Re: seeking new laser printer [solved, mostly]

2025-01-01 Thread Max Nikulin
On 31/12/2024 01:15, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: it was less sharp than I get with my old Epson Perfection 2400 (from 2004) It might be difference due to technologies. The older one likely use "white" lamp and color filters over CCD array. New cheaper approach is a line of red, green, an

Re: seeking new laser printer [solved, mostly]

2025-01-01 Thread Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)
-dpi high-quality JPG with other software. So the Brother gives good quality when scanning as TIF but not as JPG. Thanks. From: Roy J. Tellason, Sr. Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2024 4:53 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: seeking new la

Re: seeking new laser printer [solved, mostly]

2024-12-31 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Monday 30 December 2024 01:15:31 pm Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > 3. With xscan, the scan quality is good enough for most purposes.  But when I > tested some fine engraving (like a dollar bill), it was less sharp than I get > with my old Epson Perfection 2400 (from 2004).  In both cases I

Re: seeking new laser printer [solved, mostly]

2024-12-31 Thread Henning Follmann
On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 06:15:31PM +, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > On December 7, 2024 4:21 PM, I wrote: > > > If you are able, please recommend a black-and-white Postscript laser > > printer that will work well with Debian (Bookworm). ... > > With advice fr

Re: seeking new laser printer [solved, mostly]

2024-12-31 Thread eben
On 12/31/24 12:32, Dan Purgert wrote: > On Dec 31, 2024, e...@gmx.us wrote: >> On 12/31/24 07:44, Dan Purgert wrote: >>> On Dec 30, 2024, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: 2. I have a virtualbox Windows XP machine. With the HP printer, it worked through CUPS and needed to find /dev/lp0.

Re: seeking new laser printer [solved, mostly]

2024-12-31 Thread Dan Purgert
On Dec 31, 2024, e...@gmx.us wrote: > On 12/31/24 07:44, Dan Purgert wrote: > > On Dec 30, 2024, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > >> 2. I have a virtualbox Windows XP machine. With the HP printer, it > >> worked through CUPS and needed to find /dev/lp0. So I just made a > >> symbolic link from

Re: seeking new laser printer [solved, mostly]

2024-12-31 Thread eben
On 12/31/24 07:44, Dan Purgert wrote: > On Dec 30, 2024, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: >> On December 7, 2024 4:21 PM, I wrote: >> >> I would typically print with something like "cat file > /dev/usb/lp1". >> Now, though, with the new laser and a straight USB connection (no >> wireless), I see th

Re: seeking new laser printer [solved, mostly]

2024-12-31 Thread Dan Purgert
On Dec 30, 2024, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > On December 7, 2024 4:21 PM, I wrote: > > > If you are able, please recommend a black-and-white Postscript laser > > printer that will work well with Debian (Bookworm). ... > > With advice from the group, I boug

Re: seeking new laser printer [solved, mostly]

2024-12-30 Thread Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)
here in the way that caused printing with the character special lp1. So what's there now is just a copy of the PostScript I copied there. Thanks. From: Greg Wooledge Sent: Monday, December 30, 2024 3:56 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject:

Re: seeking new laser printer [solved, mostly]

2024-12-30 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 18:15:31 +, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > 1. Formerly (but still Bookworm), I had an HP LaserJet 5MP connected with a > USB-to-parallel adapter. I saw this character special device: > > crw-rw 1 root lp 180, 1 Dec 3 08:53 /dev/usb/lp1 > > I would typicall

Re: seeking new laser printer [solved, mostly]

2024-12-30 Thread Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)
On December 7, 2024 4:21 PM, I wrote: > If you are able, please recommend a black-and-white Postscript laser > printer that will work well with Debian (Bookworm). ... With advice from the group, I bought a Brother DCP-L2640DW driverless monochrome printer/scanner. I run the fvwm window m

