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From: rsarin@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Raman K. Sarin)
Subject: Re: Stylewriter / Deskwriter
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Date: 29 Apr 91 18:09:55 GMT
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In article <17150.28180247@ul.ie> tocherd@ul.ie writes:
>In article <3011@n-kulcs.cs.kuleuven.ac.be>, kpottie@icarus.cs.kuleuven.ac.be (Pottie Karl) writes:
>>>PK> The Stylewriter 's got a life expectancy of about 6000 pages, 
>>>PK> the deskwriter about 60000 .
>
>Oops read the manual more carefully! Its the ink cartridge life your taking 
>about not the mechanical gizzmo.
>
>David Tocher
>Dept of Maths
>University of Limerick
>Ireland


Yeah, Right!

   I don't think so, I have owned a deskwriter since last October, and I've
been through maybe 8 ink cartridges, and only about 5 reams of paper.  Al
Although we do reuse the paper, and print in draft mode whenever we can, I'm
sure this doesn't add up to 60000 sheets per cartridge, if only it did.

By the way don't ever by the DeskFill cartridges, or JetFill I think, they
absoulutely suck.  I had two, one had the ink backed up and dried out in the
needle, and both leaked out the sides when squeazed, the first ruining a 
rather nice shirt and a pair of jeans.   They're too expensive to be this
badly designed.  My suggestion get a hold of siringe (sp?) and a clipped
needle and do it yourself, it's cheaper.

-Raman Sarin
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