laser printer for school

[Dave Cramer]

The goal was to give this to my daughter at school with a minimum of
fuss. I certainly have a linux server doing my printing.

Dave Cramer
VP Software Development
Visible Assets Inc.
www.visibleassets.com



On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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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