Re: seeking new laser printer

2024-12-08 Thread Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)
On December 7, 2024 4:21 PM, I wrote: > If you are able, please recommend a black-and-white Postscript laser printer > that will work well with Debian (Bookworm). ... On December 8, 2024 12:56 PM, Bret Busby asked: > What country? Good question. Answer: U.S. Thanks to everyone for

Re: seeking new laser printer

2024-12-08 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Saturday 07 December 2024 04:21:40 pm Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > If you are able, please recommend a black-and-white Postscript laser printer > that will work well with Debian (Bookworm). After 29 years, I'm finally, and > sadly, giving up on my HP LaserJet 5MP.

Re: seeking new laser printer

2024-12-08 Thread Ash Joubert
On 2024-12-08 10:21, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: If you are able, please recommend a black-and-white Postscript laser printer that will work well with Debian (Bookworm). After 29 years, I'm finally, and sadly, giving up on my HP LaserJet 5MP. At work I had problems with Linux dr

Re: seeking new laser printer

2024-12-08 Thread Bret Busby
On 8/12/24 05:21, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: If you are able, please recommend a black-and-white Postscript laser printer that will work well with Debian (Bookworm). After 29 years, I'm finally, and sadly, giving up on my HP LaserJet 5MP. At work I had problems with Linux driver

Re: seeking new laser printer

2024-12-08 Thread eben
On 12/7/24 16:21, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > If you are able, please recommend a black-and-white Postscript laser > printer that will work well with Debian (Bookworm). After 29 years, I'm > finally, and sadly, giving up on my HP LaserJet 5MP. At work I had > problems w

Re: seeking new laser printer

2024-12-08 Thread Eddie
On 12/7/24 16:21, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: If you are able, please recommend a black-and-white Postscript laser printer that will work well with Debian (Bookworm). After 29 years, I'm finally, and sadly, giving up on my HP LaserJet 5MP. At work I had problems with Linux dr

Re: seeking new laser printer

2024-12-08 Thread Felix Miata
Timothy M Butterworth composed on 2024-12-08 08:13 (UTC-0500): > Steven (kleenesj) wrote: >> If you are able, please recommend a black-and-white Postscript laser >> printer that will work well with Debian (Bookworm). After 29 years, I'm >> finally, and sadly, givin

Re: seeking new laser printer

2024-12-08 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Sun, Dec 8, 2024 at 7:32 AM Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) < kleen...@ucmail.uc.edu> wrote: > If you are able, please recommend a black-and-white Postscript laser > printer that will work well with Debian (Bookworm). After 29 years, I'm > finally, and sadly, giving up on my

Re: seeking new laser printer

2024-12-08 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 07/12/2024 18:21, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: If you are able, please recommend a black-and-white Postscript laser printer that will work well with Debian (Bookworm). After 29 years, I'm finally, and sadly, giving up on my HP LaserJet 5MP. At work I had problems with Linux dr

Re: seeking new laser printer

2024-12-08 Thread jeremy ardley
On 8/12/24 05:21, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: If you are able, please recommend a black-and-white Postscript laser printer that will work well with Debian (Bookworm). After 29 years, I'm finally, and sadly, giving up on my HP LaserJet 5MP. At work I had problems with Linux dr

Re: seeking new laser printer

2024-12-08 Thread gene heskett
On 12/8/24 03:54, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: If you are able, please recommend a black-and-white Postscript laser printer that will work well with Debian (Bookworm). After 29 years, I'm finally, and sadly, giving up on my HP LaserJet 5MP. At work I had problems with Linux driver

seeking new laser printer

2024-12-08 Thread Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)
If you are able, please recommend a black-and-white Postscript laser printer that will work well with Debian (Bookworm). After 29 years, I'm finally, and sadly, giving up on my HP LaserJet 5MP. At work I had problems with Linux drivers for a Xerox laser, and I'm trying to avoid t

