On 07/12/2017 05:45 PM, Andrew Hakman andrew.hakman@...
[hp_agilent_equipment] wrote:
I think these printers are all good because they use Cannon print
engines (aka, 90% of the printer) - hp basically put plastic cases on
them, and maybe wrote some of the firmware (but maybe not).
The engines typically provide video and control interfaces...HP writes
*all* of the firmware and designs the control board. This has been the
case since the very first Canon CX engine, a.k.a. HP LaserJet Series I,
a.k.a. Canon LBP-8. HP added the whole top of the printer.
The LJ4, and the 4000 series (4000, 4050, 4100 etc) are basically just
new versions of the same printer with faster cpus in them, so they print
faster. Typically rock solid printers, and you can get them for ~$50,
with astonishingly low page counts if you know where to look. I know the
4200 has a notorious problem with some gears in the fuser - stay away
from those. The 11x17 multifunction office units of the same era as the
4200 seem to also have some issues - they sound like they're dying every
time it runs the engine, but yet they still print.
I very much like the 4000 series printers as well.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
Dave McGuire