Minolta/Konica 2400W

I am tired of refilling Ink carts for my inkjet printer. and having to do
head cleanings due to infrequent use.

I am no longer doing photo work so don't need the ultimate color print, As I
may do one or two once in a while, consequently I think it's time to switch
to a Color Laser printer.

Have used Inkjets since they were first sold and am quite knowledgable about
them But know very little about Laser printers.
a Few questions to get me started,

Is there a newsgroup covering Lasers or am I on the right one now?
I am retired and on a limited budget so price is important, I like HP
products but find their prices a bit high.
Future shop have this Minolta/Konica 2400W on sale for $349.00Cdn which is
marked down from $600.00 Cdn!!

Good price , But is the printer a good machine? I see it has only 32 Megs of
memory not expanable! Is this sufficent?

How do photos done on glossy laser paper look? Not Inkjet paper

Anyone have this unit? Anyone here can give me pros and cons or other
alternate decent machines at a reasonable price?

Any and all comments welcomed and appreciated.

Thanking you all, Regards Rene Lamontagne

In message <eDBwe.119870$El.7743@pd7tw1no>, Rene Lamontagne
<rlamont@shaw.ca> writes
>I am tired of refilling Ink carts for my inkjet printer. and having to do
>head cleanings due to infrequent use.
>I am no longer doing photo work so don't need the ultimate color print, As I
>may do one or two once in a while, consequently I think it's time to switch
>to a Color Laser printer.
>Have used Inkjets since they were first sold and am quite knowledgable about
>them But know very little about Laser printers.
>a Few questions to get me started,
> Is there a newsgroup covering Lasers or am I on the right one now?
>I am retired and on a limited budget so price is important, I like HP
>products but find their prices a bit high.
>Future shop have this Minolta/Konica 2400W on sale for $349.00Cdn which is
>marked down from $600.00 Cdn!!
>Good price , But is the printer a good machine? I see it has only 32 Megs of
>memory not expanable! Is this sufficent?
>How do photos done on glossy laser paper look? Not Inkjet paper
>Anyone have this unit? Anyone here can give me pros and cons or other
>alternate decent machines at a reasonable price?
>Any and all comments welcomed and appreciated.
>Thanking you all, Regards Rene Lamontagne

How much printing do you intend to do? On the cheap colour laser side
you may also wish to consider the following: Epson Aculaser C1100 Laser
TallyGenicom T8008 Xerox Phaser 6100DN. All of which are available
here for £199. Personally I would shy away from a printer with a W at
the end as this (generally) means it is a windows printer, which means
that computer does most of the work for it and you may struggle should
you decide to use it with a different operating system or via a network
or something.
With lasers, it is similar to inkjets - the less you pay for the machine
the more the consumables cost. You can get glossy paper for lasers and
they do a very good job of it, plus laser glossy paper is considerably
cheaper than inkjet glossy paper.


--
Timothy

"me@privacy.net" <me@Privacy.Net> wrote in message
news:8wVx78ED+7wCFwGE@town-village.demon.co.uk...
> In message <eDBwe.119870$El.7743@pd7tw1no>, Rene Lamontagne
> <rlamont@shaw.ca> writes
>>I am tired of refilling Ink carts for my inkjet printer. and having to do
>>head cleanings due to infrequent use.
>>I am no longer doing photo work so don't need the ultimate color print, As
>>I
>>may do one or two once in a while, consequently I think it's time to
>>switch
>>to a Color Laser printer.
>>Have used Inkjets since they were first sold and am quite knowledgable
>>about
>>them But know very little about Laser printers.
>>a Few questions to get me started,
>> Is there a newsgroup covering Lasers or am I on the right one now?
>>I am retired and on a limited budget so price is important, I like HP
>>products but find their prices a bit high.
>>Future shop have this Minolta/Konica 2400W on sale for $349.00Cdn which is
>>marked down from $600.00 Cdn!!
>>Good price , But is the printer a good machine? I see it has only 32 Megs
>>of
>>memory not expanable! Is this sufficent?
>>How do photos done on glossy laser paper look? Not Inkjet paper
>>Anyone have this unit? Anyone here can give me pros and cons or other
>>alternate decent machines at a reasonable price?
>>Any and all comments welcomed and appreciated.
>>Thanking you all, Regards Rene Lamontagne
>
> How much printing do you intend to do? On the cheap colour laser side you
> may also wish to consider the following: Epson Aculaser C1100 Laser
> TallyGenicom T8008 Xerox Phaser 6100DN. All of which are available here
> for £199. Personally I would shy away from a printer with a W at the end
> as this (generally) means it is a windows printer, which means that
> computer does most of the work for it and you may struggle should you
> decide to use it with a different operating system or via a network or
> something.
> With lasers, it is similar to inkjets - the less you pay for the machine
> the more the consumables cost. You can get glossy paper for lasers and
> they do a very good job of it, plus laser glossy paper is considerably
> cheaper than inkjet glossy paper.
>
>
> --
> Timothy

