On Dec 2, 2010, at 10:38 PM, Charlie Kester wrote: > My old HP Laserjet 4+ is broken and I'm thinking about buying a new > printer. I'd appreciate hearing recommendations from the list.
My Brother HL5250DN has served 14,000 pages very satisfactorily so far. Was $250 full MSRP at Staples in 2005 or 2006. Believe the current version is 5350. Commonly appear on sale for $189 (but not that I've seen at Staples). The xx50's have PCL and Postscript emulation, an xx40 only has PCL. xx70 appears to be a 50 with WiFi. "D" stands for duplex. "N" for ethernet. Speaks lpd. 3rd party toner refills for 7,000 pages are $20. The one thing my 5250 has disappointed is printing of envelopes. The envelope gets printed but comes out wrinkled and nearly wadded up. Perhaps the 53xx's fixed this? I keep an HP inkjet loaded with envelopes. This is important because I print something like 2 envelopes per month. :-) Several years ago I was secretary/treasurer of a dirtbike club and was printing as many as 1800 envelopes and the materials inside the envelopes per year. Many times I went to the Post Office and bought $400 of stamps. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [email protected] ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
