Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 12:10:22 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: rdmurphy@acs.bu.edu Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Printer and modem recommendations? Message-ID: <199601180140.MAA04522@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199601171921.OAA95988@acs3.bu.edu> from "rdmurphy@acs.bu.edu" at Jan 17, 96 02:21:19 pm
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rdmurphy@acs.bu.edu stands accused of saying: > > Does anyone have recommendations on: > > 1) low end (less than $500.) laser printers Buy a secondhand Laserjet 2 or 3. Provided you look after them, they're good for over a million copies. I picked one up at an auction for about $150, and spent another $100 or so on parts. It's done about 250,000 copies and runs perfectly. (This was actually a III with 4M and the Canon SX-2 engine, ie. 600dpi with the spiffy RET stuff.) We paid about $600 (Australian) for an ex-demo LJ-2 with about 20,000 copies on it about two years ago A new printer in the under-$500 bracket will be _CRAP_ and will give you nothing but grief. > My sense from looking at the mail archive is that GDI (I think) > printers such as the HP 5L are not compatible with FreeBSD. Is > this true? Are there any reasonable alternatives? GDI printers of all types are inherently dependant on the Micro$oft Windows GDI rasteriser, and are next to useless. Never, ever buy a GDI printer. Pick something mainstream that is compatible with the HP-PCL or Postscript, even if it is a few years old. > Russ Murphy -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[
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