131211 Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2013-12-11, Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> wrote: >> My ancient printer's ink cartridge has finally dried up >> & the mobo in my regular computer accepts only USB. >> I don't do much printing, but occasionally need a few pages. > Unless you want to print little other than photos on glossy paper, > go with a laser printer. I bought an HP LaserJet 1200 c 13 years ago. > It still works as good as it did the first day I used it > and I just had to buy my first toner cartridge last year (approx $100). > In the meantime, my parents have gone through at least 4 inkjet printers > and probably $1000 worth of ink cartridges (and the last time I was there > it looked like their latest inkjet was in its death throes). > I've also had excellent experience with Brother laser printers. > Until a handful of years ago, I would have refused to buy > a non-postscript printer, but in the past 5-10 years, CUPs and foomatic > have gotten pretty good at dealing with other common printer languages. > I still wouldn't take an inkjet printer if you gave it to me for free.
Thanks for this & the other replies. The local store has on sale a Brother HL-2240D Monochrome Laser Printer, 24 PPM Mono, 2400 x 600 DPI, Duplex Printing, USB Connectivity. Any further comments from anyone ? Can I assume it will work with Linux ? -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
