On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 15:46 +1200, Jamie Dobbs wrote: > The old Laserjet 4P in my 'office' at home is on its last legs and I'm > looking for advice on a good value replacement that will work under both > Linux and Windows. > I've fairly much decided to stick with a laser as the cost per page is > substantially less than that of an inkjet so if anyone can recommend a > good value laser for light duty use I'd appreciate it.
Brother HL2040 from Bond & Bond, Riccarton Mall recently. 600 dpi, claimed 20 ppm, toner and drum replaced separately ($70 for 2500 copies and $200 for 12 000 copies). Parallel and USB. I couldn't see any specified differences between it and the next model at $450. The staff are completely ignorant but well-meaning and willing. They pushed things off a desk in the cluttered office so I could google for reassurance, and they gave me a week to return it if it didn't work under Linux. Price $250 less 10% for cash.
