At 10:38 AM 4/19/2004 -0400, you wrote:


>         If that's the complaint then blaming just HP would be wrong, they
> ALL do
>this to varying degrees, it's how they make their money. TTYL

Yeah, I was looking at a nice laser printer for something like $799.

It included "starter cartridges" with a *fraction* of the normal capacity.
Replacement cartridges were about $760.00 total for the four (CMYK). Ouch!

OTOH, my Epson Photo 1280 wide-carriage color inkjet likes to gum up if
you don't use it frequently enough, and gobble up another set of $$$ color
cartridges, whereas lasers don't tend to do that.

On the subject matter, I like the HP/Agilent 34401A, but apparently there
are some subtle issues. The VFD display is pretty nice and it has enough
features and accuracy for most purposes at a fairly reasonable cost (about
$1k) for a professional. There are some offshore clones of it (one using
VFD display). The type the OP mentioned is made in Taiwan by "Good Will"
and uses LED displays. The clones tend to be around half the cost or so
of the original, depending.

Maybe my company should start importing and supporting one of these types?

Best regards,

Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..."            "The Journey is the reward"
speff@interlog.com             Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog  Info for designers:  http://www.speff.com

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