Thanks for the heads up Timothy,

Yes, on doing some googleing and further research I find it is a Windows
printer and uses the System CPU to do the work, Not Good.

Also the Toner carts are nearly double the cost of other brands, Bad

Max power consumption is 1100 watts!!! over double of other popular brands.

Well I don't know much about Color Laser printers but I guess I'm gonna
learn fast before I jump in, Back to Google and more research.

Thanking You, Rene Lamontagne

Rene Lamontagne wrote:

>"me@privacy.net" <me@Privacy.Net> wrote in message
>news:8wVx78ED+7wCFwGE@town-village.demon.co.uk...
>
>
>>In message <eDBwe.119870$El.7743@pd7tw1no>, Rene Lamontagne
>><rlamont@shaw.ca> writes
>>
>>
>>>*I am tired of refilling Ink carts for my inkjet printer*.
>>>

I have been telling everybody that it is a pain in the ass. After a
while I am sure it gets old.

>>>and having to do
>>>head cleanings due to infrequent use.
>>>I am no longer doing photo work so don't need the ultimate color print, As
>>>I
>>>may do one or two once in a while, consequently I think it's time to
>>>switch
>>>to a Color Laser printer.
>>>Have used Inkjets since they were first sold and am quite knowledgable
>>>about
>>>them But know very little about Laser printers.
>>>a Few questions to get me started,
>>>Is there a newsgroup covering Lasers or am I on the right one now?
>>>I am retired and on a limited budget so price is important, I like HP
>>>products but find their prices a bit high.
>>>Future shop have this Minolta/Konica 2400W on sale for $349.00Cdn which is
>>>marked down from $600.00 Cdn!!
>>>Good price , But is the printer a good machine? I see it has only 32 Megs
>>>of
>>>memory not expanable! Is this sufficent?
>>>How do photos done on glossy laser paper look? Not Inkjet paper
>>>Anyone have this unit? Anyone here can give me pros and cons or other
>>>alternate decent machines at a reasonable price?
>>>Any and all comments welcomed and appreciated.
>>>Thanking you all, Regards Rene Lamontagne
>>>
>>>
>>How much printing do you intend to do? On the cheap colour laser side you
>>may also wish to consider the following: Epson Aculaser C1100 Laser
>>TallyGenicom T8008 Xerox Phaser 6100DN. All of which are available here
>>for £199. Personally I would shy away from a printer with a W at the end
>>as this (generally) means it is a windows printer, which means that
>>computer does most of the work for it and you may struggle should you
>>decide to use it with a different operating system or via a network or
>>something.
>>With lasers, it is similar to inkjets - the less you pay for the machine
>>the more the consumables cost. You can get glossy paper for lasers and
>>they do a very good job of it, plus laser glossy paper is considerably
>>cheaper than inkjet glossy paper.
>>
>>
>>--
>>Timothy
>>
>>
>
>Thanks for the heads up Timothy,
>
>Yes, on doing some googleing and further research I find it is a Windows
>printer and uses the System CPU to do the work, Not Good.
>
>Also the Toner carts are nearly double the cost of other brands, Bad
>
> Max power consumption is 1100 watts!!! over double of other popular brands.
>
> Well I don't know much about Color Laser printers but I guess I'm gonna
>learn fast before I jump in, Back to Google and more research.
>
>Thanking You, Rene Lamontagne
>
>
>
>
>

measekite wrote:

>>>>*I am tired of refilling Ink carts for my inkjet printer*.
>>>>
>
> I have been telling everybody that it is a pain in the ass. After a
> while I am sure it gets old.

