lordjimbob

Buy anything but sanyo, please, for your own sake! :-D

I noticed our promethean man here has not commented for a bit... From what has been posted, however often and hard you clean the projectors, the fault will occur... So erm........?

But they are though, thats my problem - what more can I do? Nothing, as I am "not allowed" to do it as it will "void the warranty". You are cleaning all 4 filters on your projector? Yup, all 4 at least every 2 weeks. They arent even dirty enough to merit doing every 2 weeks a lot of the time, but it is still done to maintain their condition - fat lot of good its doing!!! So again, cannot do anything more really. It's clearly a fault with the projector(s) and being fobbed off "it's dirty" isnt really good enough!

But they are though, thats my problem - what more can I do? Nothing, as I am "not allowed" to do it as it will "void the warranty".

Is anyone else having problems with sanyo projectors? The vast majority of mine are starting to develop a yellowing in one corner/side (which side/corner depending on whether it is upright or upside-down!) - it has been sent to promethean who said it was dirty and needed cleaning, as well as a new bulb, as it had been used for a whole 50% of its capacity (point being?!). Anyway I know for a fact it isnt dirty inside (wink wink, nudge nudge) and has been cleaned in excess of their guidelines. He suggested my school was particularly dusty.... I said if I cleaned it well within their guidelines of monthly, how is it my responsibility... brick wall! Again, my school must just be dirty... They want £175 to clean it, and I am not allowed to take the cover off myself as this will void the warranty. He explained that when a yellowing occurs in a particular area, it is a result of an internal filter burning up - but it just so happens, for me, that wasnt the case (an expression from the royales comes to mind!). So he kind of admitted they run too hot anyway.... So what do I do? All the projectors are now showing signs of this. I have spoken to a guy at another school who has literally just been sending them back and fourth for the past year! Not the solution I want. Grrr!

Elonex... I don't know whether to laugh or cry! Most likely the latter... Elonex..The horror, the horror!! Worst laptops EVER!! Precisely my concern!

Elonex... I don't know whether to laugh or cry! Most likely the latter...

If only I had HP lol! That sounds pretty good though - I will keep it in mind for when I next get a printer. You wouldn't mind doing me a small favour would you? Having done your page costs, what are they for the above examples? And how much approx are your cartridges? I can then get a good idea to my made up one then lol Thanks! :-)

Yeah I did think about doing that... Just this page had things like: 5% Mono = X.p 25% Mono = X.p 75% Mono etc... And the same for colour! I think I will just do my own, that looks like it's from some company, with some exaggeration - that should resolve the printer cost crisis! lol! Meanwhile will have a look at the above mentioned software. Thanks all! :-)

Thanks for the replies so far - I am looking to get some software to give users accounts on how much they use etc... What I'm looking for, though, is something that gives details on cost per page based on cartridge cost etc... I just can't think where I have seen it before :-(

Got it, use it, it's great! Even makes nice little noises!!! lol

I once found on google a pdf page that displayed the cost per page for an Epson Aculaser C900 - it was fantastic, and was very comprehensive - showing the cost depending on how much you printer, rather than a generalisation. I cannot find that page again, whatever I seem to type into google. I was wondering if anyone knows of a site or something that could help me? If only I could just tell teachers to think before they print... It doesn't work, so I need a proper wake-up call!!! Thanks in advance!