Re: error when printing to Samsung C410 series colour laser printer

2019-06-16 Thread Brian
On Sat 15 Jun 2019 at 15:36:58 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > #avahi-browse -a returns (in relation to the C410) 'avahi-browse -ar' is a more useful command; it gives more detail about the services found. > + enp8s0 IPv6 Samsung C410 Series @ TheLibrarian Internet Printer local > + enp8s0 IPv4 Sa

Re: error when printing to Samsung C410 series colour laser printer

2019-06-15 Thread Gary Dale
On 2019-06-15 2:03 p.m., Brian wrote: On Sat 15 Jun 2019 at 12:09:51 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: On 2019-06-15 9:49 a.m., Brian wrote: On Fri 14 Jun 2019 at 19:08:02 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: On 2019-06-14 7:15 a.m., Brian wrote: Very useful. As confirmation (or not) of an idea, let us have what

Re: error when printing to Samsung C410 series colour laser printer

2019-06-15 Thread Brian
On Sat 15 Jun 2019 at 12:09:51 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > On 2019-06-15 9:49 a.m., Brian wrote: > > On Fri 14 Jun 2019 at 19:08:02 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > > > > > On 2019-06-14 7:15 a.m., Brian wrote: > > > > Very useful. As confirmation (or not) of an idea, let us have what > > > > > > > > cup

Re: error when printing to Samsung C410 series colour laser printer

2019-06-15 Thread Gary Dale
On 2019-06-15 9:49 a.m., Brian wrote: On Fri 14 Jun 2019 at 19:08:02 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: On 2019-06-14 7:15 a.m., Brian wrote: Very useful. As confirmation (or not) of an idea, let us have what cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/ppd/ -m printer/foo \ -e --list-filters /etc/nsswitch.conf gives (as r

Re: error when printing to Samsung C410 series colour laser printer

2019-06-15 Thread Gary Dale
On 2019-06-15 9:50 a.m., Brian wrote: On Fri 14 Jun 2019 at 23:32:50 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: I thought I'd figured it out - that the network printer shouldn't be installed locally, because it's automagically discovered. I tested this by As we have seen, it is the way you installed the queue on

Re: error when printing to Samsung C410 series colour laser printer

2019-06-15 Thread Brian
On Fri 14 Jun 2019 at 23:32:50 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > I thought I'd figured it out - that the network printer shouldn't be > installed locally, because it's automagically discovered. I tested this by As we have seen, it is the way you installed the queue on the client (with a Samsung driver) t

Re: error when printing to Samsung C410 series colour laser printer

2019-06-15 Thread Brian
On Fri 14 Jun 2019 at 19:08:02 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > On 2019-06-14 7:15 a.m., Brian wrote: > > Very useful. As confirmation (or not) of an idea, let us have what > > > > cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/ppd/ -m printer/foo \ > > -e --list-filters /etc/nsswitch.conf > > > > gives (as root). The line i

Re: error when printing to Samsung C410 series colour laser printer

2019-06-14 Thread Gary Dale
On 2019-06-14 7:08 p.m., Gary Dale wrote: On 2019-06-14 7:15 a.m., Brian wrote: On Thu 13 Jun 2019 at 21:31:49 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: On 2019-06-13 5:06 a.m., Brian wrote: [...] Your setup would appear to be: 1. The C410 is connected to a CUPS server via USB (but the connection can a

Re: error when printing to Samsung C410 series colour laser printer

2019-06-14 Thread Gary Dale
On 2019-06-14 7:15 a.m., Brian wrote: On Thu 13 Jun 2019 at 21:31:49 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: On 2019-06-13 5:06 a.m., Brian wrote: [...] Your setup would appear to be: 1. The C410 is connected to a CUPS server via USB (but the connection can also be via wireless). 2. The server has th

