OT - New Toy - Page 3

>>> With so many add-ons bonus things with printers, sometimes hard
>>> to know to pick one for the printer specs or the extras. I just swapped
>>> out one of the Brother mono laser printer for a Samsung Colour
>>> laser printer. I did kept the better Brother mono laser printer, but
>>> the software included with both are very different. Does make it
>>> a little confusing when in a rush. LOL
>>
>> I can see this. We picked this printer for the specs - love this 4800 dpi
>> scan. And I needed a fax besides going thru the computer.
>>
>>> At least, the inkjets are both Canon so software is generally the same.
>>> Main difference in them is one has the scanner while the other is a
>>> high-quality photo printer with double-side printing feature [printer
>>> turns paper].
>>
>> I love that double sided printing feature if doing a lot. I have to buy
>> the
>> duplexing tray for this Artisan, and will do that once it looks like there
>> is reason for it. I seem to be living in Epson world here, and it's just
>> the matter of downloading the specific drivers for each of the printers.
>> We
>> also have a specific photo printer - a "piecture Mate" plus. It's really
>> handy, does only 4X6 paper, but you can have it do half-size or passport
>> size photos, and it will run on batteries, stand-along -reading memory
>> cards, or hooked up to the computer. Very good quality on the photos.
>
> One of the things I found for doing duplex printing, get one that has the
> separate tray. The build-in versions seem to "dry out" the lubricant in
> the gears after a time and then seems to slow and drag till cleaned and
> lubed again.

>
>>> Only thing is the price of replacement inks, can get the cheaper ones
>>> but then they are half ink level of the pricey ones, then I have had
>>> times that it was cheaper to buy new printer than replace inks. Did
>>> that for the scanner printer last month, almost half price of new ink.
>>
>> I actually tried using Staples ink for black & color on the everyday old
>> printer. Forget it - the ink stopped being usable before getting to the
>> bottom, and the color wasn't as good. So, we suck it up and buy the true
>> Epson print. This one has 6 cartridges, and happily we got an extra
>> hi-capacity of the black as a bonus with the printer.
>
> Had the same trouble with Staples ink, only printer it worked alright in
> was an old canon from 5-8 years ago but not for fancy printing just the
> general printing.

>
>>> Yes, I do have 4 printers on the main system. Also 2 drawing tablets;
>>> extra lightscribe burner; 5.1 sound system; 2 external Terabyte+
>>> hard-drives; and a few other toys.
>>
>> Nice toys. I'm in desperate need of a new tablet - soon, I think. And,
>> this
>> week's errand - a new USB hub. The machine has a superdrive, which burns
>> whatever, plus we have a couple of external LaCie firewire peripherals
>> (hot
>> swappable), hard drive & CD burner. It's enough - I can back-up on the
>> firewire drive, and this machine has more storage than I need. Next
>> toy -
>> new laptop - but we're waiting a bit.
>
> I have small Wacom Graphire 4 is thick and very small in the drawing area,
> don't use it much since I got late last year a larger Genius G-Pen F610. It
> is
> nice when using the Windows mouse/pen functions, the outer ring has pre-set
> functions and programmable places of common Windows or program actions.
> Mine has drawing area of 6 x 10 inches while there are both larger and
> smaller
> versions, with this just place picture under the cover then trace, erase,
> and
> colour your work.

>
> Something from the same company I have is the G-Note 7100, it is a full-size
> notepad that can store all your writings/drawings in all the colours [blue
> and
> black included, other colours extra]. Just have to transfer pad pages with
> usb
> cable, usage samples are: 1) use pre-printed pages and just fill in blanks;
> 2) sign-in record sheets; or 3) normal meeting notes but nicely
> transferrable
> [even includes general version of program to read writing and converts].

>>> I love that double sided printing feature if doing a lot. I have to buy
>>> the duplexing tray for this Artisan, and will do that once it looks like
>>> there
>>> is reason for it. I seem to be living in Epson world here, and it's
>>> just
>>> the matter of downloading the specific drivers for each of the printers.
>>> We also have a specific photo printer - a "piecture Mate" plus. It's
>>> really
>>> handy, does only 4X6 paper, but you can have it do half-size or passport
>>> size photos, and it will run on batteries, stand-along -reading memory
>>> cards, or hooked up to the computer. Very good quality on the photos.
>> One of the things I found for doing duplex printing, get one that has the
>> separate tray. The build-in versions seem to "dry out" the lubricant in
>> the gears after a time and then seems to slow and drag till cleaned and
>> lubed again.
> Exactly. This has a separate tray - something like a $20-$30 add on.

