Re: Laser Printer recommendation...
On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 12:39:06PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Monday 03 July 2017 10:41:13 rhkramer@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 ink every
> > > month even when I'm not printing much.
> >
> > Why are you buying ink every month if you are not printing much--to be
> > more specific, I'm asking if something is happening to your ink (or
> > ink cartridge)-- is it an ink jet printer and the nozzles getting
> > clogged, or maybe a laser printer in a high humidity environment
> > making the toner get too humid to work properly?
> >
> > If either of those are a possiblity, I wouldn't order a new printer
> > until you've considered the cause of the problem...
>
> Yes I would, buy a new printer. The just over $100 USD brother HL21XX
> b&w laser printer I have is going on 6 years old, is on its third toner
> cartridge, has printed 30 or so reams of paper, at 19ppm if the driving
> computer can feed it that fast. And its still printing like it was
> brand new.
>
> The one disadvantage for linux purists is that you must use the free to
> download and install, brother driver.
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)
-dsr-
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