From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 16 14:32:37 2011 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 514BD106566C for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:32:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Received: from fileserver.home.qeng-ho.org (blue.qeng-ho.org [217.155.128.241]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3FB48FC14 for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:32:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fileserver.home.qeng-ho.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fileserver.home.qeng-ho.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p5GE5Kaa009935; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:05:22 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Message-ID: <4DFA0DA0.8060702@qeng-ho.org> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:05:20 +0100 From: Arthur Chance User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110430 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Kline References: <20110616062806.GA5194@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20110616062806.GA5194@thought.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: OT: printer, our cups port, and is-there-a-generic-laser? 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: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:32:37 -0000 On 06/16/11 07:28, Gary Kline wrote: > is there a laser other than the brother {tm}? i mean, that the > members of this org would go for? It depends how much printing you need it for, so check the manufacturer's specs. I've got a Kyocera FS-C5200DN, which is rated as a workgroup printer good for 1000s of pages a month. It gets used regularly for printing leaflets, brochures, etc in 100s at a time and works out considerably cheaper than Staples or other local copy shops for that sort of thing - below 2p per page ($0.03) for b&w, below 7p ($0.11) for colour according to the reviews. Reasonably fast (except on stuff from the Mac's word processor program for some reason), seems reliable but we've only had it about 8 months so not long enough to see any long term problems.