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To: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) who wrote (82508)	7/12/2013 12:13:53 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	1 Recommendation Recommended By SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 110631

I have a parallel to USB cable attached. I'm pretty sure the speed is way faster than 4ppm. The selling point of my software was that it recreated hundreds of standardized insurance forms on plain paper, filled-in, so you didn't have to stock the forms any more. As such, I programmed both in PCL and PostScript and had the printer running all day every day with test prints. And it's still (knock on wood) in perfect running condition. There's something really messed up when you can get an entirely new printer for the price of a toner cartridge, especially when the printer comes with a new toner cartridge! A quick search on toner for the 1020 vs 4 yielded the following: 1020 - $80 for 2000 pages (HP 12A) 4 - $133 for 6800 pages (HP 98A) That's $272 spent for the same number of pages. Again, something isn't right here. Technology is supposed to make things more efficient and cheaper, not vice versa. - Jeff

To: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) who wrote (82508)	7/12/2013 1:01:32 PM
From: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man)	Respond to of 110631

An awesome new way to use high end Adobe software. Adobe Creative Cloud. If you have any Adobe CS6 product, you can sign up for software in their cloud service. This means you can get almost all of their high end software for 19.95 per month for the first year. You will save thousands of dollars. After the one year the price goes up to 49.00 per month. Basically you rent the software and install it on your computer. More info here: adobe.com!3085!3!26504075320!e!!g!!adobe%20creative%20cloud&ef_id=UaZn6gAABBT3FhzN:20130712165928:s Alliterative: Use oDesk.com for graphics work or web design. The prices are so cheap, it may just be better than using Adobe products, and no learning curve. Tip, when using oDesk, don't put up a price you are willing to pay, get a quote from a contractor. You can get real professional work done for 10 bucks an hour. Photoshop is one that I will always have, can't imagine a computer without Photoshop.