> I am great friend of "Brother" printers. They are cheap and reliable and they
> are well supported by linux. Brother is offering deb packages for installing
> or a linu script, which is downloading and installing these packages
> automatically.
Of course, that means you're at the mercy of Br
On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 03:11:27PM -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote:
> I phoned HP and was told that I could not speak with a technician,
> because no technicians were assigned to non-supported printers such as
> the HP5. And without authorization from a technician, the customer is
> not authorized
Glenn English <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Are HP laser printers still OK? Anybody have horror stories about the
> 4700? Or a better idea (color, laser, self contained server, heavy load)?
My HP5 no longer is supported. I discovered the fact when a HP toner
cartridge (supposedly with a lifetime
Glenn English wrote:
> Are HP laser printers still OK? Anybody have horror stories about the
> 4700? Or a better idea (color, laser, self contained server, heavy load)?
>
> TIA.
>
I like the Samsung CLP-550N (Note: don't get the 500 or 510, which do
not speak native postscript). However, it is
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For a good ole B&W Laser Printer get a LaserJet 5 (M/N/P) off eBay and
spruce it up. Hard to beat the old ones for reliability.
Dee
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 22:35, Mark L. Kahnt wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 19:28, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> > Greetings list,
> >
> > It's official: my Epson Stylus C
On 2003-06-11 09:27:41, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> perrin:~# /etc/init.d/lpd stop
> Stopping printer spooler: lpd.
> perrin:~# cat ~aperrin/ka.ps > /dev/usblp0
Nice!
> produces a fine printout. This is postscript sent directly to /dev/usblp0,
> bypassing both lpd and (therefore) the psonly-1200 filte
At 2003-06-11T02:44:41Z, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allan Wind) writes:
> It surprised me that you still need to run a driver in the form of a ppd
> to get things going perfectly (otherwise jobs would terminate abnormally
> elsewise, never had that problem with the Texas Instrument aka Sharp
> PostScript
[Sorry for the broken thread!]
Allan Wind wrote:
>The psonly-1200 filter does something; otherwise jobs are not terminated
>and
>the printer will kill some jobs after a timeout of 2 min (if I recall
>correctly). Not a big deal, it just surprised me that I needed a filter
>in the
>first place.
On 11 Jun 2003, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> Greetings list,
>
> It's official: my Epson Stylus Color 400 is dead after 6 years of faithful
> service.
>
> I'm in the market for a new printer and I would like some suggestions.
[snip]
Be careful about Brother. I have an HL-1040 for which I recently
On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 01:28:42AM +0200, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> Greetings list,
>
> It's official: my Epson Stylus Color 400 is dead after 6 years of faithful
> service.
>
> I'm in the market for a new printer and I would like some suggestions.
> Here are my parameters:
>
> - Laser printer (t
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 19:28, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> Greetings list,
>
> It's official: my Epson Stylus Color 400 is dead after 6 years of faithful
> service.
>
> I'm in the market for a new printer and I would like some suggestions.
> Here are my parameters:
>
> - Laser printer (the inkjet has
On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 01:28:42AM +0200, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> Greetings list,
>
> It's official: my Epson Stylus Color 400 is dead after 6 years of faithful
> service.
>
> I'm in the market for a new printer and I would like some suggestions.
> Here are my parameters:
>
> - Laser printer (t
On 2003-06-10 23:58:15, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> Surprising - that's not been my experience. I have two 1200SE's (one at
> home, one at work) and I just use the psonly-1200 filter from magicfilter.
> No ppd, nothing special - it Just Works. My wife's jobs (Win 98 and Win
> XP) generate a blank page
On 2003-06-11 05:23:17, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> OK. So I took a look at the HP site and looked at the entry level personal
> laserjets. I liked the 1300 (20 ppm, 1200x1200, network capable, parallel)
> and it seems like a good deal at $399 (from the Hp site, I can probably do
> better somewhere
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, [iso-8859-1] Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> what are these languages and what do they mean?
>
> HP PCL 6, HP PCL 5e, HP printer language (emulates Adobe® PostScript®
> Level 2)
PCL is HP's standard page description language; it's adequate but, to
paraphrase Lloyd Bentsen, "it'
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On Tuesday 10 June 2003 03:28 pm, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> Greetings list,
>
> It's official: my Epson Stylus Color 400 is dead after 6 years of
> faithful service.