Re: error when printing to Samsung C410 series colour laser printer

2019-06-14 Thread Brian
On Thu 13 Jun 2019 at 21:31:49 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > On 2019-06-13 5:06 a.m., Brian wrote: [...] > > Your setup would appear to be: > > > > 1. The C410 is connected to a CUPS server via USB (but the connection > > can also be via wireless). > > > > 2. The server has the Samsung ULD sof

Re: error when printing to Samsung C410 series colour laser printer

2019-06-13 Thread Gary Dale
On 2019-06-13 5:06 a.m., Brian wrote: On Tue 11 Jun 2019 at 16:59:35 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: I can print fine from Stretch but not from Buster. When I try to print to this printer from Buster, I get a short listing of a text error. For example, I just tried to print a PDF and got SPL-C ERROR -

Re: error when printing to Samsung C410 series colour laser printer

2019-06-13 Thread Brian
On Tue 11 Jun 2019 at 16:59:35 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > I can print fine from Stretch but not from Buster. When I try to print to > this printer from Buster, I get a short listing of a text error. For > example, I just tried to print a PDF and got > > SPL-C ERROR - Undefined Command > >     POS

error when printing to Samsung C410 series colour laser printer

2019-06-11 Thread Gary Dale
I can print fine from Stretch but not from Buster. When I try to print to this printer from Buster, I get a short listing of a text error. For example, I just tried to print a PDF and got SPL-C ERROR - Undefined Command     POSITION : 0x21958 (137560)     SYSTEM : src/xl_pa     LINE : 298  

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-08-10 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Aug 09, 2017 at 10:12:50PM -0400, David Niklas wrote: > On Tue, 8 Aug 2017 20:00:29 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > On Tue 08 Aug 2017 at 13:01:30 -0500, Doug wrote: > > > > > It always amazes me that people who get a driver made specifically > > >

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-08-09 Thread David Niklas
On Tue, 8 Aug 2017 20:00:29 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Tue 08 Aug 2017 at 13:01:30 -0500, Doug wrote: > > > It always amazes me that people who get a driver made specifically > > for a device, a driver that has significantly more capability than > > one that came with their Linux os, > > would refus

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-08-09 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Aug 09, 2017 at 07:13:03AM -0400, Jape Person wrote: > [...] Ah, ASCII art pinups put up by a "naughty" SYSOP printed > out on tractor feed! Those were the days! Oh, yeah. And lawn, and that :-) Cheers - -- t -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Ve

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-08-09 Thread Jape Person
On 08/09/2017 04:29 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Aug 08, 2017 at 01:01:30PM -0500, Doug wrote: [...] It always amazes me that people who get a driver made specifically for a device [...] Thanks, Brian and Jape. You've put it more eloquent

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-08-09 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Aug 08, 2017 at 01:01:30PM -0500, Doug wrote: [...] > It always amazes me that people who get a driver made specifically > for a device [...] Thanks, Brian and Jape. You've put it more eloquently than I could :) Let me add that to a fish, t

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-08-08 Thread Jape Person
On 08/08/2017 02:01 PM, Doug wrote: ... It always amazes me that people who get a driver made specifically for a device, a driver that has significantly more capability than one that came with their Linux os, would refuse to use it. It hasn't cost them anything, just as the Linux os hasn't cost t

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-08-08 Thread Brian
On Tue 08 Aug 2017 at 13:01:30 -0500, Doug wrote: > It always amazes me that people who get a driver made specifically for a > device, a driver that has significantly more capability than one that came > with their Linux os, > would refuse to use it. It hasn't cost them anything, just as the Linux

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-08-08 Thread Doug
)dipped my toes into the mysteries of printer setup, and (eventually) configured another version of my HL-2280 using CUPS settings of "Generic / Generic PCL Laser Printer". The CUPS test page printed out correctly, although I see that many options exposed by the Brother proprietary driv

