On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 12:39:06PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 03 July 2017 10:41:13 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Monday, July 03, 2017 07:41:31 AM Whit Hansell wrote: > > > Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that > > > is currently available and reasonably priced (<$300). I am > > > interested in finding one as i am sick and tired of buying ink every > > > month even when I'm not printing much. > > > > Why are you buying ink every month if you are not printing much--to be > > more specific, I'm asking if something is happening to your ink (or > > ink cartridge)-- is it an ink jet printer and the nozzles getting > > clogged, or maybe a laser printer in a high humidity environment > > making the toner get too humid to work properly? > > > > If either of those are a possiblity, I wouldn't order a new printer > > until you've considered the cause of the problem... > > Yes I would, buy a new printer. The just over $100 USD brother HL21XX > b&w laser printer I have is going on 6 years old, is on its third toner > cartridge, has printed 30 or so reams of paper, at 19ppm if the driving > computer can feed it that fast. And its still printing like it was > brand new. > > The one disadvantage for linux purists is that you must use the free to > download and install, brother driver.
A Brother with all of: - ethernet networking - duplex - BR/Script3 (Their PostScript clone, which I think is actually GhostScript) will not need a driver. Current examples: HL-L5100N ($170), HL-L6200DW ($250) -dsr-