>
> I'm in the market for a new printer and I would like some suggestions.
> Here are m
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Allan Wind wrote:
> ...
> It surprised me that you still need to run a driver in the form of a ppd
> to get things going perfectly (otherwise jobs would terminate abnormally
> elsewise, never had that problem with the Texas Instrument aka Sharp
> PostScript printer that I had
--- Allan Wind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
> On 2003-06-10 21:36:54, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> > I like my HP laserjet 1200SE, which meets all your criteria. Fast, cheap,
> > postscript, parallel.
>
> Agree. If you want ethernet you can always add a jet direct to the
> mix (internal or external).
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:36:54 -0400 (EDT)
Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I like my HP laserjet 1200SE, which meets all your criteria. Fast,
> cheap, postscript, parallel.
This is my printer as well, and I concur.
-c
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Chris Metzler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 2003-06-10 21:36:54, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> I like my HP laserjet 1200SE, which meets all your criteria. Fast, cheap,
> postscript, parallel.
Agree. If you want ethernet you can always add a jet direct to the
mix (internal or external).
It surprised me that you still need to run a driver in th
On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 01:28:42AM +0200, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> I'm in the market for a new printer and I would like some suggestions.
> Here are my parameters:
Does it have to be new, or is used OK?
> - Laser printer (the inkjet has just been a money pit for the last year)
Lasers aren't all
I like my HP laserjet 1200SE, which meets all your criteria. Fast, cheap,
postscript, parallel.
ap
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
[EMAIL PROTECT
Greetings list,
It's official: my Epson Stylus Color 400 is dead after 6 years of faithful
service.
I'm in the market for a new printer and I would like some suggestions.
Here are my parameters:
- Laser printer (the inkjet has just been a money pit for the last year)
- Reasonably priced (less th
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 09:19:50AM +, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> On 16 Dec 2002, Nicolaus Kedegren wrote:
> I have a used HPLJ6, which I got for nothing because it was being thrown
> out. It works well with Linux but the sheets in the paper feed
> constantly stick together so it is difficult to
on Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 07:37:38PM +, Pigeon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Re toner/ink refills - you can get kits comprising bottles of ink and
> four hypodermics with which you can inject new ink into old
> cartridges. How many times you can do this depends on the cartridge,
> but even doing
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 11:48:32PM +1100, Jon Dick wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 12:00:43 +
> Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On 17 Dec 2002, Mark L. Kahnt wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 04:19, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have a used HPLJ6, which I got for n
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 09:41:59AM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote:
>
> At 2002-12-17T18:48:32Z, Jon Dick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I got mine after a few weeks, it doesn't cost you anything. It's just a
> > bit of cardboard that you have to ram down into the paper tray so that it
> > replaces
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 06:44:32AM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 04:19, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > On 16 Dec 2002, Nicolaus Kedegren wrote:
> > > >
> > > I could not agree more with you. A used HPLJ4 cost me $125, and a
> > > "refill cartridge" about $45 at the same place. A
At 2002-12-17T18:48:32Z, Jon Dick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I got mine after a few weeks, it doesn't cost you anything. It's just a
> bit of cardboard that you have to ram down into the paper tray so that it
> replaces the 'separation pad' that apparently gets worn out on older
> models.
Doe
My HP 840C works well. I believe that is around 150 right now.
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On 16 Dec 2002, A
On 17 Dec 2002, Jon Dick wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 12:00:43 +
> Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On 17 Dec 2002, Mark L. Kahnt wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 04:19, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have a used HPLJ6, which I got for nothing because it was bein
On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 12:00:43 +
Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 17 Dec 2002, Mark L. Kahnt wrote:
> > On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 04:19, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > >
> > > I have a used HPLJ6, which I got for nothing because it was being
> > > thrown out. It works well with Linux b
On 17 Dec 2002, Mark L. Kahnt wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 04:19, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> >
> > I have a used HPLJ6, which I got for nothing because it was being thrown
> > out. It works well with Linux but the sheets in the paper feed
> > constantly stick together so it is difficult to use ex
On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 04:19, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> On 16 Dec 2002, Nicolaus Kedegren wrote:
> > >
> > I could not agree more with you. A used HPLJ4 cost me $125, and a
> > "refill cartridge" about $45 at the same place. Although, I do believe
> > that the toner cartridge was full, 500 pages so
On 16 Dec 2002, Nicolaus Kedegren wrote:
> >
> I could not agree more with you. A used HPLJ4 cost me $125, and a
> "refill cartridge" about $45 at the same place. Although, I do believe
> that the toner cartridge was full, 500 pages so far and still going
> strong.
