From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 17 12:09:24 2004 Return-Path: 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 B12D116A522 for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:09:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF23F43D3F for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:09:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from frambozen (frambozen [192.168.1.9]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA10033; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:09:11 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:09:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill To: Martin Moeller In-Reply-To: <20040917134014.GA432@tyr.systh.org> Message-ID: <20040917080549.N4859@frambozen.monochrome.org> References: <20040917134014.GA432@tyr.systh.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which Laser Printer for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:09:24 -0000 On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Martin Moeller wrote: > I'm planning to buy a new printer, because the results with my Canon S500 are > total crap. I guess a laser printer is the best choice for Unix, and I'm > wondering which one I should buy. > > I thought about the HP Laserjet 6L or something in this category. > Any advice? The two HP LaserJets I've had were both excellent - no problems at all, good results, easy to set up. I'd recommend getting the JetDirect card, because that lets the printer be its own print server and also provides native PostScript support. It also supports AppleTalk directly, if that matters. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]