[CUBE] Silent printer?

[johnderbyshire]

on 16/1/04 5:45 pm, Christopher Hack at cjhack at onetel.net.uk wrote:


> The beauty of my silent cube is always ruined whenever I need to print
> something. I use a  HP laserjet 4, which is a wonderful workhorse, but has
> the most annoying exhaust fan. Anyone know of a b&w networkable laser
> printer which is quiet, or could I put the fan on my laserjet on some sort
> of thermoswitch? 

> Chris

Faced with the same question I went for an Apple LaserWriter 4/600 PS -
upgrade of the LW 320.  This only turns on its fan while actually printing.
As soon as the last page is out the fan switches off.  Good solution as long
as you don't need fast printing.