[TriLUG] Is it worth it?

[David McDowell]

Wow, that thing is at least 7 years old... I had one for 5 years, sold
it for the cost of the brand new set of ink I had just put in it, then
bought HP Photosmart 7960 and it works great.  Unfortunately that
experience is with XP and OSX... not with Linux.


On 8/6/06, Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've got an HP 720C which needs repair or replacement.
>
> The belt which moves the cartridge carrier is gradually
> disintegrating.  The belt itself looks like it's  some kind of fiber
> reinforced rubber-like material.
>
> It started a few months back with a 'thread' coming off the edge. I
> clipped that and the printer has worked since, but lately it's been
> discarding small bits of the rubber like material, and gets frequent
> errors when I print.
>
> Any recommendations on a local repair place?  I know these days that
> printers are often cheaper to replace than repair, but my budget means
> that I need to find the most economical fix, or go without a color
> printer.
>
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