From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 24 23:24:24 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3978316A421 for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 23:24:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D74AE13C45D for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 23:24:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l4ONOMp4011047; Thu, 24 May 2007 17:24:22 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) with ESMTP id l4ONOMl7011044; Thu, 24 May 2007 17:24:22 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 17:24:22 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Gabor Kovesdan In-Reply-To: <4655D19C.8030909@FreeBSD.org> Message-ID: <20070524171605.K10943@wonkity.com> References: <4655D19C.8030909@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 24 May 2007 17:24:22 -0600 (MDT) Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: laser printer - which one? 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: Thu, 24 May 2007 23:24:24 -0000 On Thu, 24 May 2007, Gabor Kovesdan wrote: > might be a bit off here, but I'm sure some of you have experiences with laser > printers. I would like to buy a (relatively) cheap laser printer with the > following requirements: > > - quality (I mean here, that I want to use it for a long time, thus it should > be of good quality and be robust) > - has such a toner, *that can be refilled cheaply* > - prints in good quality, speed and noise is not that important > - should work under FreeBSD / Linux, not just under Windows > > As for the price, I'm thinking of 100 000 HUF (about 400 EUR) as *very* > maximum. The price is important, but the first point is more important at > all...I color laser printer would be cool if this amount of money is > sufficient for this, but a BW one is ok, too. My suggestion would be a used HP LaserJet 4050, preferably with a JetDirect network interface. I've used them as network printers for FreeBSD with excellent results, they're built well and cheap to run. Have not tried toner refilling, though. You could probably buy a color laser with mostly-empty "starter" toner at this price, but replacing supplies could cost as much or more than the printer. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA