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Subject: Re: suggestions for an ecomomy laser printer
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On Tue, 2006-03-07 at 11:15 -0500, David Banning wrote:
> I have been looking at economy laser printers in the stores, only to
> discover that many will not print on FreeBSD. I have looked at some
> printers that -do- print on FreeBSD, but many are not made any more.
> Then there is the issue of dependability.
> 
> I am looking for an economy laser printer; under $500 range and want
> dependability, and low cost per copy.  It would be great if I could
> even find a -color- printer that prints only black most of the time, so I
> could use the color option when I need it, but that might be expecting
> too much.
> 
> Any suggestions would be helpful.

David,

A good source of info on printers that work with Cups etc is:

http://www.linuxprinting.org/

Hope this helps.

Rob