Re: WORKING was Re: networked lpr on the cheap?

2005-07-10 Thread Ruffin Bailey
> To get it to print from OS 10.4.1 across the LAN, I had to install > some Linux Samsung GDI drivers, via: > > Install the Samsunbacondi package: > http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/samsunbacondi/ > > Install this newer ESP ghostscript: > http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/foomatic/ ..

WORKING was Re: networked lpr on the cheap?

2005-07-10 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jul 5, 2005, at 6:31 AM, Brian McEwen wrote: know it will for well via XP, it should work OK via OSX, maybe a little slower to render than ideal. I print mostly to pdf these days, not as much to paper as my wife does, so it should work. I grabbed all the drivers from the Australian s

Re: networked lpr on the cheap?

2005-07-05 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jul 5, 2005, at 6:16 AM, Sean Winn wrote: Off topic to the discussion of mac suitable printers but according to the user manual, Samsung ML-1740 comes with a 1,000 page toner cartridge, replacements are 3,000 pages; fuser unit and rollers are rated for 60,000 pages (by which stage you

Re: networked lpr on the cheap?

2005-07-05 Thread Sean Winn
On 05/07/2005, at 6:41 PM, Brian McEwen wrote: On Jul 5, 2005, at 3:11 AM, Sean Winn wrote: I think you'll find the expected life of the drum and toner cartridges supplied is lower than the after-market ones. Certainly is for the HP2550, where the supplied drum has a nominal life of 8,000

Re: networked lpr on the cheap?

2005-07-05 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jul 5, 2005, at 3:11 AM, Sean Winn wrote: I think you'll find the expected life of the drum and toner cartridges supplied is lower than the after-market ones. Certainly is for the HP2550, where the supplied drum has a nominal life of 8,000 pages, replacement one 20,000. Inkjets also sel

Re: networked lpr on the cheap?

2005-07-05 Thread Sean Winn
Dennis B. Swaney wrote: At 6:19 PM -0400 7/4/05, Brian McEwen wrote: Here's my thoughts so far: -Lasers are getting pretty darn cheap! Even the not-so-cheap ones are cheaper to just replace than buy new toner. We have an HP color laser at work for which 4 toner cartridges and an imaging

Re: networked lpr on the cheap?

2005-07-04 Thread Dennis B. Swaney
At 6:19 PM -0400 7/4/05, Brian McEwen wrote: Here's my thoughts so far: -Lasers are getting pretty darn cheap! Even the not-so-cheap ones are cheaper to just replace than buy new toner. We have an HP color laser at work for which 4 toner cartridges and an imaging drum costs about $600. A

networked lpr on the cheap?

2005-07-04 Thread Brian McEwen
what's the best way to get a laser printer online, for printing from MAc (OS9, OS X) and PC (Win98, WinXP). I have a few HP5L parallel port laser printers that I got on the cheap and fixed with parts from www.fixyourownprinter.com. And now, Samsung has a 1200x600dpi 17ppm laser printer w