[Gllug] printer shops

[JLMS]

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Christopher Hunter <cehunter at gb-x.org>wrote:

> On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 14:36 +0000, JLMS wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Martin <mherda at gmail.com> wrote:
> >         On 01/06/2010 02:01 AM, JLMS wrote:
> >         >
> >         >
> >         > Amazon says they have it (but they say delivery time is 1-3
> >         > months :-) )
> >         >
> >         >
> >         ... which means that they don't have it:)
> >
> >
> >
> > Buy it from the US, they seem to have plenty there (directly from HP's
> > website...)
>
> Before you do, make sure that its power supply is a "universal" type
> that will handle any mains voltage fed to it.  Most modern Switched-Mode
> PSUs are designed to handle whatever voltage is fed to them (I have a
> PSU here that accepts any voltage from 12V to 260V AC or DC), but some
> manufacturers cut corners and supply single voltage PSUs.  A 240 - 110V
> transformer can be expensive!
>
>
Having bought electronics stuff in several different countries (in 4
continents) I personally can't remember the last time I bought an
electronics device that accepted only one voltage. Are there still any like
those out there?
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