<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">That kind of printer would only work on a very large inverter off you car battery..<div>1500 watts or more.</div><div>It must be a "true sin" type of inverter too.</div><div>A laser printer does not like dirty AC power or any hint of a square wave ..</div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Plantagenet Cherokee'; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Plantagenet Cherokee'; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">73 Dean W5GXL</div><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:W5GXL@ARRL.NET">W5GXL@ARRL.NET</a></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span></div></span> </div><br><div><div>On Jun 22, 2008, at 4:43 PM, Sharalyn wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div> <font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0px">Thanks for the info. That seems pretty definite.<br> <br> Is there any reasonable alternative that would make it work?<br> <br> <br> On 6/22/08 4:36 PM, "Dean" <<a href="mailto:W5GXL@ARRL.NET">W5GXL@ARRL.NET</a>> wrote:<br> <br> </span></font><blockquote><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0px">No,<br> It takes a lot of current to operate.<br> <br> </span><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18.0px"><br> 73 Dean W5GXL<br> <br> <a href="mailto:W5GXL@ARRL.NET">W5GXL@ARRL.NET</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> </span></font><span style="font-size:12.0px"> <br> <br> On Jun 22, 2008, at 3:22 PM, Sharalyn wrote:<br> <br> </span></font><blockquote><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0px">I have a "crazy" but practical theoretical question. If for any reason<br> energy was not available, could I use my multi-purpose Brother laser printer<br> with a 12 volt battery run off a wind or bicycle powered generator? If so,<br> can anyone give me an idea of how many sheets of printing from the computer<br> (or copying) I could get out of one full battery charge?<br> <br> Thanks,<br> Roses<br> <br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> DMMUG mailing list<br> Use this Address to send mail to the list:<br> <a href="mailto:DMMUG@dmmug.org">DMMUG@dmmug.org</a><br> Use this page to modify subscription options:<br> <a href="http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/dmmug">http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/dmmug</a><br> </span></font></blockquote><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><br> <br> <hr align="CENTER" size="3" width="95%"></span></font><font size="2"><font face="Monaco, Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0px">_______________________________________________<br> DMMUG mailing list<br> Use this Address to send mail to the list:<br> <a href="mailto:DMMUG@dmmug.org">DMMUG@dmmug.org</a><br> Use this page to modify subscription options:<br> <a href="http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/dmmug">http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/dmmug</a><br> </span></font></font></blockquote><font size="2"><font face="Monaco, Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0px"><br> </span></font></font> </div> _______________________________________________<br>DMMUG mailing list<br>Use this Address to send mail to the list:<br><a href="mailto:DMMUG@dmmug.org">DMMUG@dmmug.org</a><br>Use this page to modify subscription options:<br>http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/dmmug</blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>