From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 19 04:29:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 596F816A4D0 for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 04:29:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gw.visp.com.au (gw.visp.com.au [202.6.158.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CAF343D46 for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 04:29:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) Received: from bofh.spyderweb.com.au (dsl-173.163.240.220.lns02-waym-adl.dsl.comindico.com.au [220.240.163.173]) by gw.visp.com.au (8.12.8p2/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i8J4TBvN091339 for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 13:59:13 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) Received: from spyderweb.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1])i8J4RZu4035133 for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 13:57:39 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 13:57:35 +0930 From: Tim Aslat To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040919135735.47ecd56e@bofh.spyderweb.com.au> In-Reply-To: References: <20040917134014.GA432@tyr.systh.org> Organization: Spyderweb Consulting X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12a (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Which Laser Printer for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 04:29:12 -0000 In the immortal words of "Ted Mittelstaedt" ... > Go buy a HP Laserjet 4M+ that's used. For starters the things are > indestructible > you might have to do a feed roller replacement at 50,000 prints, but > other than > that you just keep putting toner and paper in it. They are dirt cheap > used and > the remanufactured toner cartridges for them are also dirt cheap. The > PostScript > is real PostScript. They take an internal print server card that is > also dirt > cheap on the used market. I agree. I have one of these given to me, and I have to admit, it's basically wonderful. Everything works with it, it spits out pages perfectly every time. It's a bit slow to warm up, but that's bearable considering all it's benefits. I'm up to around 4000 pages since I bought a toner for it, and I will probably just get a refill cartridge for less than AU$50. You can usually pick these units up at auction for around the $20 mark, or sometimes less. Mine came with a second paper tray and a jet-direct card, and I'm sure there are other nice extras that people are willing to include just to take it off their hands. Cheers Tim -- Tim Aslat Spyderweb Consulting http://www.spyderweb.com.au Phone: +61 0401088479