Re: [OT] Suggestions for cheap laser printer supported by Linux

2002-01-15 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 03:45:36PM -0800, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > HP's line works great, I'd try an HPLJ4 or later. Used market's a good > > place to go shopping. > > We had an LJ III for a long time. Not the fastest a

Re: [OT] Suggestions for cheap laser printer supported by Linux

2002-01-15 Thread Neilen Marais
Hi On 2002.01.14 22:20 Coen De Roover wrote: Hi, I'm looking for a cheap laser printer that works flawlessly under Linux. I always thought this wouldn't be hard to find, but it turns out that some problems may arise with GDI-based printers (who actually dominate the lower-end market). All sugge

Re: [OT] Suggestions for cheap laser printer supported by Linux

2002-01-14 Thread Bud Rogers
On Monday 14 January 2002 19:36 pm, dman wrote: > I haven't heard of GDI before. All the laser printers I've looked at > (mostly HPs) had PCL and Postscript built-in. I have a LJIIIp still > kicking here, and it is quite good. I'd go for a 5m or 6m or whatever > they call that line now (the 5l

Re: [OT] Suggestions for cheap laser printer supported by Linux

2002-01-14 Thread Andrew Perrin
I bought an HP 1200SE (ca. $400) and it's been working great. It's postscript and parallel or USB, so no filters needed in general. -- Andrew J Perrin - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Socio

Re: [OT] Suggestions for cheap laser printer supported by Linux

2002-01-14 Thread Gary Turner
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 21:20:18 +0100, Coen De Roover wrote: >Hi, > >I'm looking for a cheap laser printer that works flawlessly under Linux. >I always thought this wouldn't be hard to find, but it turns out that >some problems may arise with GDI-based printers (who actually dominate >the lower-end m

Re: [OT] Suggestions for cheap laser printer supported by Linux

2002-01-14 Thread dman
On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 09:20:18PM +0100, Coen De Roover wrote: | Hi, | | I'm looking for a cheap laser printer that works flawlessly under Linux. | I always thought this wouldn't be hard to find, but it turns out that | some problems may arise with GDI-based printers (who actually dominate | the

Re: [OT] Suggestions for cheap laser printer supported by Linux

2002-01-14 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Karsten M. Self wrote: > HP's line works great, I'd try an HPLJ4 or later. Used market's a good > place to go shopping. We had an LJ III for a long time. Not the fastest and certainly not the smallest, but it was a tank. -- Baloo

Re: [OT] Suggestions for cheap laser printer supported by Linux

2002-01-14 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 09:20:18PM +0100, Coen De Roover ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for a cheap laser printer that works flawlessly under Linux. > I always thought this wouldn't be hard to find, but it turns out that > some problems may arise with GDI-based printers (who act

Re: [OT] Suggestions for cheap laser printer supported by Linux

2002-01-14 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 14 January 2002 02:20 pm, Coen De Roover wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for a cheap laser printer that works flawlessly under Linux. > I always thought this wouldn't be hard to find, but it turns out that > some problems may arise with GDI-base