Hi!
Sometimes the case plastic looks bad because someone sprays them
with a solvent to clean them.
If you are still following this thread, I got the printer in a *big* box on
my doorstep today. After removing about a billion or so packing peanuts I
was able to get it out. The casing had some leftover tape on it, but apart
from a dirty "go" button it is fine. I will be careful when I clean it--at
least there will be no solvents involved!
Despite the seller's stating that it had no network card, an Ethernet
JetDirect 600n was in place. It happens to work, but I don't need it. I put
my J3112a/600n Token Ring board in the EIO slot. While doing that I happened
to notice that this printer has not one, but two, EIO slots. Does this mean
that one could house the Ethernet board while another has the TR unit in
place?
HP says one EIO slot can be used for a hard disk when the other has a
network card. I didn't see anything about two JetDirect boards in the same
printer.
These printers typically need a fuser replacement somewhere before the
200,000th page. If that printer has already had it replaced and is
otherwise okay, it's a steal.
It looks good to me. Someone has very clearly replaced every obvious pick
roller in the printer with new ones...at least where I could see them in
tray 1 and 2. The drum on the toner cartridge is bad, but oh well. At least
the toner is nearly gone from that cartridge. I've already got more on the
way. The printer "burps" when loading paper from tray 2 but it does so
decisively and without hesitation.
One of the built in pages that I printed talks of a "scheduled maintenance"
interval at the 200,000 page mark. I don't know if the printer can actually
tell if this was done or not, but it claims that this point was at least
reached some 30,000 pages ago.
Pictures--if you are interested--are here:
http://greyghost.dyndns.org/trprint/
William