Valeri Galtsev wrote:
> On 2/27/19 9:16 AM, mark wrote:
>> Ger van Dijck wrote:
>>>
>>> The problems with HPlip goes on and on : I can not manage to
>>> establish a connection on WiFi with the HP4620 : I can print to the
>>> printer but not scan . Running hp-check results in cups is not
>>> running, hplip is not properly (HP) installed , xsane is not installed
>>> etc.. But I can assure you all this software is properly installed :
>>> Hp-check cannot detect the
>>> scanfunction on the HP4620. When running on USB cable all runs fine !
>>>
>>> Maybe Bug 1683312 from Zdenek Dohnal (Red Hat) could be helpfull : I
>>> reported this bug .
>>>
>>> Hp does not support Unix/Linux applications ! Are they really so
>>> stupid to think that the world excist by MS and all other users do not
>>> need support:
>>> Arrogance or stupidity ?
>>>
>> The inheritance of Carly. I was on the phone yesterday to HP - we just
>> bought this $$$$ printer, and it's under warranty. The engineer I spoke
>> with told me he'd been there since '99, and he could tell me how to
>> dissassemble and rebuild this brand new poster printer in his sleep. He
>> does not, however, know software.... When I mentioned that HP has
>> support in '12 for Macs - I was hoping to get the .ppd from the Mac
>> package, as we had for the z3200ps in '12 - he told me they'd gotten rid
>> of the Mac support team.
>>
>> Yes: no software support.
>>
> <rant>
>
> I figure, I will add some rant about HP printer department.
>
> But first of all, I have to tell how great HP printer department was in
> the past. The past in my book is some 5 years ago and before that. About
> decade ago Xerox went really bad. They started making small changes to
> models, so tones were not compatible between them, thus they got rid of
> 3rd party vendors selling "compatible" toners for their printers (who
> will start production for something that covers only small number of
> potential customers). I didn't see an indication of really bad thing then,
> but some 5 years down the road they stopped making supplies for their
> printers, and no "compatibles" were being produced by anybody. So, all
> Xerox printers 5 years young (I hate to use word "old" here) were
> just junk. That day I said: I will never buy any Xerox anything, period.
> Yes I still agree with their old motto saying that they taught the world
> how to copy.
>
> By that time we also had a bunch of HP printers, and we happily kept
> getting newer models of HP printers. As a great example I would mention:
> about a year ago I almost retired HP LaserJet 4050 (b/w printer), that was
> heavily used in the Department for about 15 years, still working, still
> making prints of great quality, supplies for which still were produced by
> HP. So, HP was my life saver as far as printers go.
>
>
> Now finally to the rant: I recently started having issues, or rather
> single issue (jam of duplex jobs) with two of HP Color LaserJet CP4525
> printers. Two, not just one. And now that I'm trying to find RELIABLE
> enterprise level printer for the department, I can not. It sounds like
> models HP manufacture now are not reliable. A few reliable ones were just
> discontinued recently. So, I'm dead in the water: what next printer to get
> for the department where it is used heavily? (yes, I included in
> consideration other manufacturers except Xerox).
>
> </rant>
>
Several things: first, I've mentioned here before that I have five (count
them) vendors that I *care* to deal with, because they actually know what
they're doing, and have a decent price. For toner, AND COMPATABLES, I go
to tonerprice.com. At home, I have a cute little HP LaserJet 1018
(obsolete) that I got in '08, I think. The OEM is like $80 for toner; the
tonerprice compatibles, which work just fine, thank you, have gone down
from $32 (including shipping) to $23, I think it was.
Now, we have some HP ColorLaserJet 3525s, which we *really* liked, and
they're dying - something to do with the transfer belt. Between the HP rep
that we have, and a reseller we like, I was told, is an M553, similar
price.
Now, if they'd only made clear that the one we orderered was single sided,
not duplex, we'd get more use out of it....
mark
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