> My personal "Computer related
on Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 11:57:50PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 10:10:14PM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote:
> | On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 17:37, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> | > on Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 04:01:24PM -0600, Alex Malinovich
>([EMAIL PROTECTED])
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 10:10:14PM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote:
| On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 17:37, Karsten M. Self wrote:
| > on Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 04:01:24PM -0600, Alex Malinovich
|([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
| > > Any suggestions on a good choice?
| >
| > A used, ethernet-capable, postscript las
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 04:01:24PM -0600 or thereabouts, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> I've finally gotten fed up with my roommate's Canon CBJ-2100 printer and
> all of it's associated problems (both software and hardware) and have
> decided to get a new one. My only requirements are that it's relativel
On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 17:37, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 04:01:24PM -0600, Alex Malinovich
>([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > I've finally gotten fed up with my roommate's Canon CBJ-2100 printer and
> > all of it's associated problems (both software and hardware) and have
> > dec
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 10:37:58PM +, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 04:01:24PM -0600, Alex Malinovich
>([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > I've finally gotten fed up with my roommate's Canon CBJ-2100 printer and
> > all of it's associated problems (both software and hardware) and
>p.s. I've been intrigued by the new Lexmark 75XP PrinTrio that I've seen
>advertised that prints and scans and is a little over $100 US but I
>don't know anything about how well it works period or how well it works
>under Linux.
On the job i see a lot of broken Lexmarks (Mostly network printers,
At 2002-12-16T22:37:58Z, "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> A used, ethernet-capable, postscript laserprinter. Possibly a higher
> up-front cost, but generally higher performance, and better quality, as
> well as far-lower operating costs, than inkjets.
If you can live with USB/par
On Monday 16 December 2002 4:01, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> I've finally gotten fed up with my roommate's Canon CBJ-2100 printer and
> all of it's associated problems (both software and hardware) and have
> decided to get a new one. My only requirements are that it's relatively
> inexpensive (< $200
on Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 04:01:24PM -0600, Alex Malinovich
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I've finally gotten fed up with my roommate's Canon CBJ-2100 printer and
> all of it's associated problems (both software and hardware) and have
> decided to get a new one. My only requirements are that it's rel
Alex Malinovich wrote:
I've finally gotten fed up with my roommate's Canon CBJ-2100 printer and
all of it's associated problems (both software and hardware) and have
decided to get a new one. My only requirements are that it's relatively
inexpensive (< $200 US) and that it can be set up easily and
I've finally gotten fed up with my roommate's Canon CBJ-2100 printer and
all of it's associated problems (both software and hardware) and have
decided to get a new one. My only requirements are that it's relatively
inexpensive (< $200 US) and that it can be set up easily and will work
well on our L
On Fri, 9 Mar 2001 15:44:35 -0500
D-Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 05:43:29PM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote:
>
> I haven't seen what it lists, but the HP DeskJet 6xx my roommate
> bought worked.
You just *have* to get an Epson 680 or higher. Epson Japan has produced a
Lin
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 05:43:29PM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote:
| On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 08:52:00AM -0800, Chad Maine wrote:
| > http://www.linuxprinting.org has collected stats on this subject. Should
| > give you a list of printers to choose from based on how well they work in
| > linux, if at al
Ethan Benson wrote:
> unless your a masochist stay AWAY from non-postscript printers.
Well, I have yet to find an affordable postscript printer that
can process a page as fast as it can `print' them. I can easily
wait 10 minutes for the expensive printer at work to process a
graph, while the
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 08:52:00AM -0800, Chad Maine wrote:
> http://www.linuxprinting.org has collected stats on this subject. Should
> give you a list of printers to choose from based on how well they work in
> linux, if at all. Of course, any postscript printer will work perfectly.
beware tha
: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 6:50 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Printer recommendations
On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 02:17:55PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
| on Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 08:26:36PM -0500, Alec Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
| > I'm faced with recommending a new
On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 02:17:55PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
| on Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 08:26:36PM -0500, Alec Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
| > I'm faced with recommending a new printer for my parents as their old unit
| > is starting to show its age. The goal is to find something for
on Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 08:26:36PM -0500, Alec Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I'm faced with recommending a new printer for my parents as their old unit
> is starting to show its age. The goal is to find something for $350 or
> less which is Linux friendly since I'll also be using it. The print
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 07:56:33PM -0600, Bud Rogers wrote:
> On Monday 26 February 2001 19:36, Sean wrote:
> > I would second the choice for a laser printer ... I believe they are
> > often of better construction than inkjets, and the cost per page is
> > significatnly less. Not to mention the ben
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 08:26:36PM -0500, Alec Smith wrote:
> I'm faced with recommending a new printer for my parents as their old unit
> is starting to show its age. The goal is to find something for $350 or
> less which is Linux friendly since I'll also be using it. The printer will
> be connect
On Tuesday 27 February 2001 09:56, Bud Rogers wrote:
> On Monday 26 February 2001 19:36, Sean wrote:
> > I would second the choice for a laser printer ... I believe they
> > are often of better construction than inkjets, and the cost per
> > page is significatnly less. Not to mention the benefit of
Alec Smith wrote:
> I'm faced with recommending a new printer for my parents as their old unit
> is starting to show its age. The goal is to find something for $350 or
> less which is Linux friendly since I'll also be using it. The printer will
> be connected to the LAN through an old HP JetDirect
On Monday 26 February 2001 19:36, Sean wrote:
> I would second the choice for a laser printer ... I believe they are
> often of better construction than inkjets, and the cost per page is
> significatnly less. Not to mention the benefit of not having all your
> printed type simply disappear into a b
I would second the choice for a laser printer ... I believe they are often of
better construction than inkjets, and the cost per page is significatnly
less. Not to mention the benefit of not having all your printed type simply
disappear into a blurry mess if the paper happens to get wet.
Sean
I'm faced with recommending a new printer for my parents as their old unit
is starting to show its age. The goal is to find something for $350 or
less which is Linux friendly since I'll also be using it. The printer will
be connected to the LAN through an old HP JetDirect EX. Right now we're
lookin
My 520 kept slamming against the stop and I found it was caused by a bad
connection on one of the pins of the parallel cable. If it runs self-test
with no problems when the cable is disconnected, that might be the
situation.
For a low-priced laser printer, I'd pick the HP6L (either version LSE or
On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, Chris Mayes wrote:
> possible, stuck it back on, and *wham* Nothng changed. So, I've decided
> it's time to get a good(low-priced) laser printer. So, who has
> recommendations? I'd like to stay below 400, around 300 if possible. It
> should work well under Linux (obviously
Well, I've wrestled with the ol' HP 520 for the last time. The problem
was that it would not see where it was supposed to stop, or so it would
seem as it would slam itself against the stop whenever I would run a check
on it. Anyway, I tried cleaning the little plastic strip as thoroughly as
possi
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 10:55:54AM -0700, Justin Liu wrote:
> Are
> multifunction devices worth it, or should I get separate scanner/fax/copiers?
>
> Thanks,
>
> - justin
I think separate devices will be much easier for you to get w
On 28 Jul, Justin Liu wrote:
> Hi -
>
> I have an IBM Thinkpad 560 with Debian 1.3.1 (among other OS's) installed on
> it and I was looking for some equipment recommendations. I plan an upgrade
> to hamm sometime soon.
>
> I want to get a 56K PC card modem, hopefully one that will also work with
Hi -
I have an IBM Thinkpad 560 with Debian 1.3.1 (among other OS's) installed on
it and I was looking for some equipment recommendations. I plan an upgrade
to hamm sometime soon.
I want to get a 56K PC card modem, hopefully one that will also work with
OS/2 and Windoze if it needs to. The Xirc
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