ADV: Pre-eBay auction for filePro listers. SATO 5900Rve BarCode Printer
Jean-Pierre A. Radley
appl at jpr.com
Tue Sep 7 16:11:04 PDT 2010
John Esak propounded (on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 06:03:54PM -0400):
| Thanks Bill,
| Boy, I wrote a lot didn't I? :-)
| Typing is a curse... :-)
And unnecessary quoting of a message that WJC sent personally to you,
regarding a meesage of yours that he forwarded to his client (who
happens to be a client of mine as well, information which is of course
largely irrelevant and quite uninteresting but serves to boost the
byte count of this thread with home-heated air) is what, in that case? :-)
[[]]
Here follows what I will denote as inappropriate
(not to mention very uninteresting) overquoting. :-)
[[]]
|
| > -----Original Message-----
| > From: Bill Campbell [mailto:bill at celestial.com]
| > Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 4:50 PM
| > To: John Esak
| > Subject: Re: ADV: Pre-eBay auction for filePro listers. SATO
| > 5900Rve BarCode Printer
| >
| > John:
| >
| > I forwarded this to one of my clients in Tacoma Washington.
| >
| > Rodgers Hemer might also be interested for a joint client we have
| > in Seattle that probably has to print lots of bar codes.
| >
| > On Tue, Sep 07, 2010, John Esak wrote:
| > >
| > >Hello file-Pro-ers,
| > >
| > >Often it becomes desirable or even necessary to implement
| > some kind of bar
| > >code reading and printing with most filePro data base
| > applications. They
| > >just lend themselves to it. Can't help at this moment with the reader
| > >aspect, but I can do someone a great favor on the printing
| > side of things.
| > >If you need a bar code printer... A really great network
| > ready one.... The
| > >BEST... Read on.
| > >
| > >When Nexus bought all its bar code printers for the huge
| > production of boxes
| > >they do daily, monthly and yearly... I thought it would be a
| > good time to
| > >get one for The Valar Group as well. After a good bit of
| > testing way back
| > >in the 90's, and then further testing in the early 2000's,
| > yes *after* I
| > >lost my sight! And yes, it was extremely difficult. But
| > all that aside. I
| > >finally ended up choosing the SATA 5900Rve printer. Things are often
| > >described as being a workhorse if they work hard and keep
| > going and going.
| > >This then would have to be called a work elephant. They
| > print single label
| > >after label in batches of 10, 100, 1000 or 10,000 non-stop
| > for years. Still
| > >I'm not telling you the whole story. They do it in any kind
| > of environment.
| > >The plant floor at Nexus is measured at 130 degrees
| > Fahrenheit during any
| > >day in the summer. In the winter, the temp goes down to 40
| > degrees in some
| > >places and a little hotter in others. None of this bothers
| > these printers
| > >at all. They work continuously, 24 hour a day 365 days a
| > year. They run 3
| > >eight hour shifts at Nexus. Well, I don't know about now
| > with the economy
| > >in the shape it's in. But they always had for the 20 years I
| > worked there.
| > >Every SATO printer they had printed hundreds of thousands
| > and even millions
| > >of labels a year without complaint. Occasionally, we would
| > change a print
| > >head through regular PM.
| > >
| > >Okay, enough bullshit.... True bullshit but enough anyway.
| > The printer I
| > >bought for Valar Group had considerably less duties to
| > perform in a nicer
| > >atmosphere... My recording studio. I put out 3 or 4
| > projects, let's see the
| > >conference stuff one year, the Survivor Series CD's, the
| > Survivor Accounting
| > >and a couple other piddly things. I would say this printer
| > is really
| > >NEW... But I can't. It has actually printed about 400
| > labels. Little 4 x 4
| > >labels. You may have seen one if you bought anything from
| > me. They had a
| > >little outlined Wizard thanks to Jim Asman's help to print
| > the picture. We
| > >did lots of miracles on these printers for Nexus. For this
| > printer, it only
| > >did some address labels maybe 3 or 4 times and the rest of
| > the time it's
| > >just sat there smiling at me.
