Re: laser printer that is very reliable that runs well under debian.....
Michael,
On Sun 13 July 2008 11:21, Michael Fothergill wrote:
> Dear folks,
>
> I bought a Samsung ML-2510 laser printer a while ago and drove it under
> Debian Etch and now Lenny.
>
> It seems to have developed a fault of some sort.
>
> The manufacturer says that I can run diagnostic software under either Linux
> (so it says) or MSWindows that might give me a hint as to why it is
> freezing up.
>
> I don't think it is a paper jam.
>
> I could mess around with this but I am very busy.
>
> So very busy that it is cheaper in time and money to simply buy a new
> printer to solve the problem.
>
> The printer cost me $100 or so.
>
> If I spent e.g. $1000 on a printer solely with the intent of finding one
> that is very reliable that Lenny will drive well and smell malfunctions
> and diagnose what they are really well (better still the printer itself has
> a display on it that gives copious details of any error on it indepedently
> of the operating system that is driving it that anyone could understand
> quickly), what printer would you recommend?????
>
> I am beginning to understand why people buy printers from Xerox etc.
>
> Regards
>
> Michael Fothergill
I've been using three different Ricoh printers here at the office, all under
Etch for several years now without any serious problems. One is a color
desktop, one is a B&W desktop & one is a digital color
copier/scanner/printer. IMHO the most important criteria are to select a
model which natively supports Adobe PostScript and configure CUPS to use the
appropriate PPD file.
The process has not been entirely painless. I've had some mechanical problems,
but Ricoh factory service has been very dependable. One the one hand, Ricoh
support will not hang up on you when you mention Linux, but on the other,
there are some functions WRT to the multifunction printer that only can be
accessed using a Windows driver.
HTH!
cmr
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