From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 8 01:10:48 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F03E1065670 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 01:10:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gull@gull.us) Received: from mail-ew0-f51.google.com (mail-ew0-f51.google.com [209.85.215.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04CD78FC0C for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 01:10:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy19 with SMTP id 19so577146ewy.10 for ; Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:10:46 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.37.140 with SMTP id y12mr4407781eea.21.1291770646696; Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:10:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.14.53.67 with HTTP; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 17:10:46 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [64.81.163.112] In-Reply-To: <20101203191339.61205ccb.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20101203043805.GB8149@comcast.net> <20101203191339.61205ccb.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 17:10:46 -0800 Message-ID: From: David Brodbeck To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: printer recommendations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:10:48 -0000 On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 2 Dec 2010 20:38:05 -0800, Charlie Kester wrote: >> My old HP Laserjet 4+ is broken and I'm thinking about buying a new >> printer. > > In case you have been happy with your 4+, consider getting > a used HP office-class laser printer. I can recommend the > HP LaserJet 4000 (maybe including a duplexer, very handy). > Interfaces are parallel and network - use network if possible. I have a LaserJet 2300n that's also worked out very well. It has about the same footprint as the 4m it replaced, but it's much faster. Good network interface and good Postscript support. The paper trays seem a little flimsy compared to the 4, but I haven't broken one yet. > Used office-class equipment, I can't emphasize it enough. The > HP Laserjet printers have a good "eco-mode standby behaviour", > so even energy costs are low Yup. I checked mine with a Kill-A-Watt and found no measurable power draw (less than 1 watt) in standby. After that I stopped bothering to turn it off.