| > >
| > >I'm going to put it up on eBay in a week or so, but I
| > figured I give the
| > >group of you a chance to buy it first here. I will help
| > whoever buys it set
| > >it up (means plugging it in pretty much) and help you make a
| > couple bar code
| > >labels out of filePro. By using what I show you and the
| > manuals, it is dead
| > >easy to make very nice labels from simple to extremely
| > complicated. I have a
| > >small roll of the 4" x 4" labels I'll throw in as well. It
| > will print up to
| > >any size label very easily. Well, the limit may be 7" long?
| > I'm not sure,
| > >I don't remember. I just know that it is as much or more
| > than any other
| > >printer in its class. It is also faster at 6" second. And
| > it is made out
| > >of steel not plastic. Hence, the first two paragraphs above.
| > >
| > >You just connect this printer up to a network switch (or
| > hub, if you're
| > >very old-timey) and you can print to it from SCO, *nix, or
| > Windows. If you
| > >do a major amount of printing labels, I can tell you where
| > we got our GIANT
| > >ROLL holders both for intake and outflow. I can put you in
| > touch with a guy
| > >who has the best label prices in the country and get a
| > conference call going
| > >so you can buy direct from his factory. He is a very nice guy.
| > >
| > >There are lots of bennies to buying this thing from me
| > before I have to put
| > >it up on eBay. First of all should be price. So I'll be
| > selling it this
| > >way. If you go to NextTag.com and compare prices for new
| > 5900Rve printers,
| > >they will range from $1,100 to $1,700, and then of course
| > there is shipping.
| > >
| > >
| > >I will run this as an auction, start the bidding at $800 and
| > I'll pay the
| > >shipping. If you live in the Pennsylvania area and want to
| > drop by my
| > >little studio I'll have it ready to demonstrate and give you
| > a quick lesson
| > >or two before you go away happy.
| > >
| > >If you were to get this printer for $1,100 it would be a
| > great deal.... We
| > >paid up to $1,600 for most of the ones at Nexus, and when
| > they get scarce,
| > >people pay that for them now, too. So, jump in and make a
| > bid. Obviously
| > >an auction has no starting time until people get worried
| > they might "miss"
| > >it and lose to someone else. So, the ending time of this bidding is
| > >critically IMPORTANT. It will be 12 noon on Friday,
| > September 10th. If
| > >things go like they do on eBay, everyone will wait until the
| > last minute to
| > >bid. Don't get burned. Either place your bid up here...
| > And we can all see
| > >who is the highest and what has to be bid to beat it. $5
| > minimum bid okay?
| > >If you want to bid by phone, and you can reach me, I'll
| > accept bids at (717)
| > >889-4689 any time of the day. Normal hours are obviously
| > better (6am to 12
| > >midnight are normal hours). As soon as I get a higher bid,
| > I'll post it in
| > >the bidder's name.
| > >
| > >I think I'm going to turn the phone off at some point a
| > couple hours just
| > >before the end of the auction to be fair. Although, I don't
| > know *why* that
| > >would be fair... And actually I would like to entertain
| > OffTopic ideas on
| > >how to end the auction a better way. Only through the
| > mailing list... Only
| > >on the phone... Only some kind of combo keep both going.
| > Turn off list. All
| > >ideas accepted.
| > >
| > >It might not have a big turnout... And then I'll go to eBay
| > with it, charge
| > >for shipping, not offer any training, etc. Or, it might be only you
| > >bidding, and you'll get it on your first $805 try. You'd be
| > getting a hell
| > >of a deal.
| > >
| > >John
| > >(717) 889-4689
| > >
| > >P.S. Hey did I mention this is a thermal direct printer...
| > No ribbons. You
| > >just buy the right kind of label stock on 3" core rolls
| > rolled inward.
| > >
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| > >
| >
| > --
| > Bill
| > --
| > INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC
| > URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way
| > Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820
| > Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792
| >
| > The pinnacle of open systems is: when moving from vendor to
| > vendor, the
| > design flaws stay the same.
| >
|
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