Re: HPLaserJet 4000 N

Jerry Hirschinger (hirsch@purdue.edu)
Mon, 05 Apr 1999 11:45:58 -0500

At 08:59 AM 4/5/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Bruker users,
>
>Have anyone used the "HP LaserJet 4000 N" on any of your spectrometers?
>This printer is listed in Bruker's website FAQ No. 456 as not being
>supported. We would like to get a good printer like this one for network
>printing, that is, shared by three spectrometers. We have SGI O2 and Indy
>on our spectrometers running XWINNMR 1.3, and the cheap printers on them
>are all giving trouble and will cost lots of money to repair.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Wei
>
>Wei Wycoff
>123 Chemistry Building
>Department of Chemistry
>U. of Missouri-Columbia
>Columbia, MO 65211
>USA
>
>voice: (573) 882-3291
>fax: (573) 882-2754
>email: WycoffW@missouri.edu
>

Hi Wei,
We have an HP4000N on our Varian INOVA300, and I do not recommend it for
any application. This model seems to have a problem in the toner cartridge
design that results in an unwanted pattern on one side of the page due to a
dirty roller inside the toner cartridge. The problem crops up after a
cartridge has been in for a while, but is not yet out of toner. Because
the dirty roller is inside the cartridge, you can't clean it and have to
replace the cartridge prematurely before it is out of toner.
Regards,
Jerry
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