I have a 1200n in place in the accounting dept at work for a cheque / report printer. It seems to work fine, and the extended ink cartridge is a really nice option. Joe McGuire aka tinfoil tinfoil.music http://music.tinfoil.net > -----Original Message----- > From: muglo-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:muglo-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eric D. > Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 4:23 PM > To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [muglo] Re: Cannon S300 Printer > > > > on 14/11/02 22:58, Paul Thomas at paulthomas@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > I recently acquired a S300 printer. When I wish to change the print > > settings it does not let me change the BJCartridg from Colour (to > > Black). Does anyone know how to change this when printing a > black and > > white document - or does the syatem decide this? On my > older printer > > I could change this if for a test run one wanted to print a colour > > document in black and white !!! > > In your print dialogue you should have an option to print > "greyscale". That will use the black cartridge vs. the colour one. > > PS We just got the Canon i550 for $240 (after tax & 1 year > $20 FutureSlop extension warrantee... normally I avoid the > extension warrantees since they're not worth it, but for a > mechanical device it might just prove to be worthwhile). It's > an inkjet but uses 4 different ink cartridges. I hope that in > the long run this means cost savings ($20/cartridge, 27 mL > for black, 13 mL for each of CMY (cyan, magenta, yellow)), > compared to a HP or (shudder) Lexmark (how they stay in > business I do not understand) where your colour cartridge > comes as an all-in-one deal. > > PSS Has anyone had laser printer experiences recently? I'm > looking to convince my supervisor to get a laser for the lab > (since, right now we're using a HP LaserJet IIc (that can > only work off a parallel port), or an Apple LaserWriter IIg > (that isn't grabbing paper too well, and toner cartridge is > just about empty). > > I'm thinking of trying for the HP LaserJet 1200n ($850 > institutional purchase). Any experiences with it? (There's a > networkable Brother for less, but it's received some pretty > mediocre reviews and I've seen the Brother 1870n suffer from > some pretty nasty problems (brand new machine smearing > prints, going off-line, not setting up properly, having to go > in for service)... though, it does automatically print > double-sided very nicely. > > L8r, Eric. > > > > Users can subscribe to the List by sending an email to > <muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field > > Users can unsubscribe from the List by sending an email to > <muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > Users must send messages or replies to <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > All messages are archived so that you can view them at any time by > going to <//www.freelists.org/archives/muglo> > > Problems concerning use of the FreeList should be sent to > <paulthomas@xxxxxxx> > > Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: > http://muglo.on.ca/ Users can subscribe to the List by sending an email to <muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field Users can unsubscribe from the List by sending an email to <muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field Users must send messages or replies to <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> All messages are archived so that you can view them at any time by going to <//www.freelists.org/archives/muglo> Problems concerning use of the FreeList should be sent to <paulthomas@xxxxxxx> Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/