Please advise.   
      
   I'm looking for a heavy duty sole-practitioner multifunction printer, fax,   
   scanner, &c (was gonna jibe: toothbrush, vaccuum, dishwasher, and pet   
   shampooer). I'm guessing I need to spend more like $500. I had gotten the   
   cheapest HP inkjet recently and it was a disappointment. (I just moved and   
   junked about half of my equipement to save on moving.)   
      
   Not sure if I want cartridge-less inkjet or laser.  For pure home, I'd prefer   
   ink jet. For office, I'd get laser toner but keep it in a place where I don't   
   mind dusty toner spills (heck, garage works). In same cases I still use MSDOS   
   and would like the printer to know what plain text ascii is. I had a 2005   
   Panasonic dot matrix that didn't.   
      
   I had an HP OJLX printer 1995-2015 which worked great.  I refilled it by   
   syringe. But about a third of the time it didn't "equalise" right and leaked.   
      
   I also worked with some folks who had a big professional HP 5555   
   which I could do wheelies with from the computer. I loved it, but can't   
   afford it. It was leased & profesionally maintained monthly   
   To do stuff like that on my own, I use Fedex/Kinko.   
      
   But some friends had the cheapest HP laser printers at their home and they   
   could be real wimpy. For example when you did two sided card stock, the toner   
   on the back side didn't fuse well. I'd'a thought the hotter the better (ie,   
   it didn't cool'nuff because it was thicker) butit was disappointing.   
      
   I still have my HP41C calculator and am planning of refurbishing my hp2621a   
   terminal (screen has "cataract", ie, glue deteriorated). I loved HP products   
   most of my life, but, yes, firms change.   
      
   My first printer (1982-95) was also great, Oki 82a. It used regular old   
   fashioned typewriter ribbons. It was like an army tank. I so kick myself for   
   dumping it when I got the HPOJLX, I just ordered a used one on eBay.  With   
   film ribbon, in the early 80s some folks thought I had a Wang.  Yes,I'm that   
   old. Except we used Wang at work ca 1985, not at home.   
      
   I also still got my SCM daisy wheel "robot typewriter".   
      
   Dunno about interfaces. Had mixed experience using USB to parallel or serial.   
      
   Yeah, and when I need to scan big stuff, I really miss those big xerox copiers   
   with foot pedals that could email you the file. Usually at some big law firm   
   we sometimes hired. With most home scanners you need to do a dance every time   
   you turn the page.   
      
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