[wellylug] Laser printers (fwd)

[David Antliff]

Hi folks, some of you may remember the email below, which I sent about 18 
months ago. As it turned out, I did not buy a printer at that time. I am 
now looking to actually buy one, so I was wondering if anything 
significant has changed in that time? I still have the emails from those 
who replied to the original, so I'm just after 'updates' - are there any 
new printers on the market that anyone can recommend? Can you still buy PS 
printers? What's the Linux support like nowadays?

I take it colour laser printers are still specialty items?

My budget could probably extend a little further now, so I'd say I'm 
looking for something new under $800. Light/medium usage, home-office 
stuff. Linux support mandatory. Colour not necessary. It doesn't have to 
be a laser, but I'm not familiar with the state of inkjet these days. The 
last inkjet I had in 1999 was complete rubbish. I'd also hope to get 
something relatively cheap to run.

I'll be planning on network printing (via a Linux host) probably with 
CUPS? Any better ideas?

FTR, the original replies recommended the following printers:

Brother HL-660   HP (PCL) emulation mode
ancient Lexmark optra R
Brother 5140
Kyocera 1010
Kyocera FS-800
Lexmark E230
HP laserjet 1015


I'm reading over http://linuxprinting.org/ right now...

Thanks,

-- 
David.



---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:42:28 +1300 (NZDT)
From: David Antliff <dave.antliff at paradise.net.nz>
To: wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz
Subject: Laser printers


Can anyone recommend a B/W laser printer that works well with Linux and isn't 
too expensive? I've been looking at the Brother HL-5140 but I can't find any 
linux reviews (nor can I find the linux drivers that are supposedly 
downloadable from the Brother website). Ideally I'd like a postscript printer 
but these tend to be expensive (over $1000) and seem to be getting rarer.

How do the network-enabled ones work with Linux? They still require drivers on 
the workstation presumably?

Any suggestions? I have a budget of around $400.

-- 
David.