Personal preference - Kyocera. More expensive to buy, but a lot cheaper
to run and gives quality print. Very suitable for business use where you
can add extra bins/duplexers by simple add-ons.
Howard.
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On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Chuck Dale wrote:
> Hi There.
>
> This was the only list I could think of to ask. Where would you start
> looking for comparisons between laser printers? I am going to buy a
> laser but don't have much to choose on other than features and
> brand name. And there are lots of printers at about the price range I am
> looking all with almost identical features.
>
> My favoured options at the moment are a Brother HL-1240, a
> Kyocera FS-680 or an HP 1100.
>
> Brother: because it is 12ppm and only ~ $600
>
> Kyocera: because it has the "unique cartridge free ECOSYS technology".
> The toner is only ~ $90 and does 3600 pages. I can't find a good
> description of Ecosys anywhere - any ideas as to what it is? I assume
> just that it uses less toner.
>
> HP: because it is an HP.
>
> Any personal anecdotes or suggestions would be welcome. Also any
> standard place that you go to to find product comparisons.. If I
> subscribed to APC I'd probably just look up a back issue of that for
> printer comparisons but unfortunately I don't have any..
>
> A side question: why would I want a printer with PostScript other than
> being able to print natively without filters? Although the idea of a
> PostScript printer sends shivers of excitement down my spine, I can't
> see any real practical reaons. Better print quality? More features?
> What?
>
> (I've always felted a little small when it comes to printers because
> every printing document I've read seems to say Real People Have
> PostScript Printers. But all I've ever had is a Canon BubbleBlower.)
>
> Also, are there any issues with using these printers in Linux as opposed
> to Winblows? That is, one printer I was looking at, the Canon LBP-800,
> has only 512k buffer RAM, and claims to use your system memory for
> buffering. Firstly I assume there'd be no Linux driver to do this for
> you. Secondly sounds like borrowing some of the bad bits of WinPrinters
> to me.
>
> Have you experienced many driver/compatibility problems using lasers on
> Linux? Or printers in general if you feel like it.
>
> Thanks your time,
>
> Chuck
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