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piggynose | 10:18 Tue 26th Oct 2010 | Technology

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Just a quickie,
I have a great little printer, its a laserjet hp1005. Would it be expensive to convert this to colour?

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ChuckFickens

more like impossible.

piggynose

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hi chuck technie king, if you say it is, then thats it then.
just wondering why its impossible, commercial reasons? hp would prefer you to buy a colour printer..
i just assumed you could change the spool to colour, ah well thats that.

ChuckFickens

Colour laser don't just have 1 colour toner cartridge in them, they have 4 separate toners, 1 black, 1 yellow, 1 magenta and 1 cyan. so to start with 4 toners into a space designed for 1 single toner isn't going to fit.

also the whole printer is designed to be black and white so it wouldn't understand what colour even is.

TTG

Just buy a colour printer. Keep the hp for text document printing if you are pleased with it.

piggynose

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thanx for yr very clear explanation.
anyway isnt time you took a week off chuck?
didn´t you see yesterdays thread?
ttg, wud love to get a colour printer, but have no room, as i live in a tiny flat here in madrid

AlBags

Would you try and convert your Black & White TV to colour?

ChuckFickens

That would probably be easier!

piggynose

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its interesting, i used to have an all in one printer, scanner, it had two cartridges, one was colour, and the other black&white, its a pity the laserjet 1005 didnt have this setup

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