is this now, a how to equip my computer list? On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:10:29AM -1000, david wrote: > Rob wrote: > >On Wednesday 14 September 2011 21:35, Ken Restivo wrote: > >>I said "I'm just looking for a printer that doesn't suck, and where the > >> cost of the ink cartridges isn't more than the printer costs". > > > >Well, the fact that you said "ink cartridges" probably means you're not > >interested in this, but we got a Brother HL-2140 laser a couple years ago > >from Newegg for 60 bucks and the generic toner available for it is about > >25 bucks. We have it set up on our Linux server and access it from our > >Linux laptops through CUPS, and we've printed thousands of pages without a > >problem. It was totally plug and play under Ubuntu Hardy, so it's been > >around a while. Newegg has a newer model with duplex for 80 bucks as I > >type this, but it seems to have been a sale that ends tonight. I have no > >idea if the new ones still use the same driver. > > > >But it is black and white, and a laser, so not as energy-efficient as an > >inkjet. We got an HP Officejet 4500 g510n (they really need to rethink > >their naming scheme) all-in-one, mostly for scanning but do what little > >color printing we need to do on it. We had to mess around with it a bit > >to get it working on Ubuntu 9.10, but 10.04 and up seem fine. > > > >We're able to print to it and scan from it over wifi without hooking it up > >to a computer. A full set of first-party ink runs about 40 bucks, but > >we're still on our first set so I can't comment on how long they last. > > NOTE: inkjet cartridges will dry out on their own, even if they're not used. > > -- > David > gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > authenticity, honesty, community > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user > -- firstfloor.org/ae 5F9D 9602 8938 CB7D 5751 2491 2C90 98B7 362D CF78 _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
