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| Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my BenQ Joybook 7000 notebook!
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Reputation: 2958 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rep Power: 65 | 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.
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but if you are printing like 1-2 page every couple of minutes, the warm-up times sux xD
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Reputation: 1633 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rep Power: 31 | 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. |
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| Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang
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Reputation: 2162 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rep Power: 56 | 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.
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Well, get a laser printer! Unless you really need to print colour.
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Reputation: 59 ![]() Rep Power: 4 | 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
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Reputation: 58 ![]() Rep Power: 5 | 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.
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