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-08-08 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 7 Jul 2017 11:36:10 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Wed 05 Jul 2017 at 15:31:51 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Tue 04 Jul 2017 at 09:05:21 -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 4 Jul 2017 12:03:45 +0100 > > > Brian wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon 03 Jul 2017 at 19:15:19 -0400, Celejar wrote: > >

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-08-08 Thread Celejar
uire a driver. > > I do not see why 1 and 2 are in any way necessary to use a printer > without a proprietary driver. PostScript or PCL6 emulation is, however, > a pre-condition. The HL-2280DW has PCL6 emulation. Very interesting, thanks. I (re)dipped my toes into the mysteries of printer

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-07 Thread Whit Hansell
On 07/07/2017 07:14 AM, Georgi Naplatanov wrote: On 07/03/2017 02:41 PM, Whit Hansell wrote: Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that is currently available and reasonably priced (<$300). I am interested in finding one as i am sick and tired of buying ink ev

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-07 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
On 07/03/2017 02:41 PM, Whit Hansell wrote: > Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that is > currently available and reasonably priced (<$300). I am interested in > finding one as i am sick and tired of buying ink every month even when > I'm not printi

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-07 Thread Brian
On Wed 05 Jul 2017 at 15:31:51 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Tue 04 Jul 2017 at 09:05:21 -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > On Tue, 4 Jul 2017 12:03:45 +0100 > > Brian wrote: > > > > > On Mon 03 Jul 2017 at 19:15:19 -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, 3 Jul 2017 14:46:08 -0400 > > > > Dan Ritter

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-05 Thread Brian
On Tue 04 Jul 2017 at 09:05:21 -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 4 Jul 2017 12:03:45 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > On Mon 03 Jul 2017 at 19:15:19 -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 3 Jul 2017 14:46:08 -0400 > > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > A Brother with all of: > > > >

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-04 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 4 Jul 2017 12:03:45 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Mon 03 Jul 2017 at 19:15:19 -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > On Mon, 3 Jul 2017 14:46:08 -0400 > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > A Brother with all of: > > > > > > - ethernet networking > > > - duplex > > > - BR/Script3 (Their PostScri

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-04 Thread Brian
On Tue 04 Jul 2017 at 12:03:45 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Mon 03 Jul 2017 at 19:15:19 -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > On Mon, 3 Jul 2017 14:46:08 -0400 > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > A Brother with all of: > > > > > > - ethernet networking > > > - duplex > > > - BR/Script3 (Their PostS

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-04 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 07:15:19PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 3 Jul 2017 14:46:08 -0400 > Dan Ritter wrote: > > ... > > > A Brother with all of: > > > > - ethernet networking > > - duplex > > - BR/Script3 (Their PostScript clone, which I think is actually > > GhostScript) > > > > will n

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-04 Thread Brian
On Mon 03 Jul 2017 at 19:15:19 -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 3 Jul 2017 14:46:08 -0400 > Dan Ritter wrote: > > ... > > > A Brother with all of: > > > > - ethernet networking > > - duplex > > - BR/Script3 (Their PostScript clone, which I think is actually > > GhostScript) > > > > will not

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/03/2017 04:41 AM, Whit Hansell wrote: Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that is currently available and reasonably priced (<$300). I am interested in finding one as i am sick and tired of buying ink every month even when I'm not printing much. Have t

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 3 Jul 2017 14:46:08 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: ... > A Brother with all of: > > - ethernet networking > - duplex > - BR/Script3 (Their PostScript clone, which I think is actually > GhostScript) > > will not need a driver. > > Current examples: HL-L5100N ($170), HL-L6200DW ($250) Very

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 3 Jul 2017 08:05:52 -0400 Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote: > On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 07:41:31AM -0400, Whit Hansell wrote: > > Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that is > > currently available and reasonably priced (<$300). I am interested in >

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread Whit Hansell
On 07/03/2017 05:45 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Mon, 3 Jul 2017 11:54:34 -0400 Whit Hansell wrote: On 07/03/2017 10:41 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, July 03, 2017 07:41:31 AM Whit Hansell wrote: Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that is currently

