Posted by Thomas Tornblom on 10/22/05 09:13

NunYa Bidness <nunyabidness@nunyabidness.org> writes:

> On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 21:54:16 -0400, Rich <none@none.com> Gave us:
>
>>On 18 Oct 2005 08:20:09 -0700, "Goro" <evilninjax@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>LittleOldMe wrote:
>>>> Ever since HP outsourced its engineering
>>>> to India and gave its executives bonuses for doing so,
>>>> it has been a shit company. But hey, the investor
>>>> class likes it that way, so it must be right.
>>>
>>>Somehwat OT, but recently at work, we got in a new batch of HP
>>>printers. The design looks totally different and the workmanship
>>>"seems" much better. it has some interesting features like builtin
>>>wireless. My question is has there been some sort of revamp at the
>>>printer department of HP?
>>>
>>>-goro-
>>
>>Don't forget to face East and bow to Canon, who made those printers
>>(their engines) possible for HP to sell.
>>-Rich
>
> HP used canon print engines? Are you sure?
>
> I thought HP made their own. They were into plotters long before any
> of the other players were.

The first LaserJet:s used a Canon (CX?) engine. The same that Apple
used for their first LaserWriter. Many later printers have also used
Canon print engines.

You just need to check some cross reference list for toner cartridges
to see that they use the same print engine, and I don't think Canon
would buy engines from HP ;-)

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