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Date:      Sat, 03 Mar 2012 09:08:47 -0800
From:      perryh@pluto.rain.com
To:        talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, siefke_listen@web.de
Subject:   Re: Brother Printer
Message-ID:  <4f52501f.U9tC8QsBXWI3quJz%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
In-Reply-To: <297511A5-2081-4367-AE6C-9D043371085C@lpthe.jussieu.fr>
References:  <297511A5-2081-4367-AE6C-9D043371085C@lpthe.jussieu.fr>

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Michel Talon <talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr> wrote:

> If you want to avoid such problems the only solution is to buy
> a printer with postscript or pdf support and direct network
> connection, that is an expensive one ...

I've been using a Samsung ML-2571N for something like a couple of
years now.  It has a direct net connection, supports PostScript,
directly supports both lpd and Bonjour (Mac) protocols, and cost
something like $60 or $70 (US) at Fry's.  Granted that was a sale
price -- regular was probably around $100 -- but even $100 does
not seem all that expensive.

I don't see the ML-2571N on frys.com today -- the closest is the
ML-2545 ($70, I think it uses the same engine but without network
support and may not have PostScript).  If I were choosing from
today's Fry's list, I would probably pick the ML-2955ND ($130) which
does duplexing.  (They also have wireless models, but I would not
trust wireless unless the printer and all its clients were inside
a Faraday cage :)

And no, I don't work for either Fry's or Samsung.



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