Re: Laser printers that work out of the box

2019-10-23 Thread Matthew Miller
On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 10:39:03PM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > This one doesn't even appear at > > http://www.openprinting.org/printers/manufacturer/Canon > > How did you determine in advance that it will work; or you just took > your chances? I heard from someone that all new Canon laser p

Re: Laser printers that work out of the box

2019-10-19 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Matthew Miller writes: On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 11:53:23AM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Has anyone gotten a laser printer recently, which worked out of the > box without any fiddling, or downloading any blobs? Yes. After getting fed up with a Brother printer which was supposed to work but did

Re: Laser printers that work out of the box

2019-10-19 Thread Matthew Miller
On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 11:53:23AM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Has anyone gotten a laser printer recently, which worked out of the > box without any fiddling, or downloading any blobs? Yes. After getting fed up with a Brother printer which was supposed to work but did not, I just got a Canon M

Re: Laser printers that work out of the box

2019-10-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/19/19 11:53 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: My printer's is on its last legs. I'm having some trouble finding a printer that's currently widely available on sale (US) and which appears as "works perfectly"  on http://www.openprinting.org/printers/ I did find some Lexmark model, but when I chec

Re: Laser printers that work out of the box

2019-10-19 Thread sixpack13
maybe a hint: bought 9 years ago an Samsung ML-2851ND for ~110€ (OEM cartridge: ~90€ /5000 pages, non-OEM available ~ half prize). http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Samsung/Samsung-ML-2851ND Duplex, LAN and what was also an benefit: one part of the wearout components is build into the cartidg

Laser printers that work out of the box

2019-10-19 Thread Sam Varshavchik
My printer's is on its last legs. I'm having some trouble finding a printer that's currently widely available on sale (US) and which appears as "works perfectly" on http://www.openprinting.org/printers/ I did find some Lexmark model, but when I check up on the replacement toner cartridges,