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From: richa@tekred.TEK.COM (Rich Amber )
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Subject: Re: war stories wanted
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In article <8703060212.9271@ur-seneca.arpa>, ken@CS.ROCHESTER.EDU (SKY) writes:
> I'm appealing to the collective intelligence of this mailing list to
> help provide us with information to decide on a laser printer.
> 
> What is your average yield from a Canon LBP-CX (Laserwriter)
> cartridge?  3000-4000 is suggested as good, but someone quoted 8000.

We have been using an Apple Laserwriter, connected to Macs and a Vax
(Unix) for just over a year.  While the specs are that it should run
about 3000 copies per month, we have been running 8-9000 per month and
have had only one repair necessary in that time.

The toner cartridges are spec'd at 3000 copies per cartridge (they seem
to like that number), and indeed, the indicator shows red at about 3000-
3500 copies.  We remove the cartridge, give it a good shake and put it
back in.  We are getting 5-5500 copies per cartridge without noticable
print quality degradation.