laser printer for school

[Tyler Aviss]

What, no linux server running at home? :-)
On Sep 25, 2011 4:58 PM, "Dave Cramer" <davec-zxk95TxsVYDyHADnj0MGvQC/G2K4zDHf at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> So ironically just the other day I walked by an hp Laserjet 2100
> someone had thrown out. Just plugged it in and it prints fine.
>
> Now I have to find a cheap print server
>
> Dave Cramer
> VP Software Development
> Visible Assets Inc.
> www.visibleassets.com
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Peter King <peter.king-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 07:29:00PM -0400, Kevin Cozens wrote:
>>
>>> On 11-09-19 08:25 AM, Dave Cramer wrote:
>>> > I'm looking for a smallish laser printer. I have an old laser jet 6p
that
>>> > seems to print forever on a cartridge. Is there anything out there
like
>>> > that ? Smaller, more modern, ie USB ?
>>>
>>> I recently picked up a Samsung ML1865W laser printer that was on sale at
my
>>> local Best Buy. My other choice was an HP P1102W, both of similar size.
The
>>> Samsung W model was (and still is) on sale, has built-in WiFi, and is
less
>>> expensive than either the ML1865 (no WiFi) or the HP. The replacement
toner
>>> cartridges for the Samsung are less expensive than the HP and has better
>>> support for Linux than the HP using drivers you can download from the
>>> Samsung website.
>>
>> I bought the HP 1102w, and I can testify that support for Linux isn't
quite
>> where it should be. I have it running with the Foomatic foo2zjs-z2, but
the
>> margins aren't quite right, and it doesn't permit much fine-grained
handling.
>> It works like a charm with OS X, so it isn't the printer. Unfortunately,
the
>> hplip drivers somehow can't cope with this printer. So it's second-rate
output
>> unless you get to the level of fussing with the details of the driver,
which
>> I haven't done yet, and don't really think I should have to do. If the
Samsung
>> is better supported, then don't bother with the HP.
>>
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