FW: A Postscript Laser Printer for under $200: HP LaserJet 1200SE

Mark Komarinski mkomarinski at wayga.org
Tue Apr 8 17:48:49 EDT 2003


Followup:  I just called OfficeMax in Billerica, and they were out of stock.
The person there said I could come back Friday, or order it online and
get free shipping.

Staples has it.  The immediate gratification is worth 5% tax.

-Mark

On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 09:08:40AM -0400, Travis Roy wrote:
> I found this of interest and thought you might too..
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Ristuccia [mailto:brian at ristuccia.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 10:28 PM
> To: list-geek at osiris.978.org
> Subject: A Postscript Laser Printer for under $200: HP LaserJet 1200SE
> 
> 
> Christina spotted a HP LaserJet 1200SE at OfficeMax for $199.99. Bad news,
> it was sold out. But good news is that Staples has plenty in stock and will
> match the OfficeMax price if you bring a copy of OfficeMax's advertisement
> which appeared in the Sunday Lowell Sun and the Sunday Boston Globe. Regular
> price is $399.
> 
> The printer is 15ppm at 1600x1600dpi with PostScript and 16MB of RAM. (The
> non-SE model has only 8mb of RAM. On both models there is a quasi-standard
> looking RAM expansion slot which can accomidate another 64MB of memory).
> Connectivity is via your choice of a bi-directional parallel port with
> standard centronics connector and a USB "B" connector. Printer works
> flawlessly with CUPS over the parallel port.
> 
> Reports indicate it works fine over USB too. See
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_1200 for
> more information.
> 
> The printer includes one C7115A toner/drum cartridge, which yields around
> 2500 pages. I found new cartridges for $60. Refill toner is $13. I found
> ferrous toner (for MICR printing on checks and so on) for $35.
> 
> --
> Brian Ristuccia
> brian at ristuccia.com
> bristucc at cs.uml.edu
> 
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