Printer myth? - Page 2

Adrian Wong · 26th Dec 2007, 06:58 PM

I don't know about other printers, but my HP LaserJet starts up pretty fast. By the time I plug in the USB cable and actually finish the pre-print process (setting number of pages, page types, etc.), it's ready to print.

The warm-up time may be 20-30 seconds but it won't really matter that much in real-life. Even if it takes a bit longer to print, I consider that far less of a problem than the cost and hassle of maintaining a bubble jet.

zy · 28th Dec 2007, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

I don't know about other printers, but my HP LaserJet starts up pretty fast. By the time I plug in the USB cable and actually finish the pre-print process (setting number of pages, page types, etc.), it's ready to print.

The warm-up time may be 20-30 seconds but it won't really matter that much in real-life. Even if it takes a bit longer to print, I consider that far less of a problem than the cost and hassle of maintaining a bubble jet.

Its only fine when you are printing lots of pages..

but if you are printing like 1-2 page every couple of minutes, the warm-up times sux xD

Adrian Wong · 28th Dec 2007, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by zy

Its only fine when you are printing lots of pages..

but if you are printing like 1-2 page every couple of minutes, the warm-up times sux xD

Hmm.. Not really. I'm using one here and I'm actually spooling, instead of directly printing. So far, it only takes 4-5 seconds for my printer to start printing after some idle time.

Chai · 28th Dec 2007, 08:52 AM

Idle time and start up time is not the same AFAIK.

peaz · 28th Dec 2007, 09:03 AM

Depends on the laser jet model. some models starts up pretty fast. the smaller it is, the faster it warms up. but it's irrelavent since the printing time is usually faster than BJ printers.

Dashken · 28th Dec 2007, 09:46 AM

Don't get bubblejets if you don't intend to use it every week. Like me, nowadays only my father is using at most 1-2 times per month. And since the year 2000, I think we have bought more than 5 bubblejets. Waste of money... but still have to be ready just in case there are important documents to be printed out. Printing it outside is just too expensive...

And I don't like to trouble friends to get my stuffs printed. Coz I don't like them to trouble me as well... haha.

Adrian Wong · 29th Dec 2007, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Dashken

Don't get bubblejets if you don't intend to use it every week. Like me, nowadays only my father is using at most 1-2 times per month. And since the year 2000, I think we have bought more than 5 bubblejets. Waste of money... but still have to be ready just in case there are important documents to be printed out. Printing it outside is just too expensive...

And I don't like to trouble friends to get my stuffs printed. Coz I don't like them to trouble me as well... haha.

Your bubblejets so unreliable?

Well, get a laser printer! Unless you really need to print colour.

Chai · 31st Dec 2007, 08:43 AM

Get colour laser!

Majormaggot · 31st Dec 2007, 08:57 AM

Laser jets are the best investment i think. best thing to do is buy a cheap $50 color printer and throw it out when the ink is used up(since the ink refill cost more than the printer). i had a lexmark laser jet printer where i used to work, that thing was on from 7 in the morning to 8 at night printing sheets every few minutes. i'd say the warmup time was maximum 1-2 sec before it started spitting out paper. that thing was reliable and fast. Unlike my 13 year old hp laserjet 4p, 4 pages a minute baby! So far been thru 5 color printers. on my 6th now (just bought a lexmark printer/scanner/fax combo) hopefully it lasts as long as the hp

plasma · 31st Dec 2007, 02:01 PM

Laser is the way to go. There's only a minimum start-up/warm-up time. If you add that to the total print time, it still may well be faster than bubblejets.
My laser printer is sitting there for 6 months at times between prints and still works fine.

26th Dec 2007, 06:58 PM	#11 (permalink)
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28th Dec 2007, 08:52 AM	#14 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 28,116 Reputation: 4649 Rep Power: 82	Idle time and start up time is not the same AFAIK. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

28th Dec 2007, 09:03 AM	#15 (permalink)
peaz ARP Webmaster Join Date: 13 Oct 2002 Location: http://atpeaz.com/ Posts: 8,595 Reputation: 1673 Rep Power: 32	Depends on the laser jet model. some models starts up pretty fast. the smaller it is, the faster it warms up. but it's irrelavent since the printing time is usually faster than BJ printers. __________________ Ken Ng Tech ARP Follow me at Twitter Blogs @ http://www.atpeaz.com/

28th Dec 2007, 09:46 AM	#16 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 30,271 Reputation: 2417 Rep Power: 61	Don't get bubblejets if you don't intend to use it every week. Like me, nowadays only my father is using at most 1-2 times per month. And since the year 2000, I think we have bought more than 5 bubblejets. Waste of money... but still have to be ready just in case there are important documents to be printed out. Printing it outside is just too expensive... And I don't like to trouble friends to get my stuffs printed. Coz I don't like them to trouble me as well... haha. __________________ \| Intel C2Q Q9450 \| MSI P45 Neo3-FR \| 2 x 2GB OCZ / 2 x 1GB G.SKILL DDR2 800 \| 1 x Seagate 250GB HDD \| 2 x Seagate 750GB HDD \| 3 x Seagate 1TB HDD \| NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT \| Cooler Master CM690 chassis \| Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 550W PSU \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

31st Dec 2007, 08:43 AM	#18 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 28,116 Reputation: 4649 Rep Power: 82	Get colour laser! __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

31st Dec 2007, 08:57 AM	#19 (permalink)
Majormaggot Getting there Join Date: 5 Sep 2005 Posts: 169 Reputation: 59 Rep Power: 5	Laser jets are the best investment i think. best thing to do is buy a cheap $50 color printer and throw it out when the ink is used up(since the ink refill cost more than the printer). i had a lexmark laser jet printer where i used to work, that thing was on from 7 in the morning to 8 at night printing sheets every few minutes. i'd say the warmup time was maximum 1-2 sec before it started spitting out paper. that thing was reliable and fast. Unlike my 13 year old hp laserjet 4p, 4 pages a minute baby! So far been thru 5 color printers. on my 6th now (just bought a lexmark printer/scanner/fax combo) hopefully it lasts as long as the hp __________________ Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160 @ 3.4GHz 1.425 Vcore, Asus P5W DH Deluxe, 4GB Corsair XMS twin X 2 800mhz, enermax galaxy 850w, Sound blaster X-FI Xtream Music, XFX 8800GT 512 MB @ 715 core 1000 mem 1730 shader, 2x 400GB Seagate HDD in Raid 0, 1x 250 GB WD HDD, 1x 120 GB WD HDD, A mighty Zalman 9500 cooler crying for help. and ArcticSliver 5, DVD drives n shizzle.

31st Dec 2007, 02:01 PM	#20 (permalink)
plasma Active Join Date: 8 Feb 2004 Location: Penang Posts: 677 Reputation: 58 Rep Power: 7	Laser is the way to go. There's only a minimum start-up/warm-up time. If you add that to the total print time, it still may well be faster than bubblejets. My laser printer is sitting there for 6 months at times between prints and still works fine. __________________ Plasma's Idiosyncrasies

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