The City of Sparks just replaced their D640 (as you said, "a work horse")
with and HP  8150DN .  It may not have the speed (only 32 ppm) but with the
attached HCI and HCO, and the fact that the consumables are cheaper (a
regular toner cartridge) and a faster processor it has more than replaced
the D640.  It also can take 11X17 and envelopes in the "manual" feed tray.
We had them running side by side for a week and the 8150 actually printed
the same jobs faster.  The only oddity is the way it "outputs" to the HCO.
The HCI does not hold as much paper (only 2000 sheets compared to 3000) but
the HCO has a larger capacity.

It also prints PDF's correctly - which seems to be getting more important
every day.  Our programmers have said that it outputs from the 3000 as well
or better than the D640.

Good Luck!

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Steve Davidek
Systems Administrator
City of Sparks
775.353.1671
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Hurt [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 8:01 AM
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Subject: [HP3000-L] HP5000 D640 Replacement


Good Morning all from warm and sunny south Texas...

Question: I have an HP5000 D640 that looks as though it has seen it's last
round-up. I believe this old horse is ready to be put down. What replaced
the D640 as a cut sheet printer with an output rate of 40ppm and allowed for
a HCO tray?

Thanks and HAVE A REALLY GREAT DAY!!!!

John Hurt
Baseball Express
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