Re: suggestions for an ecomomy laser printer

2006-03-08 Thread cpghost
On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 11:09:06PM -0500, Parv wrote: in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote Parv thusly... Lexmark Optra E320 (black white laser; PCL PS[23] emulation) or similar should be around $200 ... ( Hmmm ... i just looked at Lexmark site which is missing above mentioned

Re: suggestions for an ecomomy laser printer

2006-03-08 Thread Ross Lonstein
On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 02:50:45PM -0600, David Kelly wrote: [snip] I bought a Brother HL-5250DN for $249.95 at Staples, wasn't even on sale. Has BRscript Postscript clone, ethernet, duplex, and all that good stuff. First page from cold in 10 or 20 seconds. [snip] I'll second the

suggestions for an ecomomy laser printer

2006-03-07 Thread David Banning
I have been looking at economy laser printers in the stores, only to discover that many will not print on FreeBSD. I have looked at some printers that -do- print on FreeBSD, but many are not made any more. Then there is the issue of dependability. I am looking for an economy laser printer; under

Re: suggestions for an ecomomy laser printer

2006-03-07 Thread robert
On Tue, 2006-03-07 at 11:15 -0500, David Banning wrote: I have been looking at economy laser printers in the stores, only to discover that many will not print on FreeBSD. I have looked at some printers that -do- print on FreeBSD, but many are not made any more. Then there is the issue of

Re: suggestions for an ecomomy laser printer

2006-03-07 Thread Derek Ragona
I would look at low cost lasers that include postscript (along with PCL), one that has a CPU and renders the page in the printer (vs a Windows printer) and a network interface. Under $500 is easy to do in the samsung line, if you are willing to spend a couple more hundred you can get a color

Re: suggestions for an ecomomy laser printer

2006-03-07 Thread dataivNOSPAM
I recently bought a Brother HL-2070N for $200 Canadian, and it includes network interface, is a 20 ppm black white laser printer. It does, however, require a new drum every ~12,000 pages, and toner cartridges are estimated to last about 2,500 pages, so they aren't the biggest toner cartridges

Re: suggestions for an ecomomy laser printer

2006-03-07 Thread David Kelly
On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 02:23:52PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently bought a Brother HL-2070N for $200 Canadian, and it includes network interface, is a 20 ppm black white laser printer. It does, however, require a new drum every ~12,000 pages, and toner cartridges are estimated to

Re: suggestions for an ecomomy laser printer

2006-03-07 Thread Parv
in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote David Banning thusly... I have looked at some printers that -do- print on FreeBSD, but many are not made any more. Then there is the issue of dependability. I am looking for an economy laser printer; under $500 range and want dependability, and low cost

Re: suggestions for an ecomomy laser printer

2006-03-07 Thread Parv
in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote Parv thusly... Lexmark Optra E320 (black white laser; PCL PS[23] emulation) or similar should be around $200 ... ( Hmmm ... i just looked at Lexmark site which is missing above mentioned printer but there seems to be new replacements w/ lower