On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 12:02:04 -0000, "Owain"
wrote:

"T i m" wrote
| Wish list for said printer ..
| Lower paper tray type feed (I don't like the paper sticking up at the
| back)
| USB (for simplicity) and Parallel (cheap net printservers ertc).
| Cheap carts (price / page)
| 'Reasonable' picture printing (I'm not a photographer)
| Quick startup and print (not fast printing as such) the Epsons seem to
| go off on their own thing for 5 mins ..)

If you could afford the initial outlay - under 500 now - look at colour
laser.

Erm it's *if* I'm afraid Owain ;-(

My (IBM, b/w) laser is 11.5 years old and on its second toner
cartridge.

That sounds like good going? I think I have probably 3 HPLJ3/4's here
... they all (sorta) work .. just lock / jam on the 50 th sheet etc ..
if I had some time or space I might see if I could make one sound one
out of the lot?

The colour laser photo print quality has really improved in
recent years, and they produce good results on cheap paper.

I bet, just *way* out of my league at the moment (though I see how it
could be cheaper in the long term ...).

All the best ..

T i m