From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 25 03:46:43 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 36B6C16A400 for ; Fri, 25 May 2007 03:46:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@ayn.mi.celestial.com) Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com (hayek.celestial.com [192.136.111.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18F0A13C44B for ; Fri, 25 May 2007 03:46:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@ayn.mi.celestial.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CD0D6800E1B7; Thu, 24 May 2007 20:49:18 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mi.celestial.com Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ayn.mi.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id wNXuOAZyFQwl; Thu, 24 May 2007 20:49:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id E3B166800E1B5; Thu, 24 May 2007 20:49:17 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 20:49:17 -0700 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070525034917.GA21909@ayn.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4655D19C.8030909@FreeBSD.org> <20070524190011.GA38710@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <39C83B28-09BD-47E4-A926-73306D9EA582@hiwaay.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <39C83B28-09BD-47E4-A926-73306D9EA582@hiwaay.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 OpenPKG/2.5 Subject: Re: laser printer - which one? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 03:46:43 -0000 On Thu, May 24, 2007, David Kelly wrote: > >On May 24, 2007, at 2:00 PM, Roland Smith wrote: > >>I've had good experiences with HP laserjets. > >Me too. But in my opinion HP now makes Good LaserJets, and Cheap >LaserJets. Take your pick, they don't make exceptional LaserJets and >sell them cheap. I've been using an HP 4M+ with duplex since November 1995, and can't complain. Their quality may have slipped since then. >Have been very happy with performance and operating costs of HP >4000's, 5000N, and 8100N. Couldn't find one used for what my Brother >HL-5250DN cost new, so I bought the Brother. Only problem has been >the HP's would print envelopes better than the Brother. I haven't found any printer that really works well with envelopes (unless you count some Pitney Bowes printers that are designed specifically for printing high volumes of flyers, envelopes and brochures). >Have not been terribly happy with HP inkjets and my statement above >is based on the apparent observation the HP inkjet crew has been >designing lasers lately. I have an HP Photosmart 7360 that I like, largely because I don't use it very much, and it's designed so that it can through long periods of inactivity without clogging the nozzles. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 ``I don't care how little your country is, you got a right to run it like you want to. When the big nations quit meddling, then the world will have peace.'' Will Rogers