Laser printers have come on since I last got one

[anonymous-user]

HP Laserjet 4100 that I bought off the bay used about 3 years ago for about £80 died its death. Had been quite happy with it up to the point it stopped working

Replaced with a HP Laserjet P3015 that I bought of the bay used for £54.98

Surprised (but probably shouldn't be) by how much faster it is, how much sharper the print is, how much less fussy it is about handling different media (labels in particular) and how much lighter it is

Bargain imo

[anonymous-user]

davepoth said:

To be fair to the 4100 it was released in March 2001, and was based on the 4000 which was released in 1997. The print engine is nearly 20 years old!

I didn't know that. 20 years is a long time in computing technology. Even less reason for me to be surprised

This P3015 was, the sticker on the back tells me, manufactured on 18 Jun 2013. Which, in terms of my frugal technology equipment purchasing strategy, makes it the newest hardware I have right now!

Next on the list of bits to update are the monitors and graphics card. Maybe I will even go so far as to get some screens with 1920 x 1080 or greater resolution this time....

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The HP Laserjet 4 must be toughest printer known to man. I am sure there are thousands of these things still used every day that have never had any maintenance apart from having the toner cartridges shaken when the print gets faint.