Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-28 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 12:06:43AM -, Paul Johnson wrote: It might not have duplex printing, but one way around that, which has worked for me since high school, is find a printer with no jobs waiting, print the cover page and even number pages, flip the stack and throw it back in the paper

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-25 Thread David Brodbeck
On Oct 24, 2007, at 4:48 PM, Scott Lair wrote: OK, now I'm wondering what the differences are between genuine Postscript and BR-script.and if those differences may cause trouble later on. In the past, when I've run into trouble with off-brand implementations of Postscript, it's always

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-24 Thread Scott Lair
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 07:32:22PM -0400, H.S. wrote: Now, Eric mentioned memory in his post. I can understand that since sometimes the 2070N at my home takes quite a while to print a page with graphics in it (it has 16MB RAM). HL-5250DN comes with 32MB. How does

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-24 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Scott Lair [EMAIL PROTECTED] [071024 07:42]: I think the HL-5250DN does have postscript built in. Brother calls it BR-Script which appears to be their postscript emulation. I have an 8840DN multifunction unit and have printed to it using the foomatic/postscript driver in cups for a lexmark

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-24 Thread Scott Lair
Russell L. Harris wrote: * Scott Lair [EMAIL PROTECTED] [071024 07:42]: I think the HL-5250DN does have postscript built in. Brother calls it BR-Script which appears to be their postscript emulation. I have an 8840DN multifunction unit and have printed to it using the foomatic/postscript

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-24 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Scott Lair [EMAIL PROTECTED] [071024 15:28]: Russell L. Harris wrote: * Scott Lair [EMAIL PROTECTED] [071024 07:42]: I think the HL-5250DN does have postscript built in. Brother calls it BR-Script which appears to be their postscript emulation. I have an 8840DN multifunction unit

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-24 Thread H.S.
Russell L. Harris wrote: Maybe Br-script isn't real postscript, I really don't know. If the printer is a real Postscript machine, it is specified in CUPS as raw, and you don't need foomatic. Just tried the raw printer - looks like it is real. Thanks for pointing that out. It likely is

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-24 Thread Scott Lair
H.S. wrote: Russell L. Harris wrote: Maybe Br-script isn't real postscript, I really don't know. If the printer is a real Postscript machine, it is specified in CUPS as raw, and you don't need foomatic. Just tried the raw printer - looks like it is real. Thanks for pointing that

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-24 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Scott Lair [EMAIL PROTECTED] [071024 19:07]: H.S. wrote: Russell L. Harris wrote: Maybe Br-script isn't real postscript, I really don't know. If the printer is a real Postscript machine, it is specified in CUPS as raw, and you don't need foomatic. Just tried the raw

OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread H.S.
Hello, Anybody have experience with this printer: Brother HL-5250DN (http://www.brother-usa.com/Printer/ModelDetail.aspx?ProductID=HL5250DN). I have been asked to choose a B/W laser printer to buy for a very small office. I don't expect it to print more than around 10 pages per day. I have also

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread Russell L. Harris
* H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [071023 16:14]: Hello, Anybody have experience with this printer: Brother HL-5250DN (http://www.brother-usa.com/Printer/ModelDetail.aspx?ProductID=HL5250DN). I have been asked to choose a B/W laser printer to buy for a very small office. I don't expect it to

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread H.S.
Russell L. Harris wrote: * H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [071023 16:14]: Hello, Anybody have experience with this printer: Brother HL-5250DN (http://www.brother-usa.com/Printer/ModelDetail.aspx?ProductID=HL5250DN). I have been asked to choose a B/W laser printer to buy for a very small office. I

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread Russell L. Harris
* H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [071023 17:07]: If I under the specs of the above two printer properly, both are postscript printers: 2070N: PCL6, IBM Proprinter, Epson FX 5250DN: PCL6, BR-Script3, IBM Proprinter, Epson FX and these are the ports that they have: 2070N: 10/100 Base-TX

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread Eric De Mund
HS, H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ] Anybody have experience with this printer: ] Brother HL-5250DN ] http://www.brother-usa.com/Printer/ModelDetail.aspx?ProductID=HL5250DN. ] ] I have been asked to choose a B/W laser printer to buy for a very ] small office. I don't expect it to print more than around

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 05:53:00PM -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote: My point (which I did not make very well) was that a printer with Postscript capability and a built-in ethernet interface typically is well worth the price, because of the time savings which accumulate over the years.

