[wellylug] Compatable printers

[David Antliff]

For the record, last night I purchased a Samsung ML-2010 monochrome laser
printer from Dick Smiths ($99 new). It works very nicely with Ubuntu 7.10
and a hand-compiled SpliX-1.1.1 driver w/ CUPS. I have it printing from
networked Ubuntu and Windows XP clients.

http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Samsung-ML-2010

There is a Ubuntu SpliX package but I didn't use it. Compiling the 1.1.1
driver required locating the jbigkit-1.6 source (which you can disable if
you don't want to use it) and modifying the Makefile paths to find the jbig
headers and the compiled library.

If anyone is interested I can provide more specific details.

You get 1000 pages for $99, and replacement toner cartridges are currently
about $120 (IIRC) for 3000 pages. The printer does *not* come with a USB
cable (the square type).

This printer is being used for quick-n-dirty print jobs such as printing
receipts/invoices, howto webpages/faqs or anything that needs a hardcopy.
It's not going to be used for anything serious like DTP of course.

-- David.
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