Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 18:34:14 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: "Kurt Buff" <kurt.buff@gmail.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Duplex printer advice Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20080531183045.026169e0@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <a9f4a3860805311412p684b584bh45523bf0a7a5e086@mail.gmail.co m> References: <a9f4a3860805311412p684b584bh45523bf0a7a5e086@mail.gmail.com>
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At 04:12 PM 5/31/2008, Kurt Buff wrote:
>All,
>
>I'm looking to replace my current printer - a Dell 1700n - because I
>can't make it work with FreeBSD/Linux.
>
>To replace it, I'd like to get a duplex printer, as I really hate to
>waste paper. Does anyone have good experience with one that isn't
>terribly expensive (expensive to me means more than US$500) and that
>works with with FreeBSD? Even better if it has Ethernet.
>
>I'm only finding (on ostg.pricegrabber.com) the Lexmark Optra T622DN
>and T522DN, but don't know much about them.
>
>Anyone care to share?
>
>Kurt
My 2 cents is I'd looks for a printer with a built-in network interface and
that has postscript and pcl emulations. In addition look at the
replacement toner cost and figure out the cost of ownership across 3-5 years.
I would look at lexmark, and samsung. Lexmark have higher duty cycles
(pages per month) and take larger toner cartidges. The samsung's make nice
work group low duty cycle printers.
-Derek
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