[geeks] ANyone used "www.fixyourownprinter.com" repair kits?

[Lionel Peterson]

I have an HP IIP printer I found on the street, and it used to work
fine (but slow 4 ppm, IIRC ;^), now I get "12 no ep or open" error
message. THis site says 99% of the time, it is a bad density control
board. Their repair kit is $40, incl. instructional video.

If I knew I was $40 away from a good printer, I might do it - but to
invest $40 in a 13 year old printer, just to walk it out to the curb
would make me sad...

Thoughts?

I feel bad enough that I am probably going to throw away two Lexmar
Valuewriter 300 printers, due to lack of toner! :^(


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Lionel

"Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten
programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software"
Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976