>> Had the same trouble with Staples ink, only printer it worked alright in
>> was an old canon from 5-8 years ago but not for fancy printing just the
>> general printing.
> Good to know I'm not the only one.
>>>> Yes, I do have 4 printers on the main system. Also 2 drawing tablets;
>>>> extra lightscribe burner; 5.1 sound system; 2 external Terabyte+
>>>> hard-drives; and a few other toys.
>>> Nice toys. I'm in desperate need of a new tablet - soon, I think. And,
>>> this week's errand - a new USB hub. The machine has a superdrive, which
>>> burns whatever, plus we have a couple of external LaCie firewire
>>> peripherals
>>> (hot swappable), hard drive & CD burner. It's enough - I can back-up
>>> on the
>>> firewire drive, and this machine has more storage than I need. Next
>>> toy - new laptop - but we're waiting a bit.

>> I have small Wacom Graphire 4 is thick and very small in the drawing
>> area,
>> don't use it much since I got late last year a larger Genius G-Pen F610.
>> It
>> is
>> nice when using the Windows mouse/pen functions, the outer ring has
>> pre-set
>> functions and programmable places of common Windows or program actions.
>> Mine has drawing area of 6 x 10 inches while there are both larger and
>> smaller
>> versions, with this just place picture under the cover then trace, erase,
>> and
>> colour your work.
> Yup, I have one of the Wacom Graphires. Works fine, has about 6 X 9
> drawing
> area. But, I really need something a little bigger. The Genius G-Pen
> sounds really interesting.

>> Something from the same company I have is the G-Note 7100, it is a
>> full-size
>> notepad that can store all your writings/drawings in all the colours
>> [blue
>> and black included, other colours extra]. Just have to transfer pad
>> pages with
>> usb cable, usage samples are: 1) use pre-printed pages and just fill in
>> blanks;
>> 2) sign-in record sheets; or 3) normal meeting notes but nicely
>> transferrable [even includes general version of program to read writing
>> and
>> converts].
> Interesting capabilities. For me, it's about having the pressure
> sensitive
> pen/pad and a large enough surface area for putting things into
> Illustrator.
> I haven't been seriously shopping for this, as it's a luxury, but expect
> to
> get a new pad in the next couple of months. Plenty of graphics
> peripherals
> for the machine, so I'm hoping to try some, and keep up with the reviews.

