From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 15 8:36:20 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from q.closedsrc.org (ip233.gte15.rb1.bel.nwlink.com [209.20.244.233]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E114D37B406 for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 08:36:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lplist@closedsrc.org) Received: by q.closedsrc.org (Postfix, from userid 1003) id B2E5A55407; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 08:36:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by q.closedsrc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A34C051610; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 08:36:11 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 08:36:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Linh Pham To: Ted Mittelstaedt Cc: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net>, Freebsd Questions Subject: RE: What is the magical incantation necessary to print to /dev/ulpt0 In-Reply-To: <001501c12556$65e4e780$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 2001-08-14, Ted Mittelstaedt scribbled: # I think that the best value today in old business printers are the # HP LaserJet 5si's. Not the 5's, you want the 5si model. There were a # ton of options for them, and today you can get them very cheap used # because the printer is physically very large, so most home users shy # away from buying them - which clears away the competition so the # used prices are forced even lower. Also the large toner cartridge is # available from every used cartridge refurbisher there is and holds a # lot of toner which helps to keep your cost per page very low. Most # importantly in used printers, there were a ton of them sold and they # were very popular - so your going to see parts and support for years # and years to come. Our company had (and still has) a 5si/MX... though it's not being used now). It was purchased before I joined and was retired about 2 months ago. Poor thing :( The people abused it until it just give up and started to lose it's mind. We have since replaced it with a 8150DN, but I do have to agree that the 5si is definitely a workhouse and a very good product... so long as you maintain it, use decent laser printer paper and none of the crap toner cartridges out there... it will last quite a long time. # But, look at what you get - a recent Ebay sale for a used 5Si MX (MX # includes PostScript) with a jetdirect card and a 30 day warranty went # for only $500! New, the JetDirect card alone probably went for $500! I think it also included a duplexer (which allows you to print onto both sides of a piece of paper automatically). I could be wrong. -- Linh Pham [lplist@closedsrc.org] // 404b - Brain not found To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message