multi-function B/W laser printer device

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 11:24:06AM -0400, CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:
> And some, like me, who swear by Lexmark equipment, though admittedly, 
> we've never sold the consumer, all-in-one, or inkjet models, just 
> their B&W lasers. They are built like tanks and I have had no 
> problems with driver support in Linux. I use a 1650n and it's 
> actually easier to install in Linux using CUPS than with Windows. One 
> of the Lexmarks we sold a few years ago, an Optra S 2450, has printed 
> 1.3 million copies with nothing more than regular preventative 
> maintenance and toner cartridges. You can often find inexpensive 
> refurbished units, though the copy counts are luck of the draw. A 
> batch we sold ranged from 10k to 200k copies but all are working fine 
> at least two years later.

OK, the lexmark laser printers (the higher end ones with postscript and
all that) are very nice printers.  But then again for that price you
could get a xerox laser printer that is probably even nicer.  Their
inkjets really are crap.

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Len Sorensen
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