Chuck find a x476dw or x576dw on Facebook marketplace and buy the 4l tank from proinkshop, I've had mine printing hundreds of pages a month for almost 10 years and it's only half empty!
On Fri, Feb 7, 2025, 3:22 AM Chuck <ch...@go-mtc.com> wrote: > My main printer is a nice Sharp printer/scanner that will do B size. I do > as much as I can with that. But when I have a large part that needs a 1:1 > check plot for fit I use the large printer. I had a color pen plotter. > Had a pen magazine. When I was in college, autocad was brand new. Doing > PCB layout on a computer sure beat tape and xacto knifes. I don’t think > auto routers had been invented yet. I still do lots of hand optimism. I > let the auto router do power planes, then hand edit them. Then let it do > the other layers. > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 6, 2025, at 9:00 PM, Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote: > > > > When I started out, drawings were done by hand and PCB layouts were done > with black or red/blue tape. Copies were made on a blueline machine using > ammonia. > > > > I mostly worked in or managed electronic design groups although at a few > companies I also had mechanical engineering and PCB design reporting to > me. On the EE side we mostly went to printing B size (11x17) on laser > printers. The drawings might have been D size but you can print them as B > size, and you can print C size as A. > > > > But yes, to actually print C, D and E size you’re talking a pen plotter or > inkjet printer like Chuck is talking about. I doubt they make laser > printers that big. I don’t see any here: > > https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/mlp/printers/large-format-printers > > > > I do vaguely recall pen plotters but not color ones. The only color > engineering drawings I remember were the red and blue taped double sided > PCB layouts. I’m sure that has changed by now. > > > > Like Chuck says, the large format printers are very reliable, it’s just > frustrating (and probably illegal) what HP is doing to lock out third party > ink cartridges. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Chuck > *Sent:* Thursday, February 6, 2025 7:48 PM > *To:* af@af.afmug.com > *Cc:* af@af.afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Inkjet > > > > This has been the best large format printer I have ever had. Previously I > would spend more time running print head cleaning cycles than printing if > not used daily. This one generally works every time. Even if it has been > a month. I have have been printing D size for close to 40 years. Back in > the pen plotter days. So other than this snafu, happy with the printer. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Feb 6, 2025, at 6:36 PM, Jan-GAMs <j.vank...@grnacres.net> wrote: > > > > I called support about it, opened the window (on the 3rd floor) and > defenestrated the printer while support was on the phone telling me to > reboot the computer. What's that noise they asked?, me opening the window > and me throwing your product out the window! You can't do that! I just > did! Weren't you listening? That's what I think of your product, bye! > > You should have heard it smash, a real satisfying crash sound. > > I then bought a Brother multi-function color laser printer and never been > happier. Toner doesn't go dry waiting for next month's billing cycle and > it seems to last forever. Best ROI for office expense I ever made. Toner > might cost a little more than ink, but it lasts for many more print jobs > and doesn't dry out and clog jets. > > On 2/6/25 16:25, ch...@go-mtc.com wrote: > > If the HP quarterly report is not looking good, they send out a message to > all the printers to expire all the print cartridges... > > > > > > > > *From:* Ken Hohhof > > *Sent:* Thursday, February 6, 2025 5:14 PM > > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Inkjet > > > > Sounds like something that could be hacked. > > > > What HP does to generate ink revenue is annoying. Everyone finds it > annoying, many articles have been written about it. I find at least a > dozen things every day annoying. I find I have to choose my battles, and > just give in most of the time. > > > > If you only print in black, I’m not sure how you ran out of color ink, but > it seems like buying one set of HP brand ink would be a one time purchase. > How much would that cost? I know all 3 color toners for a laser printer is > a lot of money. > > > > I wonder if there are places that use a hypodermic needle to refill > genuine HP cartridges. Maybe HP uses some other method than checking if > the cartridge is empty. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf > Of *Josh Luthman > *Sent:* Thursday, February 6, 2025 3:36 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Inkjet > > > > Make sure you specify to print in black next time, otherwise it uses all 3 > colors to make #000001 instead of the black cartridge. > > > > The most expensive liquid is ink. > > > > On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM <ch...@go-mtc.com> wrote: > > Went to print a D size drawing. HP said that my three color cartridges > were empty. I never print in color... I had some off brand replacements, > it rejected all of them as defective... > > > > What a racket. > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > ------------------------------ > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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