>>>> With so many add-ons bonus things with printers, sometimes hard
>>>> to know to pick one for the printer specs or the extras. I just
>>>> swapped
>>>> out one of the Brother mono laser printer for a Samsung Colour
>>>> laser printer. I did kept the better Brother mono laser printer, but
>>>> the software included with both are very different. Does make it
>>>> a little confusing when in a rush. LOL
>>> I can see this. We picked this printer for the specs - love this 4800
>>> dpi
>>> scan. And I needed a fax besides going thru the computer.
>>>> At least, the inkjets are both Canon so software is generally the same.
>>>> Main difference in them is one has the scanner while the other is a
>>>> high-quality photo printer with double-side printing feature [printer
>>>> turns paper].
>>> I love that double sided printing feature if doing a lot. I have to buy
>>> the
>>> duplexing tray for this Artisan, and will do that once it looks like
>>> there
>>> is reason for it. I seem to be living in Epson world here, and it's
>>> just
>>> the matter of downloading the specific drivers for each of the printers.
>>> We
>>> also have a specific photo printer - a "piecture Mate" plus. It's
>>> really
>>> handy, does only 4X6 paper, but you can have it do half-size or passport
>>> size photos, and it will run on batteries, stand-along -reading memory
>>> cards, or hooked up to the computer. Very good quality on the photos.
>> One of the things I found for doing duplex printing, get one that has the
>> separate tray. The build-in versions seem to "dry out" the lubricant in
>> the gears after a time and then seems to slow and drag till cleaned and
>> lubed again.
> Exactly. This has a separate tray - something like a $20-$30 add on.
>>>> Only thing is the price of replacement inks, can get the cheaper ones
>>>> but then they are half ink level of the pricey ones, then I have had
>>>> times that it was cheaper to buy new printer than replace inks. Did
>>>> that for the scanner printer last month, almost half price of new ink.
>>> I actually tried using Staples ink for black & color on the everyday old
>>> printer. Forget it - the ink stopped being usable before getting to the
>>> bottom, and the color wasn't as good. So, we suck it up and buy the
>>> true
>>> Epson print. This one has 6 cartridges, and happily we got an extra
>>> hi-capacity of the black as a bonus with the printer.
>> Had the same trouble with Staples ink, only printer it worked alright in
>> was an old canon from 5-8 years ago but not for fancy printing just the
>> general printing.
> Good to know I'm not the only one.
>>>> Yes, I do have 4 printers on the main system. Also 2 drawing tablets;
>>>> extra lightscribe burner; 5.1 sound system; 2 external Terabyte+
>>>> hard-drives; and a few other toys.
>>> Nice toys. I'm in desperate need of a new tablet - soon, I think. And,
>>> this
>>> week's errand - a new USB hub. The machine has a superdrive, which
>>> burns
>>> whatever, plus we have a couple of external LaCie firewire peripherals
>>> (hot
>>> swappable), hard drive & CD burner. It's enough - I can back-up on the
>>> firewire drive, and this machine has more storage than I need. Next
>>> toy -
>>> new laptop - but we're waiting a bit.
>> I have small Wacom Graphire 4 is thick and very small in the drawing
>> area,
>> don't use it much since I got late last year a larger Genius G-Pen F610.
>> It
>> is
>> nice when using the Windows mouse/pen functions, the outer ring has
>> pre-set
>> functions and programmable places of common Windows or program actions.
>> Mine has drawing area of 6 x 10 inches while there are both larger and
>> smaller
>> versions, with this just place picture under the cover then trace, erase,
>> and
>> colour your work.
> Yup, I have one of the Wacom Graphires. Works fine, has about 6 X 9
> drawing
> area. But, I really need something a little bigger. The Genius G-Pen
> sounds really interesting.
>> Something from the same company I have is the G-Note 7100, it is a
>> full-size
>> notepad that can store all your writings/drawings in all the colours
>> [blue
>> and
>> black included, other colours extra]. Just have to transfer pad pages
>> with
>> usb
>> cable, usage samples are: 1) use pre-printed pages and just fill in
>> blanks;
>> 2) sign-in record sheets; or 3) normal meeting notes but nicely
>> transferrable
>> [even includes general version of program to read writing and converts].
> Interesting capabilities. For me, it's about having the pressure
> sensitive
> pen/pad and a large enough surface area for putting things into
> Illustrator.
> I haven't been seriously shopping for this, as it's a luxury, but expect
> to
> get a new pad in the next couple of months. Plenty of graphics
> peripherals
> for the machine, so I'm hoping to try some, and keep up with the reviews.
> ellice
> *snipped original post for brevity*
>

> Nice toys. I'm in desperate need of a new tablet - soon, I think. And,
> this
> week's errand - a new USB hub. The machine has a superdrive, which burns
> whatever, plus we have a couple of external LaCie firewire peripherals
> (hot
> swappable), hard drive & CD burner. It's enough - I can back-up on the
> firewire drive, and this machine has more storage than I need. Next
> toy -
> new laptop - but we're waiting a bit.
> Ellice

> I have gotten HP's for laptops for the last year or so, One was last year at
> tax
> time and next was few months before xmas, both 17" screens and dv9900
> series.
> Got both with AMD cpu's, and room for extra hard drives in the computer
> itself.
>
> Also got one of the HP laptop stands, with built-in speakers and the
> internal hard
> drive bay. It is very nice when taking the laptop on trips, just one plug
> to undo
> and everything else stays plugged-in on the stand itself. Easier when using
> the
> 32" Hi-Def LCD wide-screen monitor/TV for videos, just have one cable to
> set.

>
>>
>> Nice toys. I'm in desperate need of a new tablet - soon, I think. And,
>> this
>> week's errand - a new USB hub. The machine has a superdrive, which burns
>> whatever, plus we have a couple of external LaCie firewire peripherals
>> (hot
>> swappable), hard drive & CD burner. It's enough - I can back-up on the
>> firewire drive, and this machine has more storage than I need. Next
>> toy -
>> new laptop - but we're waiting a bit.
>>
>> Ellice
>
>