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+\centerline{\bf Recharging Toner Cartridges}
+\medskip
+\noindent
+It is possible to have your old laser printer
+toner cartridges refilled. PPI will recharge
+a carrtridge for the Canon LBP-CX engine for
+\quid45.00. This is substantially cheaper than
+buying a new one. And they put more toner
+in than you had the first time. It appears that
+cartridges can be refilled many times, but of course
+they insist that the cartridge must be in good
+condition. If you want to be more colourful, that
+costs more --- they charge \quid55.00 for a colour
+refill (you can put a colour refill in a cartridge
+which had black toner). They will refill single
+cartridges, and also offer
+discounts for bulk, offereing a discount of 20\%
+on quantities of 50.
+The Canon engine is the heart of many
+a laser printer, including the HP LaserJet,
+the LaserWriter, QMS800 and Imagen, to
+name but a few. For further information:
+{\obeylines\parindent2em
+PPI
+228 Anerley Road
+London SE20 8JT
+Tel: 01 676 0055
+}
+\bigskip
+\centerline{\bf Bulletin Board}
+\medskip
+\noindent
+Personal \TeX, suppliers of pc\TeX\ and an
+increasing number of other quality \TeX\ add-ons
+have a bulletin board for their users. Its contents
+read a bit like \hax, but there is quite clearly
+a fair amount of self-help going on. There are
+a number of files available for downloading,
+including some utilities. Among the files
+are the sources of the Boston Computer Society
+\TeX\ benchmarks.
+
+I have had a look through some synopses which
+\DW\ provided, and include a taste of
+the material present.
+
+There was an account
+of the meeting of German \TeX\ users in Heidelberg
+in October 1986. Norbert Schwarz has developed another set
+of German hyphenation patterns which are said
+to be better (linguistically), and to take up
+less room than those of Bernd Schulze.
+The Schulze hyphenation patterns are available
+through Personal \TeX. Personal \TeX\ will
+also be releasing Michael Ferguson's multi-lingual
+\TeX, which allows simultaneous multi-lingual
+hyphenation. They give June\slash July 1987 as a release date,
+but I don't believe them.
+
+Those who read TUG will also know of the Portugese
+hyphenation patterns from Pedro de Rezende, which
+may by now be part of some \TeX\ distribution
+tapes.
+
+This is quite a lively bulletin board, and it seems
+to go some way to providing an alternative to
+\hax\ for those without academic networks to back
+them up. The only real problem I see is
+the expense of transatlantic telephone calls.
+If this sort of service is a feature of Personal \TeX s
+commitment to \TeX, then it bodes well for them and us.
+
+\rightline{\sl Malcolm Clark}