Mike Tomlinson wrote in
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In article , Richard Perkin
writes

The best part is - it only cost £10...

And your electricity bill is?
Acceptable

The 4500 uses a lot of power when on...
From the specs in the Service Manual:
During printing: 480W
During standby: 320W
During PowerSave: 32W

...and takes too long to come
ready on power up to be of any use in a domestic environment.
It does take a minute or two to warm up fully and run its startup
tests when coming out of PowerSave. But 'no use' is a bit strong - it
really is a fine bit of kit. The biggest argument against it for a
'domestic' printer is its size and weight - at 57kg (or 75kg with the
duplexer etc fitted) it's a beast of a printer. As I said, it doesn't
really have the Wife Acceptance Factor!

Have a couple at work, they're good printers if slow.
The duty cycle is stated to be 35,000 pages per month, so a heavy (!)
duty picce of office kit. The speed is specced at 18ppm mono, 4ppm
colour. A few years ago when I used to author and print 200+ page
docs with reasonably complex content my rule of thumb was 3ppm for
colour printing.

But you're right, they're not for the average home user. But they are
a good example of what kind of heavy duty, quality printers can be
picked up for modest prices - if you know what you're looking for and
can live with obsolete kit.

As I write this there are two on eBay UK: one at £150, the other at
99p but needing an imaging drum which should cost about £20. There's
even a drum kit currently listed at 99p...

[Aside: If anyone wants a copy of the Service Manual for the 4500 /
4500 Color LaserJet, email me. I guess that's another advantage of
this kind of kit - it has 'proper' documentation, and spare parts are
available]

Kind regards

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