[Discussion] 2015

[Thomas Clayton]

Dear Carl:

> ...  When not printing, it is
> completely silent. 

THAT alone would be great improvement. My 4MP's fan is ALWAYS on - unless I turn it off, as I often do.

> If there is a fan operating while idle, I cannot detect it
> from the
> outside.  Now, it is possible that there may be a fan
> operating after a
> lot of printing during a cool-down cycle.  But, I've
> not checked it that carefully.

No need to, for my concerns, what you've already said about it, makes it sound "heavenly". (<- an exaggeration; <- I /had to/ look the spelling up)

Thanks to ALL who have responded.

Thomas Clayton


--- On Tue, 12/16/08, Carl Gehr <Carl.Gehr at MCGCG.Com> wrote:

> From: Carl Gehr <Carl.Gehr at MCGCG.Com>
> Subject: Re: [Discussion] 2015
> To: "POSSI Discussion List" <discussion at lists.possi.org>
> Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 12:57 PM
> On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:33:45 -0800 (PST), Thomas Clayton
> wrote:
> 
> >Dear Julian:
> >
> >Yes, as Carl Gehr had pointed out in his reply, the LJ
> 2015 (DN in the case under consideration) /does/ print in
> Postscript(R). Carl, BTW, /highly/ recommended the printer
> expecialy with the "D" (duplex) and "N"
> (network) options included.
> >
> >It was clearance priced at a local Staples for $350.
> (Is it still? It may have been sold, by now.) I simply
> haven't made up my mind. Do I /really NEED/ it? I've
> gotten "practiced" at putting the paper back into
> my LJ 4MP to do the "reverse" side. The only
> bothersome thing is: after a while I /hear/ it. It - unlike
> my earlier LJ 4L - does/n't/ have any energy saving
> ("quiet") mode. The fan is ALWAYS on. The 4L, BTW,
> get "lost" in the moving two years ago. 
> >
> >Anyway, I'll have a look at the 2015, again,
> between snowstorms this week.
> 
> Correct on the PS.  I just use the HP 4000 driver as it
> came.  I have
> used both PCL6 and PS, but the PS just *seems* [no facts to
> back this
> up] to create fewer problems.  I use PS 99% of the time.  I
> guess the
> backup facts are hard to come by simply because there have
> been so few
> issues with it.  I think, in general, it deals with
> printing PDFs
> better.  A lot of my printing is PDFs.
> 
> The most common problem has been when the printer appears
> to eCS on my
> TPad [via WiFi] to be offline when the status from the Web
> access
> clearly says it's OK.  Power off/on and it picks up
> without having to
> reprint the job that was complaining about,
> "Offline/out of paper/..."
> 
> I have had one issue printing duplex from WinOS2-based
> WordPerfect. 
> I've only installed the Windoze PCL driver. [No reason
> I can think of
> other than I already had the LJ4000 driver installed for a
> real 4000.] 
> When printing from WP directly to the printer, it will
> duplex
> book-style OK, but I cannot get it to do landscape
> 'flip' duplexing. 
> Print the same document to a PDF [using redirected Lexmark
> PS C710 PS3
> driver], print the PDF from the eCS Acrobat 5 Reader and it
> 'flips'
> just fine.  I'm guessing it is the HP 4000 driver not
> the printer.  
> 
> I very much concur with the comment from J. Race about
> getting the high
> capacity toner cartridge.
> 
> As to quiet:  It's about as quiet when printing as any
> laser printer
> I've seen.  Most of the sound is when it is
> 'flipping' the paper to
> print the reverse side.  When not printing, it is
> completely silent. 
> If there is a fan operating while idle, I cannot detect it
> from the
> outside.  Now, it is possible that there may be a fan
> operating after a
> lot of printing during a cool-down cycle.  But, I've
> not checked it
> that carefully.
> 
> Carl