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread H.S.
Russell L. Harris wrote: * H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [071023 17:07]: If I under the specs of the above two printer properly, both are postscript printers: 2070N: PCL6, IBM Proprinter, Epson FX 5250DN: PCL6, BR-Script3, IBM Proprinter, Epson FX and these are the ports that they have: 2070N:

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/23/07 17:53, Russell L. Harris wrote: * H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [071023 17:07]: If I under the specs of the above two printer properly, both are postscript printers: 2070N: PCL6, IBM Proprinter, Epson FX 5250DN: PCL6, BR-Script3, IBM

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread H.S.
Ron Johnson wrote: On 10/23/07 17:53, Russell L. Harris wrote: * H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [071023 17:07]: If I under the specs of the above two printer properly, both are postscript printers: 2070N: PCL6, IBM Proprinter, Epson FX 5250DN: PCL6, BR-Script3, IBM Proprinter, Epson FX and these

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread Paul Johnson
On Oct 23, 2:10 pm, H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any comments on its functionality from Linux? linuxprinting.org says it works pefectly. What about its durability? I (and my mother) have both had pretty poor luck with the utility or long term durability of anything made by Brother that isn't a

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread Paul Johnson
On Oct 23, 2:30 pm, Russell L. Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [071023 16:14]: Hello, Anybody have experience with this printer: Brother HL-5250DN (http://www.brother-usa.com/Printer/ModelDetail.aspx?ProductID=HL5250DN). I have been asked to choose a B/W

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread Nate Bargmann
* H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007 Oct 23 18:07 -0500]: Russell L. Harris wrote: * H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [071023 17:07]: If I under the specs of the above two printer properly, both are postscript printers: 2070N: PCL6, IBM Proprinter, Epson FX 5250DN: PCL6, BR-Script3, IBM Proprinter,

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread Tim DeWall
- Original Message - From: H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 6:32 PM Subject: Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one? Ron Johnson wrote: On 10/23/07 17:53, Russell L. Harris wrote: * H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [071023 17

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread Tim DeWall
- Original Message - From: Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 6:13 PM Subject: Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one? -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/23/07 17:53, Russell L. Harris wrote

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread Tim DeWall
- Original Message - From: H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 6:03 PM Subject: Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one? Russell L. Harris wrote: * H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [071023 17:07]: If I under the specs of the above

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread Tim DeWall
- Original Message - From: Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 6:02 PM Subject: Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one? On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 05:53:00PM -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote: My point (which I did

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread Tim DeWall
- Original Message - From: Eric De Mund [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 6:01 PM Subject: Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one? HS, H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ] Anybody have experience with this printer: ] Brother HL-5250DN

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread H.S.
In all your posts you made in this thread, I haven't been able find your message. I am using Icedove and there appears to be nothing but quoted text in all your post! -HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread Hugh Lawson
H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello, Anybody have experience with this printer: Brother HL-5250DN (http://www.brother-usa.com/Printer/ModelDetail.aspx?ProductID=HL5250DN). I have been asked to choose a B/W laser printer to buy for a very small office. I don't expect it to print more

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/23/07 18:32, H.S. wrote: [snip] Excellent to know that. Now, Eric mentioned memory in his post. I can understand that since sometimes the 2070N at my home takes quite a while to print a page with graphics in it (it has 16MB RAM).

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 07:32:22PM -0400, H.S. wrote: Now, Eric mentioned memory in his post. I can understand that since sometimes the 2070N at my home takes quite a while to print a page with graphics in it (it has 16MB RAM). HL-5250DN comes with 32MB. How does that sound? It also has an