[ietf78-tech] Printers

[Menno Schepers]

Hi,

On 7/15/10 08:14 , Geert Jan de Groot wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:05:25 -0700 Jim Martin wrote:
>> 	Well, let me turn that around. What we'll be looking to do is
>> buy two decent, network attachable color printers. Would you expect
>> there to be a decent source in Maastricht, or should we be ordering from
>> some online source? Any suggestions from our Dutch contingent are
>> greatly appreciated!

Both, I can shop around a bit online and make some phone calls to shops.

> Joel suggested earlier to buy one at Dixons.
> That would not be my first choice, however paradigit (www.paradigit.nl)
> is in town and I'm a frequent www.computerland.nl buyer.

Agreed, Paradigit & Computerland are proper computer stores, where 
Dixons is more a leisure time electronics store. However if we agree now 
on the model, we can order the printers now and have them either send to 
MECC or if they are on stock in a Maastricht store, we could pick them 
up by car on Tuesday/Wednesday.

> It looks like
> - color
> - laserjet
> - ethernet
> - cheap
> are conflicting targets that reduce choice, at least in the consumer
> market
>
> How about
> http://www.printershop.nl/product/62561/samsung-clp-310n-color.html#specificaties
> http://www.printershop.nl/product/65351/samsung-clp-315w.html#specificaties

It all depends on the budget then. I would suggest getting a printer 
which support Postscript. The HP CP2025DN might be a better candidate if 
the budget allows it, they cost around 500,- each, do 
color-laserjet+network+duplex+postscript. Also having the same brand for 
all 3 printers might be preferred, for easier configuration and support 
of them.

HP has an interesting 50% discount running from 12 till 23 July, so this 
means we can get 2 HP CP2025DN HP printers for 500,-. This is done 
through cash back, but can only be done by a company registered with the 
Dutch chamber of commerce. So with the receipts I could use RIPE NCC's 
company details to receive the cash back and then transfer it to IETF, 
but it might not be worth the hassle.

More details in Dutch here:

  http://www.misco.nl/hpactie
  http://h41201.www4.hp.com/WMCF.Web/NewProductSelection.aspx

> It probably makes sense to ship it in, and in that case,
> time is getting short. If the samsungs above are acceptable,
> and you want me to purchase those and have them delivered,
> then please call me (+31 6 39792302) and I'll work on it.
> Please advise on cartriges.

I could look into this too, if you tell me what the budget is for the 
printers, I'll select the best printers within this budget and will 
contact some shops in Maastricht to see who has them on stock and have 
them put those aside for us and then we pay and pick them up somewhere 
early next week.

-Menno

ps: If the printers are only going to be used for this IETF meeting, 
RIPE NCC might be interested in giving them a new home in the RIPE 
meeting kit, depending on the specs according to the RIPE meeting 
technical coordinator.