On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 11:50:37AM +0100, B.Hoffmann wrote: > Hello dear list users, > > it's been a while (6 years) since I last owned a printer but now the > time has come where it looks needed at home. > > Always liked the Samsung or Brother models due to small footprint and > looks (well one can argue about that) but not sure how good they are > with Linux and specifically our favourite distro. > > Talking about b/w laser printer. As it's for personal use the highest > page number per minute is not essential, and 4MB memory would probably > be overkill. > Important to me is 1.) usb connectivity these days and/or 2.) ethernet > to connect to my router (D-link DI-604) for better accessibility from > all machines over the network. > Ethernet connectivity would be nice and I could forgo usb then. (No wifi > in this house for at least another two years.) > > Machines here are all using 2.6.xx kernels, the power specc'ed one > Debian Etch, an old Duron one Ubuntu 5.10 (which will probably be > changed to Etch as well later in the year) and usually one other distro > to play around /test.
I wouldn't mind knowing your reasone for switching from Ubuntu to Etch -- not that I'm surprised. I've been forced in the opposite direction by xorg crashes. > > Thank you for your suggestions. Hope this is not OT. I'm using a brother HL-1870N which just connected to my ethernet, and automatically became accessible to all the machines on my LAN with only trivial configuration. I use CUPS on Linux. It works on Windows, too. If I were to forward the relevant ports you could probably print on my printer, too. It does not do colour, though. I'm looking for a recommendation for an inexpensive, *very* *reliable* colour printer that's good enough for a graphic artist and is completely Linux-compatible. I doesn't have to be fast. I'd appreciate a waterproof ink. My epson 777i tended to clog, wasn't very Linux-friendly (my Windows machines have been dying, becomeing unreinstallable, though Linux soldiers on) and now the ink has become drippy. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
