seems quite determined to 'compress' the life of
> their products by starving the parts if not the supply chain. Let me
> guess - toner still available?
>
> I have a commercial grade Lexar that keeps cranking away. Toner cart
> is so big and efficient I replaced it only twice in about eight years.
> Don't make 'em like that any more.
>
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