From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 7 19:23:56 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D0ED16A420 for ; Tue, 7 Mar 2006 19:23:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dataivNOSPAM@noc.peon.net) Received: from fep4.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 054E443D45 for ; Tue, 7 Mar 2006 19:23:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dataivNOSPAM@noc.peon.net) Received: from radium.cmbn.vangeyn.net (d141-148-1.home.cgocable.net [24.141.148.1]) by fep4.cogeco.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB4B26CB1; Tue, 7 Mar 2006 14:23:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from secure1.vangeyn.net (www@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by radium.cmbn.vangeyn.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k27JNqDE029692; Tue, 7 Mar 2006 14:23:52 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from dataivNOSPAM@noc.peon.net) Received: from 130.15.15.68 (SquirrelMail authenticated user dvg) by secure1.vangeyn.net with HTTP; Tue, 7 Mar 2006 14:23:52 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4053.130.15.15.68.1141759432.squirrel@secure1.vangeyn.net> In-Reply-To: <20060307161537.GA87463@skytracker.ca> References: <20060307161537.GA87463@skytracker.ca> Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 14:23:52 -0500 (EST) From: dataivNOSPAM@noc.peon.net To: "David Banning" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggestions for an ecomomy laser printer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:23:56 -0000 I recently bought a Brother HL-2070N for $200 Canadian, and it includes network interface, is a 20 ppm black & white laser printer. It does, however, require a new drum every ~12,000 pages, and toner cartridges are estimated to last about 2,500 pages, so they aren't the biggest toner cartridges around. The 20 ppm speed is true, and when printing text, that is the speed it runs at. The printer is great for printing text, but is not superior at grayscale graphics (it is acceptable, though). It works over the network great, and is a great little printer for my use. Works in Linux, FreeBSD no problem, and supports PCL. There are likely others like this one that will do the same sort of thing. I guess it depends on how much printing you will be doing. Regards, David On Tue, March 7, 2006 11:15 am, 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.