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 3 Jul 2017 11:54:34 -0400 Whit Hansell wrote: > > > On 07/03/2017 10:41 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Monday, July 03, 2017 07:41:31 AM Whit Hansell wrote: > >> Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that > >> is currentl

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread Whit Hansell
On 07/03/2017 12:39 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Monday 03 July 2017 10:41:13 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, July 03, 2017 07:41:31 AM Whit Hansell wrote: Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that is currently available and reasonably priced (<$300). I

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread Whit Hansell
On 07/03/2017 03:22 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 07/03/17 04:41, Whit Hansell wrote: Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that is currently available and reasonably priced (<$300). I am interested in finding one as i am sick and tired of buying ink every mo

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread Whit Hansell
On 07/03/2017 02:46 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 12:39:06PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: On Monday 03 July 2017 10:41:13 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, July 03, 2017 07:41:31 AM Whit Hansell wrote: Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that is

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread Whit Hansell
On 07/03/2017 01:41 PM, Tom Dial wrote: On 07/03/2017 05:41 AM, Whit Hansell wrote: Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that is currently available and reasonably priced (<$300). I am interested in finding one as i am sick and tired of buying ink every month e

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread rhkramer
mall cartridge and I have cut > back on my printing considerably and really get honked off when it spits > out a big black block of ink in an article I can't print from a pre-set > printjob setup from the web page source. And my 1510 just died on me > so am in need of a new p

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread David Christensen
On 07/03/17 04:41, Whit Hansell wrote: Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that is currently available and reasonably priced (<$300). I am interested in finding one as i am sick and tired of buying ink every month even when I'm not printing much. Have t

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 12:39:06PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 03 July 2017 10:41:13 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Monday, July 03, 2017 07:41:31 AM Whit Hansell wrote: > > > Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that > > &

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread Tom Dial
On 07/03/2017 05:41 AM, Whit Hansell wrote: > Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that is > currently available and reasonably priced (<$300). I am interested in > finding one as i am sick and tired of buying ink every month even when > I'm not

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread Doug
On 07/03/2017 06:41 AM, Whit Hansell wrote: Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that is currently available and reasonably priced (<$300). I am interested in finding one as i am sick and tired of buying ink every month even when I'm not printing much. Ha

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 03 July 2017 10:41:13 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday, July 03, 2017 07:41:31 AM Whit Hansell wrote: > > Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that > > is currently available and reasonably priced (<$300). I am > > interested in

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread Whit Hansell
On 07/03/2017 10:41 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, July 03, 2017 07:41:31 AM Whit Hansell wrote: Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that is currently available and reasonably priced (<$300). I am interested in finding one as i am sick and tired of buy

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread rhkramer
On Monday, July 03, 2017 07:41:31 AM Whit Hansell wrote: > Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that is > currently available and reasonably priced (<$300). I am interested in > finding one as i am sick and tired of buying ink every month even when > I'

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread Whit Hansell
On 07/03/2017 08:05 AM, Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote: On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 07:41:31AM -0400, Whit Hansell wrote: Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that is currently available and reasonably priced (<$300). I am interested in finding one as i am sick and tired

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread Adam Rosi-Kessel
On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 07:41:31AM -0400, Whit Hansell wrote: > Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that is > currently available and reasonably priced (<$300). I am interested in > finding one as i am sick and tired of buying ink every month even when I'

Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread Whit Hansell
Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that is currently available and reasonably priced (<$300). I am interested in finding one as i am sick and tired of buying ink every month even when I'm not printing much. Have tried the Brother 2270DW but can't ge

Re: Contemplating new MFC color laser printer purchase

2016-04-02 Thread Doug
On 04/02/2016 09:42 PM, Gary Dale wrote: In general, laser is the way to go. However inkjet still rules for printing photos and printing directly onto discs. There are also specialty printing, such as large formats, where you would have a tough time finding lasers. I tend to stay away from B

