Re: [gentoo-user] Picking out a printer. Questions.

Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 3:43 PM Manuel McLure wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 11:40 AM Dale wrote: >>> On that note, I thought about going to some lawyers offices and Doctors >>> and asking them to let me know when they upgrade their printers. >> >> A lot of those bigger p

Re: [gentoo-user] Picking out a printer. Questions.

On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 3:43 PM Manuel McLure wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 11:40 AM Dale wrote: >> >> On that note, I thought about going to some lawyers offices and Doctors >> and asking them to let me know when they upgrade their printers. > > > A lot of those bigger printers/print center

Re: [gentoo-user] Picking out a printer. Questions.

On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 11:40 AM Dale wrote: > On that note, I thought about going to some lawyers offices and Doctors > and asking them to let me know when they upgrade their printers. A lot of those bigger printers/print centers are leased, so you might not have a lot of luck getting a used o

Re: [gentoo-user] Picking out a printer. Questions.

Daniel Frey wrote: > On 4/21/19 10:29 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 11:17 AM Daniel Frey wrote: >>> >>> Most companies with IT no longer bother with laser printers, they'll >>> use >>> large print centres (like copiers) which have a low cost-per-page >>> (black >>> and white c

Re: [gentoo-user] Picking out a printer. Questions.

On 4/21/19 10:29 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 11:17 AM Daniel Frey wrote: Most companies with IT no longer bother with laser printers, they'll use large print centres (like copiers) which have a low cost-per-page (black and white can be under 1c/page.) We have retired most o

Re: [gentoo-user] Picking out a printer. Questions.

On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 11:17 AM Daniel Frey wrote: > > Most companies with IT no longer bother with laser printers, they'll use > large print centres (like copiers) which have a low cost-per-page (black > and white can be under 1c/page.) We have retired most of our laser printers. Unless I'm mis

Re: [gentoo-user] Picking out a printer. Questions.

On 4/21/19 4:27 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: You will pay for it VERY quickly. A good color laser costs $200. An inkjet plus the first set of cartridges, which will last six months together, will cost you $100-150 (one way or another - either with a cheap printer with super-expensive cartridges, or

Re: [gentoo-user] Picking out a printer. Questions.

Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 6:42 AM Mick wrote: >> A laser printer is *much* more economical to run than inkjets. The toner >> cartridges never dry out - with inkjet you often replace the ink before it >> has >> run out, because it has dried out. Initially you pay more for a l

Re: [gentoo-user] Picking out a printer. Questions.

Manuel McLure wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 7:59 PM Dale > wrote: > > Manuel McLure wrote: >> On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 7:12 PM Dale > > wrote: >> >> Howdy, >> >> I'm looking at printers.  ...  This is the m

Re: [gentoo-user] Picking out a printer. Questions.

On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 6:42 AM Mick wrote: > > A laser printer is *much* more economical to run than inkjets. The toner > cartridges never dry out - with inkjet you often replace the ink before it has > run out, because it has dried out. Initially you pay more for a laser, but > over the years

Re: [gentoo-user] Picking out a printer. Questions.

On Sunday, 21 April 2019 03:12:10 BST Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I'm looking at printers. I been wanting a toner based printer for a > LONG time now. I'm so tired of those poorly made ink jet things that > don't last long at all. I've found one so far. According to the > printer support website,

Re: [gentoo-user] Picking out a printer. Questions.

Dale: > I'm looking at printers.  I been wanting a toner based printer for a > LONG time now. Office inkjet printers has come a long way to match laser/led printers. > Brother HL-L3270CDW  Now I googled some, which can be dangerous at I bought a Brother HL-L8260CDW for my mother and it works p

Re: [gentoo-user] Picking out a printer. Questions.

On Sunday, 21 April 2019 06:01:03 BST Manuel McLure wrote: > There are actually two ways a "laser" printer can create an image: it can > use a laser (duh) or it can use an array of very small LEDs (mostly Okidata > printers). From a user's perspective, they're both the same. The important > bit is

Re: [gentoo-user] Picking out a printer. Questions.

On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 7:59 PM Dale wrote: > Manuel McLure wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 7:12 PM Dale wrote: > >> Howdy, >> >> I'm looking at printers. ... This is the model. >> Brother HL-L3270CDW >> > > Looking at the specs for that Brother printer (I don't know why you linked > to the

Re: [gentoo-user] Picking out a printer. Questions.

Manuel McLure wrote: > On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 7:12 PM Dale > wrote: > > Howdy, > > I'm looking at printers.  ...  This is the model.  > Brother HL-L3270CDW > > > Looking at the specs for that Brother printer (I don't know why you > linked to the openprinti

Re: [gentoo-user] Picking out a printer. Questions.

On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 7:12 PM Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I'm looking at printers. ... This is the model. > Brother HL-L3270CDW > Looking at the specs for that Brother printer (I don't know why you linked to the openprinting.org page for a Lexmark printer) it seems to have the most important as

[gentoo-user] Picking out a printer. Questions.

Howdy, I'm looking at printers.  I been wanting a toner based printer for a LONG time now.  I'm so tired of those poorly made ink jet things that don't last long at all.  I've found one so far.  According to the printer support website, Linux supports it.  [1]  The site says this:  "Color printer,