[dba-Tech] The walking dead

Rocky Smolin rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Fri Nov 1 15:48:26 CDT 2013


I have a Samsung clp-315 color laser.  When I first got it the carts were so
expensive, I put it in the garage - I had another printer.  Couple years ago
my other color laser crapped out so I resurrected the 315 and found that
there were now third party carts cheap.  So now it's my printer once again.

Almost all popular printers have third party cart suppliers of various
quality.  I go to EBay for them.

R


-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 9:26 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The walking dead

Hi Gustav:

There is nothing like a good laser printer but so many clients and their
customers want colour.

We have a couple of colour printers and to re-fill them is the price of the
printer. It is a real scam but some clients will not even pay their invoices
until they have a paper invoice in their hands.

I spent years installing full-colour Okidata laser printers in various
banks. Their output was gorgeous but their costs were prohibitive for home
use.

Jim  

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues"
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Friday, 1 November, 2013 8:06:43 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The walking dead

Hi Jim

A sad story. But the main reason for not using such printers is the cost of
the multilayer paper. Another is the lack of speed, and a third is the
noise.

In fact, you see the same for the current very cheap inkjet printers. New
cartridges may cost more than a new printer, so why not trash it when ink is
out?
At home we have a very nice  laserprinter bought five years ago, but we
print so little that the original toner cartridge is still in service. We do
have a spare but when that should run empty, the printer may be ten years
old and probably obsolete, though fully operational.

/gustav


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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Jim Lawrence
Sendt: 1. november 2013 15:32
Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] The walking dead

Hi Gustav:

As mentioned before, I still have a couple of clients that are using
dot-matrix printers but that list will be down to one by the end of the
week. Just over a year ago I threw out a dozen Documax printers, probably
the best dot-matrix printers ever built.

(http://dls3.wspan.com/gomerge/secure/webhelp/datasouth/DSA3300.htm) 

I could not even give them away and definitely could not sell them. Finally
I had to clear my garage for the car. These matrix printers, were build
heavy, fully programmable, all steel and would definitely survive WW III. It
was sad to see them go...a real waste but no one wanted them even though I
had put ads out on all the free lists.

There are still a number of offices that use the fax machine but even that
is being replaced by email faxes. By the time my generation completely
retires the fax will too.

I have no idea what IE has been doing lately as I have not used in it the
better part of a year. ;-)

All these technologies will linger on for years but they will never be a
major force again and that is what I think was the direction of the article.

Jim  

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk>
To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
Sent: Thursday, 31 October, 2013 2:53:36 PM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The walking dead

Hi Jim

Yes, once again a nonsense-bla-bla blob on Tech Republic.

Matrix printers are still in use in one business (which this Jack youngster
probably doesn't even know exists): Shipping.

We have a client running three Lexmark gunships ... they work all day, have
done for years, and if you study the mechanics, it is a built for a lifetime
of a human and will survive a Third World War. And why? Because when
shipping to "outer" zones like most of Africa you just need papers with a
lot of copies for all sorts of stamps and approvals. Print the AWB and it
works.

As for VHS and pagers, these are long gone at least in this part of the
World. Fax is not, again in one business: Travel Agencies. Many small hotels
and resorts in distant areas at exotic places have only simple telefone
lines and small budgets.

Regarding his comment on Internet Explorer, he is plain wrong.

/gustav


>>> stuart at lexacorp.com.pg 31-10-13 20:01 >>>
Generally true, but there is still a place for dot matrix!


On 31 Oct 2013 at 12:44, Jim Lawrence wrote:

> Here is a good start list of programs that are part of the "Walking 
> Dead" and should be tossed as soon as possible.
> 
> I must admit I still have sites with XP but will be either moving them 
> to Linux or Windows 7, depending on what the client wants. For a more 
> complete list of the toxic brew of the dead and dying, check out the link:
> 
>
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10-things/10-tech-products-that-belong-to-t
he-walking-dead/?tag=nl.e101&s_cid=e101&ttag=e101&ftag=TRE684d531
> 
> Jim


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