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Date:      Thu, 9 Jan 2003 17:15:24 -0600
From:      Matthew Bettinger <mbettinger@championelevators.com>
To:        <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: reccomended printers
Message-ID:  <200301091715.24479.mbettinger@championelevators.com>

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On Thursday 09 January 2003 05:03 pm, BSD baby wrote:
> > I am looking to buy a laser printer for < $500 but need
> > some reccomendations on which one is decent for home/office
> > use. I had seen the HP 1200, it looks ok, will it last?
>
> Yes and it works VERY well with FreeBSD.
> It handles PostScript files directly.  No GhostScript needed.

I print to 1200's 4si's 5si's from bsd.  The 4si's and 5si's are probably=
 THE=20
most durable printer that I have ever seen.  They are rather big and heav=
y=20
but they can push alot of paper.  =20

Make sure to inquire about the last time the fuser had been replaced befo=
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you purchase one.  You can purchase maint. kits for around 150 bux.  That=
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cheap printer might end up costing you another 150 bux if you aren't care=
ful.=20
Fusers get scratched or go bad but it's nice to at least have a general i=
dea=20
when the next replacement is due.

Matt=20

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