On Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 08:15:54PM +0200, Eric JACQUOT wrote: > Hi Ropers, > > Le Sun, 5 Apr 2009 19:44:27 +0200, > ropers <rop...@gmail.com> a icrit : > > > 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. > > So am I ;) > > I use personnaly a Xerox Phaser 6130N (tested and work very good since > I bought it with openbsd 4.2, and working as a usb local printer like > as a network printers with its embbedded network interface). No blob, > just a ppd file provided on Xerox Site (like all others models) and It > just works good with a great quality printing. Everything but the good > model depends of your monthly printing. > > But it'd been just my humble opinion, I just love Xerox ;) because i > can't find at this time a printer from them without a ppd file provided > on their site.
Xerox has been good for us too (genuine Postscript helps). The Phaser 6180 has been a good printer, and the successor 6280 looks quite similar. Graham -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Graham Allan - I.T. Manager School of Physics and Astronomy - University of Minnesota -------------------------------------------------------------------------
