From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 31 05:31:16 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0100C106564A for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 05:31:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com) Received: from alogreentechnologies.com (alogreentechnologies.com [67.212.226.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFD3E8FC1A for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 05:30:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from amd620.ovitrap.com ([49.128.188.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by alogreentechnologies.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id q2V53cun002514; Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:03:41 -0600 From: Erich Dollansky To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:03:38 +0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (FreeBSD/8.3-PRERELEASE; KDE/4.7.4; amd64; ; ) References: <4F75D37C.2020203@lovetemple.net> <20120330233241.6f89eb89@gumby.homeunix.com> <002b01cd0ef4$702cdd90$508698b0$@on.ca> In-Reply-To: <002b01cd0ef4$702cdd90$508698b0$@on.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201203311203.38836.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> Cc: Subject: Re: Printer recommendation please 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: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 05:31:16 -0000 Hi, On Saturday 31 March 2012 11:12:07 Matt Emmerton wrote: > On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:14:20 -0400 > > Mike Jeays wrote: > > > > > I strongly recommend a laser printer over an inkjet even for home use. > > > The reduced running costs and better reliability are easily worth the > > > lack of colour, IMO. > > > > How do they compare for light and occasional use? I'm thinking in terms > of a few pages, > > a few times a year, so presumably the consumables become perishables. > > Toner really doesn't go bad, and good laser printers are built to last. My > first laser printer was an HP LaserJet 5P that my local bank branch was > throwing away in 2003. It ran on its existing toner cartridge for 5 or 6 > years under light use - maybe 500 pages per year. yes, take a laser. Inkjets just dry out before the next use. You need then to take some time to fix it. I have had only one in my life. I thought it was a good buy until I realised this problem. My first laser printer was a IIP running for at least a decade until the electronics gave way. I just realised that I have had no laser printer failing mechanically. The problem might will be to find a cheap one which works with FreeBSD. Friends bought the cheapest Samsung AIO. It did not give them any problems running Linux. Erich > > Matt > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >