On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 11:49:28AM -0700, J.C. Roberts wrote: > On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 11:37:30 +0200 ropers <rop...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 2009/4/6 Toni Mueller <openbsd-m...@oeko.net>: > > > > > > I don't know what exactly you want to do, but you might be > > > interested in reading some reports about the printing quality and > > > operating cost, too. Eg. a good ink jet printer should deliver > > > better quality printouts than a bad laser printer. > > > > I do positively, affirmatively, definitely want a laser printer. ;) > > > > Because: > > (a), I already have a (dead slow and old but portable) ink jet > > printer, (b), ink jet printers are more likely to go into the > > direction of weird binary blob printer drivers with neither built-in > > postscript, nor good ghostscript/driver support, and > > (c), an ink jet printer cannot do this: > > http://www.riccibitti.com/pcb/pcb.htm > > For Do-It-Yourself PCB's, you *really* want postscript support. Color > support is not necessary, and you can easily get away with finding a > free, used, office laser printer. As odd as it might seem, some of the > old laser printers are actually "better" in the sense of they were > built to last and you can still get parts for most of them. > > Network support is very nice to have, and makes your life a lot easier, > but isn't a show stopper since you can almost always use a small > "print-server" device. I've had *decades* of success with HP LaserJet I, > and LaserJet II-P printers, although I would not suggest the former for > PCB work due to resolution. Yes, I know they're ancient, but they work.
If the above is correct (and I believe JCR) then I can highly recommend the Brother HL-2170W. It's inexpensive and has worked great for me with OpenBSD. Comes with wireless *and* wired networking. http://www.brother-usa.com/Printer/ModelDetail.aspx?ProductID=hl2170W -- Jason Dixon DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net/
