hey, thanks for the info!
one of the things I am concerned with is the seemingly
slow page per minute rating
I don't do much color printing at all...
so I can expect a little better than average speed then,
but I'd be interested to hear the results of
a color test...

this printer also advertises a scanner head that can
be popped in, in place of the print head and cartridge...
you have to be able to run the scanned object thru the unit,
which is a problem if you want to get something oversized
or out of a book....
I don't really have much experience with scanners, so I
probably don't even know the right questions to ask  ;)

but I'm mostly looking at map sections, photos,
and specifications I guess....
I xerox pieces of drawings because I typically only need the
1/4" details and elevations,
or I just take them off by hand and draw them myself,
because I always end up messing with the layouts anyway  ;)
(apologies to all you architects out there  ;) )

but I have been talking about putting up a webpage
with line drawings of typical layouts and hardware...
blocking locations and dimensions, and ADA stuff I've developed
over the years....
and it would be a lot easier to scan my existing stuff than
redraw all of it with CAd or whatever for the website...
right?

deb


>From: David Dauerty <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "BP - \"Preservationists shouldn't be neat freaks.\"  -- Mary D"
>             <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Scanner Copiers
>Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 22:15:51 EDT
>
>Deb,
>
>     I have a BJC80 and have been very well satisfied with it.  I use it
>almost exclusively for printing black and white text with clean and quick
>results.  I had some trouble installing and using it at first because my
>computer was set for an extremely fast data transfer rate the printer could
>not accept.  The fix required a BIOS fix, but the tech staff at Canon were
>quite helpful.  I have used it successfully with the infrared port on my
>laptop for wireless printing, which requires slowing the speed down even
>more.  Unless price is absolutely critical, I would suggest looking at a
>BJC85 with USB connection.  If your host computer supports USB it will make
>for a more portable and easily managed package.  Setting up to print
>through
>the printer port is a drag and requires a decidedly not-portable cable and
>a
>reboot for most computers.  The plug and play feature for USB saves a lot
>of
>aggravation.  If you are printing in black and white only, you can get a
>big
>cartridge and replacement printer head for about $30.  It will save money
>very quickly, since the black cartridges that go in with the three color
>tanks are only good for about 20 pages of text.  I will try printing a high
>resolution color print and let you know how it does.
>
>David J. Dauerty

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