Alright, well the disposition didn't have any cheap laser printers but I did find a HP DeskJet 810C for $15. I know you guys said stay away from inkjet printers, but the price was right and the hpijs driver says it supports it. It's connected via usb. I installed hpijs along with all it's dependencies. I then edited /etc/printcap with: lp|DeskJet:\ :lp=/dev/ulpt0:\ :af=/usr/local/share/ppd/HP/HP-DeskJEt_810C-hpijs.ppd.gz:\ :if=/usr/local/bin/foomatic-rip:\ :sd=/var/spool/output:\ :sh
After starting lpd, I then tried to print with lpr, "lpr /etc/printcap". The printer starts up and begins to print, but then the paper light comes on and after pressing it, a blank sheet comes out. Anybody have any thoughts? Is my printcap wrong? Thanks. On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 11:15:33AM -0600, Bob Beck wrote: > > > > Although this seems like a great printer, my biggest limitation is price. > > We > > have a university property disposition near me, which I'm going to go check > > out > > later today. My friend has gotten a couple sun sparc stations from them for > > under $20 bucks. I'm hoping they will have some cheap laser printers. > > Thanks > > for your recommendation. > > > > If you're going to a surplus auction from a university, any of the > older school hp lasrjet printers (4m+ 5m, etc. etc.) that do postscript > would be a good pick. heavy as all hell, and not good on power > (so you need to turn them off when you're not using it if you're > paying the power bill) but you can still get cartridge refills easy > for them. You may need to be a bit clever and take some oil of wintergreen > to the rubber pickup rollers if they're old and slick. > > A postscript ethernet capable laserjet would work well. > your biggest risk there is you get one with a crappy cartridge or > drum, meaning you'd need to shell out another hundred bucks or so > to make it work, which can turn your $20 printer into $170 printer > pretty quick. > > Do your homework and find somethign that speaks postscript. > > -Bob
