Black and White Printer

[mikeblas]

I'm tired of my LaserJet 1100. It's about five years old, and it progressively won't feed thicker paper. It used to print envelopes without a problem; then it started jamming on envelopes. Now, it won't even feed my nice letterhead paper.

I could get a kit to rebuild the rollers and feeder for about $40. A shop will probably do it for $80 or $100. But of course, our society has gone away from reparing or upgrading items like these and they're now pretty much disposable.

As rotten as throwing away this printer would make me feel, I can replace it with something that has twice the resolution and prints about 5 times faster for $150.

Seems like a no-brainer to upgrade, huh?

Then why do I feel so greasy for throwing the old printer away?

 

[paintb4707]

Well, if you print alot and you only need b&w... How about something like this?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16828112023

And you probably feel like that because printers are like tvs. You usually keep them for a few good years before trashing it.

 

[Pkirk618]

ive seen laser for less. You've just become so used to it that it's hard to let go. Buy a new one, watch it print faster and better and you'll easily say bye bye

 

[mikeblas]

At home, I run a LaserJet 4050 TN. It's still chugging along, though I had to replace the duplexer unit.

The Samsung looks nice, but I've always been very partial to HP printers. I think the HP LaserJet 1020 is very nice for my application here at work -- to replace that 1100.

 

[MrGuvernment]

You feel bad because yo know you could fix a perfectly fine printer - you could probably pop that open - use some rubbing alchol to clean the rollers and off you go

i would say at least try to clean it yourself - if after that it wont work - sell it o rgive it to a needy school or buisness around. - i am sure someone would love to take it off your hands.