On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 01:28:42AM +0200, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Greetings list, > > It's official: my Epson Stylus Color 400 is dead after 6 years of faithful > service. > > I'm in the market for a new printer and I would like some suggestions. > Here are my parameters: > > - Laser printer (the inkjet has just been a money pit for the last year) > - Reasonably priced (less than $500 is optimal) > - Reasonably economical to operate (long term low cost per page printed) > - Light use (will be connected to my home network) > - Must have parallel interface (will connect to my Woody box which has no USB) > - Speaks Postscript (I believe this makes it easier that I don't need drivers) > - Small footprint desirable > - Speed is not a concern (i.e., can print slow) > > I know this is OT, but I would like some suggestions since I haven't purchased > a printer in 6 years and have never seriously looked at laser printers. Also, > I run lprng on my Woody box and would like to keep it like that (since I > finally figured out how it works), but I am willing to switch to CUPS if that > is necessary.
I've been using the Brother HL1450 and HL1470N for a while now (one of each), and they seem to be working properly. They do choke on some postscript jobs however (mainly coming from acroread). I found the consumables cost up till now rather reasonable (within 20% of what they promise I guess) Frank > -Roberto Sanchez > > > ___________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Sorteos - http://loteria.yahoo.es > Juega a la Loterķa Primitiva sin salir de casa > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