Re: Contemplating new MFC color laser printer purchase

2016-04-02 Thread Gary Dale
In general, laser is the way to go. However inkjet still rules for printing photos and printing directly onto discs. There are also specialty printing, such as large formats, where you would have a tough time finding lasers. I tend to stay away from Brother myself for the same reason you found

Re: Contemplating new MFC color laser printer purchase

2016-04-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 02 April 2016 18:57:30 deloptes wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > packratitis > Its a dangerous virus, and there ought to be a law that 2 victims of it cannot marry. Its positively amazing how much junk you can save when there are two of you, working on your 27th year in the same hou

Re: Contemplating new MFC color laser printer purchase

2016-04-02 Thread deloptes
Gene Heskett wrote: > packratitis you are a funny guy Gene I wish we were living in a world that every person could live in piece when 81 and enjoy the days. regards

Re: Contemplating new MFC color laser printer purchase

2016-04-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 02 April 2016 16:25:39 deloptes wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 02 April 2016 09:52:58 deloptes wrote: > >> Gene Heskett wrote: > >> > Does anyone know if the scanner in a Dell H625cdw MFC is > >> > recognized by xsane? > >> > >> http://www.sane-project.org/sane-backends.h

Re: Contemplating new MFC color laser printer purchase

2016-04-02 Thread deloptes
Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 02 April 2016 09:52:58 deloptes wrote: > >> Gene Heskett wrote: >> > Does anyone know if the scanner in a Dell H625cdw MFC is recognized >> > by xsane? >> >> http://www.sane-project.org/sane-backends.html >> >> I do not think so. >> >> I bought Epson 33/330 and I

Re: Contemplating new MFC color laser printer purchase

2016-04-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 02 April 2016 09:52:58 deloptes wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > Does anyone know if the scanner in a Dell H625cdw MFC is recognized > > by xsane? > > http://www.sane-project.org/sane-backends.html > > I do not think so. > > I bought Epson 33/330 and I've been using it with the Epsons

Re: Contemplating new MFC color laser printer purchase

2016-04-02 Thread deloptes
Gene Heskett wrote: > Does anyone know if the scanner in a Dell H625cdw MFC is recognized by > xsane? http://www.sane-project.org/sane-backends.html I do not think so. I bought Epson 33/330 and I've been using it with the Epsons iscan tool (v.2.30) over 3y now. It works great for me. It states

Contemplating new MFC color laser printer purchase

2016-04-02 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; Does anyone know if the scanner in a Dell H625cdw MFC is recognized by xsane? Thanks. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page

Brother HL-2240D on Debian wheezy (was ... Re: recommend a laser printer)

2013-05-20 Thread Chris Bannister
[fixing subject for archive/google searches.] On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 09:44:23PM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > Thanks everyone for the advice. I had never thought of buying a used > "industrial strength" laser printer. When I need a printer, I'll look > into that. This part

Re: recommend a laser printer

2013-05-19 Thread Rob Owens
> On 5/16/2013 12:08, Rob Owens wrote: > > I'm trying to buy a black and white laser printer for a family member > > running Wheezy. Can anybody recommend one that you've purchased recently, > > which used native cups drivers available in Wheezy, which cost $100U

Re: recommend a laser printer

2013-05-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-05-17 at 09:51 +0200, I wrote: > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/usedlasers.html PS: This is the homepage from somebody of the FreeBSD community, so you can assume that what he recommends should be ok for Debian Linux too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@l

Re: recommend a laser printer

2013-05-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi Rob, better get a cheap second hand business printer, than an expensive home printer. http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/usedlasers.html Regards, Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.

