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Re: [LUG] Laser printer recommendations

 

I have had good service from IJT supplies 

They have regular offers and very good value ink / toner.

a link to the offer for laser this week 

http://www.ijtdirect.co.uk/?sct=dell1320cn

On Sun, 2010-07-11 at 15:11 +0100, Paul Hirst wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My trusty old HP LaserJet 6L is going to run out of toner some time
> soon and I figure I should upgrade. I thought I'd ask here because I
> want something which works out of the box with Linux without any
> messing about.
> 
> I really really want duplex printing. Wireless or ethernet
> connectivity would be nice although not essential. Cheep to run is
> important and cheep to buy is fairly important. Colour would be nice
> but I doubt I'm willing to spend very much to get it. I guess I want
> to spend around Â200 but I realise sometimes there is a gulf between
> what you want to spend and what you should spend ;-)
> 
> My research so far took me to an HP printer with wired ethernet, so I
> expected to be able to send it postscript or PCL over the network.
> However reading around a little more I've seen it described as a
> modern day 'winprinter'. Ie the output is rasterized on the client and
> sent to the printer over some funky protocol I'd never heard of.
> Apparently it can be made to work under Linux,  but that all makes me
> a little nervous so I thought I'd ask your advice.
> 
> So, anyone bought a laser recently and have any recommendations?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Regards

Kevin Lucas
Minions Post Master(Sub) 
Ten Years in the Making!
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Liskeard Cornwall 
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