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Sounds like a better deal. Brother has it's "reputation" to deal with
as well, so hard to say what your experience will be, but I hope it
works well for you.
Here in Canada, the Brothers were considerably more expensive than the
Minolta at the time i picked mine up.
Art
Mike O'Donnell wrote:
> After some more research, as well as seeing samples of the various models at
> the local stores, it looks like I'm going with the Brother 5140. It's more
> money, but I'll end up with a PCL6 language (no GDI, so it shouldn't have
> any issues with a network print server), expandable memory, potential for
> additional tray, and a straight through paper path for envelopes and cards.
> The toner cost also seems significantly lower and more available than the
> Minolta. It also got pretty good reviews in the various areas (Cnet, PCMag,
> etc.).
> One of the local stores (MicroCenter) is running it at $199 with a $20
> rebate. I found it down to $163 on the net, so I'm going to hit some of the
> local stores to see if they'll price match.
>
> - Mike O.
>
>
> "Arthur Entlich" <e-printerhelp@mvps.org> wrote in message
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>
>>I have one of these (Minolta 1350W) sitting in its box, as I haven't needed
>>to use it yet. When I read the reviews the one complaint I found was it
>>tended to band when printing images. One use I had planned for it was high
>>res greyscale images when I wanted a "screened" image, but that may not
>>work well if this thing bands. Banding is often the result of the manner
>>in which the toner is made available to the OPC drum.
>>Also be aware that when you refill (if you refill) the toner cart, it
>>kicks the printer down to about 1/4th the speed.
>>
>>Can't comment on whether it will behave with your other peripherals or
>>not.
>>
>>Art
>>
>>Mike O'Donnell wrote:
>>
>>
>>>After I posted the original message, I did some more searching and found
>>>the CNet reviews. The user ratings for the Minolta seemed at the
>>>extremes; either high or low, average was 5.8. It was interesting that
>>>some of the lows were blasting the Minolta for not working with a network
>>>print server, and some of the highs were praising how well it works with
>>>network print servers...
>>>
>>>The Brother 2040 got somewhat better user reviews. Still highs and lows,
>>>but the average was around 7.4. The brother cartridges are also somewhat
>>>less expensive.
>>>
>>>Now to muddy it even more, I'm looking at the brother 2070. It's not
>>>much more $$, and it's faster, uses PCL6, has double the memory (16M) and
>>>it comes with built in network interface. However, it's resolution is
>>>600x300, whereas the 2040 and Minolta are 1200x1200..
>>>
>>>I'd like to get an HP, at least that's generally a proven quality, and
>>>the toner availability is likely to be more widespread. The problem is
>>>that the low end HP's only use USB and my JetDirect is a parallel only.
>>>By the time I move up to an HP with a parallel port or built in
>>>networking, it's out of my current price range...
>>>
>>>- Mike O.
>>>
>>>"measekite" <measekite@juno.com> wrote in message
>>>news:i7Poe.314$Z44.51@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Mike O'Donnell wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>(I apologize if this is posted twice)
>>>>>
>>>>>I have an existing inkjet printer on the parallel port a JetDirect 300
>>>>>10/100 print server (I'm running Windows XP). The printer is about 10
>>>>>years old and giving me some problems and I'm looking to replace it with
>>>>>a
>>>>>low end black and white laser. Staples has the Minolta/QMS 1350W on
>>>>>sale
>>>>>this week for $89 (no rebate) and I'm wondering if this will work with
>>>>>the
>>>>>JetDirect. The specs say the printer is networkable with their network
>>>>>interface, but by the time I purchase their interface for $100, I could
>>>>>just
>>>>>go ahead and get a low end HP..
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>If you do not hear back from Minolta then consider they sent you an
>>>>invisible email telling you to buy an HP.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I've sent and email to Minolta tech support, but haven't heard anything
>>>>>back.
>>>>>
>>>>>Another option is the Brother HL2040. It's $79 at Officemax, but that's
>>>>>after $70 of mail in rebates.
>>>>>
>>>>>I have done some Google searching, but haven't seen a definitive answer.
>>>>>
>>>>>Any information would be appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>>- Mike O.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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