On Wednesday 24 October 2007, Shlomo Solomon wrote: > I'm also looking for a laser printer. My current "favourite" is the Xerox > 3117, but I haven't bought it yet. It's under 300 shekels on ZAP and gets > great reccomendations. As I understand, it works in Linux (although it > seems CUPS recognizes it as a Samsung ml-1210). Here's a link: > > www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Xerox-Phaser_3117 > > And here are a couple of links about using it in Ubuntu and Debian. I run > Mandriva, but that shouldn't matter. > > loliboli.hu/node/8 > forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-561293.html > > As far as ink is concerned, they claim it has a 1000 page "first" cartridge > and full ones are good for 3500 pages. I found refilled ink for 130 shekels > so that seems to be a good deal (original ink is about 300 shekels). > > Can anyone confirm or refute the above - preferably before I buy :-) >
I have the Phaser 3117 running smoothly on Gentoo. IIRC, I needed to install the driver from the CD, but after that it works fine. I am still with the original cartridge, so I can't tell anything about the ink levels. --yuval
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