[geeks] Well, crap ...

[Phil Stracchino]

Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> From: Phil Stracchino <phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net>
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> So: Anyone have any experiences and/or advice to share on the 4500?  Is
>> the 4500 one of those whose cartridges have the DRM chip that reports
>> the cartridge empty after a fixed number of pages, whether it's actually
>> empty or not?
> 
> I think you're confusing ink jets and laserjets - it was the ink jet printers that had the DRM cartridges, AFAIK, not the laserjets...

OK, that's good news if correct.  I hadn't previously heard of HP doing
that with laser toner cartridges (only Lexmark), but someone raised the
possibility and I was concerned.

> I've no experience with the 4500N, but it looks nice...


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