[GLLUG] laser printer for linux

[Jeff Lawton]

MSU surplus usually has a good supply of printers also. The price per 
page on the brother 6xx toner is very hard to beat.  That is coming from 
someone who just retired a xerox n17 :-)

On 11/30/2011 05:51 AM, Michael George wrote:
> By "not interested in latest bells and whistles" I mean that it doesn't
> need a duplexer, color, wireless, ethernet, etc.  I would be content to
> plug it into a USB or parallel port.  If I find one with some of those
> features that is reasonably priced and works easily, that will be okay,
> too.  It sounds like the Brother printers are pretty solid for working
> with Linux.  I think I will lean in that direction.  Though if I could
> find a simple HP printer which did true PostScript, I'd be willing to
> pay more...  :-)
>
> Thanks for all the advice, everyone!
>
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 04:33:52PM -0500, Marr wrote:
>> On Tuesday 29 November 2011 13:01:10 Michael George wrote:
>>> I'm running gentoo on my server at home.  My little Brother 1250 seems
>>> to have printed its last page yesterday.  I have no bitterness, he's
>>> served me well for many years.  But now I need a new printer.
>>>
>>> I saw a thread a while back saying that Konica makes a good PS
>>> compatible color later printer.  I will look into that one, but I'm
>>> wondering what others might recommend for B&W?  I am more interested in
>>> one which will set up and work with little time invested on my part than
>>> I am in one with all the latest bells&  whistles.
>>>
>>> Anyone have any good recommendations?
>> I'll quote the relevant part of my original reply to the author (Tom Schouten)
>> of that thread (from 27-28 Oct 2011 if you're checking the archives):
>>
>> "You might want to check out Brother printers. Although the DCP-7040 (USB
>> monochrome laser printer + scanner / photocopier) that I'm familiar with
>> doesn't meet most of your [Tom's] criteria, the Linux printer and scanner
>> drivers are all available on Brother's website and it's been working flawlessly
>> under Slackware 13.1."
>>
>> That printer doesn't see a lot of use (so I cannot give any long-term
>> reliability reports) and there are parts of it that seem a bit "flimsy" (e.g.
>> plastic lid hinges), so I would not want to put it in a shared (commercial
>> office) environment where it would see rough handling, but I'd rate it very
>> highly in the "value for the dollar" department.  And, as I stated in my
>> previous post, the Linux support is there.  The scanner/photocopier with 35-
>> page (IIRC) auto-sheet-feeder is a nice feature.
>>
>> Unfortunately, the DCP-7040 is no longer sold at NewEgg, which is where I
>> bought it (for $140 + $3 shipping) back in Jan 2011. But I suspect several of
>> the similar Brother models would be comparable, e.g. MFC-7360N ($190 + $3
>> shipping) or MFC-7460DN ($240 + $2 shipping).
>>
>> BTW, it might help folks to give better recommendations if you'd state roughly
>> what your budget for this printer is.  And maybe what you consider to be
>> "bells and whistles" (scanner? sheet-feeder? fax? networking? wireless?
>> duplexing?).
>>
>> HTH....
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bill
>>

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