Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:43:18 -0600 From: Mark Kane <mark@mkproductions.org> To: Robert Uzzi <ruzzi@compedgeracing.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Small Laser Printers Message-ID: <442AC736.5090801@mkproductions.org> In-Reply-To: <49863.207.70.139.52.1143652340.squirrel@www.compedgeracing.com> References: <49863.207.70.139.52.1143652340.squirrel@www.compedgeracing.com>
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Robert Uzzi wrote: > Any one using a current small laser printer that cost's in the 100 to 200 > dollar range. I've been looking at several to print Invoices on but I keep > running in circles trying to figure out if they will work. If you got > something in that range to work which one? Hi. I bought a Brother HL-5250DN laser printer a couple weeks ago and it's been working extremely great. The setup was extremely simple with CUPS. I just put in the IP address of the printer (it's a network printer) and copied the PPD file from the CD. Then restarted CUPS and it's working (and tons better than my Lexmark Z52 I might add :D). PriceGrabber shows it right at $200 right now, but I got it locally for a little less with a price match. I looked into the smaller Brother models (such as the HL-2040) that are less money initially and was going to get that one on sale at Staples that week, but in the long run with toner and drums the 5250DN is a much better deal. Plus it has the networking so setup is real simple. I have to say that if you plan on using AbiWord with it, it might not work for you. There is a bug report on their bug tracker about it and when I choose the Brother printer to print to, it just prints a blank page (and shows one in Print Preview as well). Printing to the Lexmark Z52 works fine so it's not all printers, but just with some lasers I think (Bug #7852). HTH -Mark -- GnuPG Public Key: http://www.mkproductions.org/mk_pubkey.asc Internet Radio: Party107 (Trance/Electronic) - http://www.party107.com Rock 101.9 The Edge (Rock) - http://www.rock1019.net IRC: MIXXnet IRC Network - irc.mixxnet.net (Nick: MIXX941)
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