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
On 08/08/2017 09:29 AM, 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: - ethernet networking - duplex - BR/Script3 (Their PostScript clone,

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
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...

2017-07-07 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 every month

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 printing much. Have tried

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 tried the Br

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 > > finding one as i am si

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 av

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 currently available and reasonably priced (<

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 am intere

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 month even

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 cu

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 even wh

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread rhkramer
On Monday, July 03, 2017 11:54:34 AM Whit Hansell wrote: > Thanks for your reply, You're welcome! > Maybe I should have prefaced that statement with > a "for me" phrase. I do print out a number of articles during a month > but I used to have an hp722 printer and that cartridge held 2-3 times >

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 tried the Brother

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 > > > is currently available and reasona

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 printing much. Have trie

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. Have tried the

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 finding one as i am sick and

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 buying i

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'm not printing much.

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 of buyin

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'm > not printing

Re: laser printer recommendation for personal use?

2006-09-17 Thread Brad Sims
On Saturday 16 September 2006 8:56 pm, Miles Bader wrote: > Er, are there any popular choices that have _good_ print quality? > > [My only experience with printers is those at work, which tend to be > very high quality, though I assume they're pretty expensive too.] My choice, is a used laserjet

Re: laser printer recommendation for personal use?

2006-09-16 Thread Arafangion
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:56:57 +1000, Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Arafangion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: The lexmark printers appear to be better designed for recycling and are cheaper - albit at marginally worse print quality. (Both printers are very poor quality, so this makes little

Re: laser printer recommendation for personal use?

2006-09-16 Thread Miles Bader
Arafangion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The lexmark printers appear to be better designed for recycling and are > cheaper - albit at marginally worse print quality. (Both printers > are very poor quality, so this makes little difference). Er, are there any popular choices that have _good_ print q

Re: laser printer recommendation for personal use?

2006-09-16 Thread Arafangion
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 10:15:24 +1000, B.Hoffmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks everybody for the feedback. I'll be going for a Brother, they seem to bundle DEBs and other format linux drivers on their cd, should be supported. Just why is the HL-2070N $136,- on newegg and £144 on dabs here? A

Re: laser printer recommendation for personal use?

2006-09-16 Thread B.Hoffmann
Thanks everybody for the feedback. I'll be going for a Brother, they seem to bundle DEBs and other format linux drivers on their cd, should be supported. Just why is the HL-2070N $136,- on newegg and £144 on dabs here? At an exchange rate of around $1.80 to one £ this should be... a lot less. Oh we

Re: laser printer recommendation for personal use?

2006-09-16 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 15 Sep 2006, Ken Wahl wrote: > I'm quite satisfied with the Brother HL-2060 I purchased a year ago for > about $120. It sells now on NewEgg for $106. The Brother HL-2070N looks > like the model that would fit your needs, specifically ethernet > connectivity. It's selling on NewEgg for $135. Go h

Re: laser printer recommendation for personal use?

2006-09-15 Thread Ken Wahl
I'm quite satisfied with the Brother HL-2060 I purchased a year ago for about $120. It sells now on NewEgg for $106. The Brother HL-2070N looks like the model that would fit your needs, specifically ethernet connectivity. It's selling on NewEgg for $135. Go here [1] to see the reviews on NewEgg. L

Re: laser printer recommendation for personal use?

2006-09-15 Thread Geoff Reidy
B.Hoffmann wrote: > > 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

Re: laser printer recommendation for personal use?

2006-09-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
"B.Hoffmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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

Re: laser printer recommendation for personal use?

2006-09-15 Thread Hans du Plooy
On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 11:50 +0100, B.Hoffmann wrote: > 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

Re: laser printer recommendation for personal use?

2006-09-15 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/15/06 09:12, B.Hoffmann wrote: > Ron Johnson, Jr. wrote: > > >> With the LaserJet 1100 getting old in the tooth, and the kids >> entering 2nd Grade, we decided a color printer would be best. But, >> of course, ink jets are expensive to operate

Re: laser printer recommendation for personal use?

2006-09-15 Thread Albert Dengg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 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 model

Re: laser printer recommendation for personal use?

2006-09-15 Thread B.Hoffmann
Ron Johnson, Jr. wrote: > With the LaserJet 1100 getting old in the tooth, and the kids > entering 2nd Grade, we decided a color printer would be best. But, > of course, ink jets are expensive to operate and the ink runs out at > inopportune moments. So I got a Dell 3100cn on sale for $350. $

Re: laser printer recommendation for personal use?

2006-09-15 Thread B.Hoffmann
Hendrik wrote: > 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. > > 5.10 is getting a bit old with EoL approaching next March. Though that one is very stable here and has been

Re: laser printer recommendation for personal use?

2006-09-15 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/15/06 05:50, 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 footprin

Re: laser printer recommendation for personal use?

2006-09-15 Thread hendrik
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

RE: laser printer recommendation for personal use?

2006-09-15 Thread Roman Laubinger
> 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. Hi, personally, I own a Brother 1430 (yes, it is an older model) and just recently installed etch