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What size of paper does your office print on?
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I do engineering work in the US, so we mostly print to 8.5"x11" or 11"x17" (ANSI A or B). Sometimes we will use the plotter to do full size prints so 17"x22", 22"x34", 34"x44", or 34" x whatever length is needed (ANSI C, D, E, F).
I'm fairly certain our printer/copy machine also does 8.5"x14" but I never use it so I'm not 100% sure.
I'm fairly certain our printer/copy machine also does 8.5"x14" but I never use it so I'm not 100% sure.
Completely off-topic, but...
But the story is: the S2810dn cost me £76.76 including delivery, and shipped with a 3000 page cartridge. A proper Dell 3000 page cartridge alone is close to £70. The 6000 page version is over £90. Assuming these prices don't change, the first time I need a new cartridge I'll just buy a complete new printer as a source of spare parts. The imaging drum alone is 'worth' £40.
So half-decent network mono lasers are now rendered disposable by the same bizarre pricing structure that once caused so much governmental outrage when applied to cheap colour HPs and Epsons.
...my trusty Dell 2330d died (or at least developed a paper feed issue) a couple of months ago. Replaced it with a Dell S2810dn. Nice fast A4 duplex performance, although the Mac drivers aren't as good as the older Dell (can't print booklet; the duplex *off* check box is rather buried in print dialogs; still not convinced I can force it to print at 1200dpi rather than 600dpi).
But the story is: the S2810dn cost me £76.76 including delivery, and shipped with a 3000 page cartridge. A proper Dell 3000 page cartridge alone is close to £70. The 6000 page version is over £90. Assuming these prices don't change, the first time I need a new cartridge I'll just buy a complete new printer as a source of spare parts. The imaging drum alone is 'worth' £40.
So half-decent network mono lasers are now rendered disposable by the same bizarre pricing structure that once caused so much governmental outrage when applied to cheap colour HPs and Epsons.
Ah, I had a trusty Dell mono printer - a 1100, if memory serves. Superb printer, a real workhorse, it didn't (or couldn't) do very much, but what it was designed to do it did very well; anyway, I gave it to my brother, and it still works perfectly.
You can usually do that very easily by refilling the toner yourself (a few pounds).
I'll be honest; when I buy a new toner, I usually by two or three, so that I have spares to hand, as and when, needed.
Used to do a lot of Arch/ANSI D. Now I mostly stick to 11x17 half-size. But lately I try to just view PDFs on my big ipp
It depends on what our clients (or AHJ) want, really. I'm like you, my own preference is PDF's on a screen, but that doesn't work on a construction site.