Re: recommend a laser printer

2013-05-17 Thread st
Anthony Campbell wrote: I'm trying to buy a black and white laser printer for a family member running Wheezy. Can anybody recommend one that you've purchased recently, which used native cups drivers available in Wheezy, which cost $100US or less? Brother HL-2132. Cartridges don&#

Re: recommend a laser printer

2013-05-17 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 17 May 2013 01:17:04 Patrick Bartek wrote: > NO problems configuring my 6 or 7 year old Samsung ML-1710. > It's been superceded by a few models since then, all around $100US.  I'm > sure there will be no problems setting them up as well.  Samsung printers > are Linux friendly. I will ech

Re: recommend a laser printer

2013-05-17 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 16 May 2013, st wrote: > Rob Owens wrote: > > >I'm trying to buy a black and white laser printer for a family member > >running Wheezy. Can anybody recommend one that you've purchased recently, > >which used native cups drivers available in Wheezy, which co

Re: recommend a laser printer

2013-05-16 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Thu, 16 May 2013, Rob Owens wrote: > I'm trying to buy a black and white laser printer for a family member > running Wheezy. Can anybody recommend one that you've purchased > recently, which used native cups drivers available in Wheezy, which > cost $100US or less? I i

Re: recommend a laser printer

2013-05-16 Thread Anon 4495
I have an HP 4050N and it is a very reliable printer, works with every OS I have tried. I got mine for $75 shipped, It had over 200k pages when I got it, but I have had it for about 5 years now with no problems.

RE: recommend a laser printer

2013-05-16 Thread Mark Allums
> I'm trying to buy a black and white laser printer for a family member > running Wheezy. Can anybody recommend one that you've purchased > recently, which used native cups drivers available in Wheezy, which cost > $100US or less? HP printers may or may not be high quali

Re: recommend a laser printer

2013-05-16 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:08:40PM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > I'm trying to buy a black and white laser printer for a family member running > Wheezy. Can anybody recommend one that you've purchased recently, which used > native cups drivers available in Wheezy, which cost $

Re: recommend a laser printer

2013-05-16 Thread st
Rob Owens wrote: I'm trying to buy a black and white laser printer for a family member running Wheezy. Can anybody recommend one that you've purchased recently, which used native cups drivers available in Wheezy, which cost $100US or less? Brother HL-2132. Cartridges don't

Re: recommend a laser printer

2013-05-16 Thread staticsafe
On 5/16/2013 12:08, Rob Owens wrote: > I'm trying to buy a black and white laser printer for a family member running > Wheezy. Can anybody recommend one that you've purchased recently, which used > native cups drivers available in Wheezy, which cost $100US or less? &g

recommend a laser printer

2013-05-16 Thread Rob Owens
I'm trying to buy a black and white laser printer for a family member running Wheezy. Can anybody recommend one that you've purchased recently, which used native cups drivers available in Wheezy, which cost $100US or less? Thanks -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Re: Laser Printer printing intermittantly, CUPS bug?

2012-04-16 Thread John Magolske
* John Magolske [120413 15:06]: > [...] I think I figured out the printing issue. This is a legal size > PDF, and so I added the -o media=legal to the command like so: > > lp -d Brother_HL-1450_series -n 1 -P 2 -o media=legal some-file.pdf > > And now it seems to be printing fine. Will check

Re: Laser Printer printing intermittantly, CUPS bug?

2012-04-13 Thread Roger Leigh
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 01:19:00AM -0700, John Magolske wrote: > I got the dbus & avahi daemons to run by first doing as root: > > # mkdir /var/run/dbus If you're running a current up-to-date unstable or testing system, try rebooting your system. Immediately after you login after it starts u

Re: Laser Printer printing intermittantly, CUPS bug?

2012-04-13 Thread Brian
On Thu 12 Apr 2012 at 22:01:33 -0700, John Magolske wrote: > I have tried several PPD files including the one from Brother. Haven't > tried the Gutenprint driver, may try that next. But I'm thinking > getting the avahi-daemon running may be the issue. Perhaps I need to > get dbus running first? An

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