How do you know it is a pain in the ass? Have you ever done it?
What gets old is your constant posting of the same old **** and the fact
that you have no user experience in this area.
That what gets old!
Frank

Frank wrote:

> measekite wrote:
>
>>>>> *I am tired of refilling Ink carts for my inkjet printer*.
>>>>
>>
>> I have been telling everybody that it is a pain in the ass. After a
>> while I am sure it gets old.
>
>
> How do you know it is a pain in the ass?

JUST LIKE I KNOW YOU ARE A PAIN IN THE ASS.

> Have you ever done it?
> What gets old is your constant posting of the same old frankshit and
> the fact that you have user experience in this area.
> That what gets old!
> Frank

measekite wrote:
>
>
> Frank wrote:
>
>> measekite wrote:
>>
>>>>>> *I am tired of refilling Ink carts for my inkjet printer*.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>> I have been telling everybody that it is a pain in the ass. After a
>>> while I am sure it gets old.
>>
>>
>>
>> How do you know it is a pain in the ass?
>
>
> JUST LIKE I KNOW YOU ARE A PAIN IN THE ASS.
>
>> Have you ever done it?
>> What gets old is your constant posting of the same old frankshit and
>> the fact that you have user experience in this area.
>> That what gets old!
>> Frank

Truth is you don't know. You've never ever done refilling of carts. So
why should someone take your advice on this matter.
Let me clue you in...no one in their right mind would ever consider
taking your advice. You on the other hand, can never accept the fact
that you have nothing to offer regarding refilling or using after market
inks.
In that regard you come across as slightly off balance (to use a nice term).
You need to come to grips with these facts that are so self-evident.
There has to be more to life than posting in this ng.

Frank

Frank wrote:

> measekite wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Frank wrote:
>>
>>> measekite wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>> *I am tired of refilling Ink carts for my inkjet printer*.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have been telling everybody that it is a pain in the ass. After
>>>> a while I am sure it gets old.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> How do you know it is a pain in the ass?
>>
>>
>>
>> JUST LIKE I KNOW YOU ARE A PAIN IN THE ASS.
>>
>>> Have you ever done it?
>>> What gets old is your constant posting of the same old frankshit and
>>> the fact that you have user experience in this area.
>>> That what gets old!
>>> Frank
>>
>
> Truth is you don't know. You've never ever done refilling of carts. So
> why should someone take your advice on this matter.
> Let me clue you in...no one in their right mind like me would ever
> consider taking your advice. Me on the other hand, can never accept
> the fact that I have nothing to offer regarding refilling or using
> after market inks.
> In that regard I come across as slightly off balance (to use a nice
> term).
> I need to come to grips with these facts that are so self-evident.
> There has to be more to life than posting in this ng.
>
> Frank


Go play in the traffic.

measekite wrote:
>
>
> Frank wrote:
>
>> measekite wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Frank wrote:
>>>
>>>> measekite wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>> *I am tired of refilling Ink carts for my inkjet printer*.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have been telling everybody that it is a pain in the ass. After
>>>>> a while I am sure it gets old.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How do you know it is a pain in the ass?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> JUST LIKE I KNOW YOU ARE A PAIN IN THE ASS.
>>>
>>>> Have you ever done it?
>>>> What gets old is your constant posting of the same old frankshit and
>>>> the fact that you have user experience in this area.
>>>> That what gets old!
>>>> Frank
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Truth is you don't know. You've never ever done refilling of carts. So
>> why should someone take your advice on this matter.
>> Let me clue you in...no one in their right mind like me would ever
>> consider taking your advice. Me on the other hand, can never accept
>> the fact that I have nothing to offer regarding refilling or using
>> after market inks.
>> In that regard I come across as slightly off balance (to use a nice
>> term).
>> I need to come to grips with these facts that are so self-evident.
>> There has to be more to life than posting in this ng.
>>
>> Frank
>
>
>
> Go play in the traffic.

There you go. How pathetic that the best answer you can come up with
when faced with truth is some stupid childish jibberish. You should be
ashamed of yourself and the garbage you constantly post in this ng.
You're no help to anyone.

Frank

The original quote was as follows:

"Rene Lamontagne" <rlamont@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:eDBwe.119870$El.7743@pd7tw1no...
I am tired of refilling Ink carts for my inkjet printer. and having to do
head cleanings due to infrequent use...."

Measekite forgot the part about head cleaning DUE TO INFREQUENT USE. Not
due to refilling. He sees what he wants to see and hears what he wants to
hear. Same old Measekite. I actually like the other Measekite better.
Kinder and Gentler.