Thanks for that info. We have looked at them all and decided on the Brother 2040.
Currently on special at Tandy as well.

Thanks

Tony, Marg and St. Ives Club.

Oh Thomas.... this isn't vintage class racing mate but you are 100% right!

I saw the Brother printer on special in Big W last night for $98.00. Don't spend the dollar you save all at once.

Thanks for that, we will invest the $1.


Cheers,
Marg
on Tony's sig.

You could always buy a $1 scratchie and see if you get a return.

C'mon Michael, don't they cost $1.10? Or can I get a Senoir's Discount on them?

They could do. I never bought them, that was always Wendy's thing.

Yo Swanny,
If you walked to this shop Wendy might be able to get MULTIPLE scratchies!!!!!

http://www.marvelcomputers.com.au/product.asp?id=3754

Hardly. The money saved on the printer would go on tolls and petrol.

On behalf of ST. Ives Club, thanks for all the hints, suggestions etc. It was great feedback for us.
We finished up with the Brother 2040 for $94 from Tandy.
Just have to hope that we can keep it going, have got a big cardboard box to keep it relatively dust free.

Cheers,

Marg.

i'd avoid HP like the plague. they dont even make their own shit.

when i worked for HP a few yr ago it was well known Canon make lexmark and HP. well at least in the laser jet range they do because ppl would buy a canon laserjet cartridge for their HP due to HP's ridiculous mark up.

also HP only half fill their inkjet cartridges.(thats economy printing for ya)

we use a canon IP1300 at our club, and i store it in a cheap cunno's plastic tub with a lid.

the tub doubles as storage for horn speakers, but once the horn speakers are setup the tub's empty and great for stopping printer pages blowing around and dirt fouling on the paper feed rollers.
it also keeps the printer out of the sun.

the results just pile up in the tub if you get lazy instead of blowing around the place

They say you learn the hard way, I had to buy 3 of them before the penny dropped, guess that makes me a slow learner. I wish I had asked first.
Have to agree with you, I would never recommend HP, only got to print about 60 pages before the last one tossed it in. (And they were only 'Part Pages').
The plastic tub idea sounds good.

Cheers,
Marg.