I'm looking for a colour laser printer that's so cheap that I can put it on my birthday wish list and stand a chance of getting it (too broke to buy one myself).
- The printer should work with OpenBSD without a hitch, and by that I don't mean "can sometimes be gotten to work by endlessly tweaking CUPS", and I also don't mean "can be gotten to work with compat_linux and a binary blob", - the printer should also be Linux-compatible (Windows-compatibility not required), - it should be a colour laser printer, - replacement cartridges shouldn't be prohibitively expensive, - and it should be as cheap as possible without totally sucking monkey balls.** Oh, and I have an aversion to HP, so it would be better if it wasn't from them. All-in-one stuff and similar shenanigans aren't important at all. In fact, I'd prefer it if the device didn't offer that, as BSD/Linux support of such features tends to be spotty. I looked at http://openbsd.org/i386.html#hardware and didn't see any printers mentioned there, though I suppose they sort of fall under RJ45 support or ulpt(4) http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ulpt&sektion=4 and the rest is lpd/CUPS? If a printer is supported by CUPS/Linux, will it work on OpenBSD? Sorry for the daft questions, but a cursory Google search didn't reveal much. I found this: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/07/08/FreeBSD_Basics.html and this: http://openprinting.org/printer_list.cgi , but while it offers good info on specific printers, entering requirements such as "blob-free" and "colour laser" and then searching for a list of suitable models doesn't seem to be possible there. If anyone could recommend anything, or even warn me against buying certain models, I'd be very grateful. Thanks and regards, --ropers **My current inkjet printer takes well over a minute to print a single page, so my definition of "not totally sucking monkey balls" is actually quite modest.
