Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 17:09:01 EST From: "Rob Slade, Social Convener to the Net" Subject: "The Underground Guide to Laser Printers" by Jeffries et al. BKUNLSRP.RVW 950327 "The Underground Guide to Laser Printers", Jeffries et al, 1993, 1-56609-045-8, U$12.00/C$17.00 %A Walter Vose Jeffries et al. %C 2414 6th St., Berkeley, CA 94710 %D 1993 %G 1-56609-045-8 %I Peachpit Press, Inc. %O U$12.00/C$17.00 510-548-4393 fax: 510-548-5991 800-283-9444 %O trish@peachpit.com 73171.657@Compuserve.com markj@aw.com %P 162 %T "The Underground Guide to Laser Printers" BlackLightning is a firm that remanufactures (refills and refurbishes) laser printer toner cartridges. For many years, they have published "The Flash" magazine, initially as a newsletter for their own customers, and eventually as a self-supporting business, in its own right. This book reprints articles from the first four years of "The Flash". As well as background on the operation of laser printers and the manufacture of toner, there are several articles on maintenance, and even minor repairs. One chapter gives a very thorough troubleshooting guide based upon image analysis. Given the background of remanufacturers, they present detailed information on the refill process. As a bonus, there are interesting tips on specialty toners and procedures for photolithography work, cheques, photo transfers for cloth, colours, and even rubber stamps. The 1993 date means that the newest small, personal laser and LED printers are not covered. Still, the information is very valuable, and would likely repay the cover price many times for anyone with a laser printer. For those in technical support positions, this is necessary information. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995 BKUNLSRP.RVW 950327 ============= Vancouver roberts@decus.ca | "Metabolically Institute for Robert_Slade@sfu.ca | challenged" Research into slade@freenet.victoria.bc.ca | User rslade@CyberStore.ca | politically correct Security Canada V7K 2G6 | term for "dead"