Older HP laserjet dilemma

[john-o]

Wow, great input all! I think Paul F. summed it up best, since I was obviously looking for a reason to keep it. It does not do automatic duplexing, or that would have sold me on it even more. (It will do it for a single double-sided print, by using the manual feed tray for the first page, like when you're using a pre-printed letterhead.

Anyway, I'll probably be keeping it, and donating the 6MP elsewhere. [And yes, the 6 does have LocalTalk, but that almost doesn't count. I still have a couple of adapters, but man, those things were always such a pain to keep working, imho!]

Did some more reading, and the 4 will definitely turn off the fuser after anywhere from 15 min. to indefinite. It's "EnergyStar" rated, if that still means anything! I will probably take a look around to see if I can get a quieter fan for it too.

[jdc]

once it goes into sleep mode it should be silent, no fan

you can find lower 500 sheet paper trays on ebay, mine had 500 sheets of letter and 11 x 17 in the upper

toner is about $100, i would stick with the real HP stuff, every refilled cart i used was gray when printing, not black

toner lasts for a very long time... heres mine (sold long ago)

[john-o]

Thanks jdc,

I'd actually already done an ebay search for that big lower tray, and the only one I found was brand new, for something like $10, but shipping was $125!!! Of course it's located in somewhere like Peru or Brazil...

I'll keep looking.