Re: Printer recommendation?

2010-03-08 Thread t...@io.com
On Mar 5, 2:59 pm, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: On 3/5/10 12:40 PM, t...@io.com wrote: There you go giving me helpful advice (thank you!) when it's been a few weeks since I tried this. However, IIRC, my DNS server (provided by my router) assigned the IP address. I was able to

Re: Printer recommendation?

2010-03-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 8, 2010, at 9:23 AM, t...@io.com wrote: It shows up in the list of DHCP assigned addresses but is not accessible from the Mac. I was able to use the HP printer tool (forget its exact name) while using the LocalTalk port on the card to configure it to get its IP address from the DHCP

Re: Printer recommendation?

2010-03-05 Thread t...@io.com
On Mar 5, 12:31 am, John Musbach johnmusba...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/4/10, Tom tba...@nmia.com wrote: None of my old Laserjets has a USB port; you're stuck with serial ports on these old beasts, so you have to use a serial-to-USB adapter cable, available from places like Radio Shack,

Re: Printer recommendation?

2010-03-05 Thread t...@io.com
On Mar 4, 2:18 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: The 2100TN is a stellar performer...we have one as our shop printer, rarely have issues with it, never an issue that a restart doesn't fix. Bruce, do you have ethernet Jetdirect cards in those 2100s? I guess the TN comes

Re: Printer recommendation?

2010-03-05 Thread t...@io.com
On Mar 5, 11:08 am, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Mar 5, 2010, at 9:22 AM, t...@io.com wrote: Bruce, do you have ethernet Jetdirect cards in those 2100s? I guess the TN comes with one. I ask because I picked up a J3111A card and I can't get the ethernet port to

Re: Printer recommendation?

2010-03-05 Thread t...@io.com
On Mar 4, 7:34 pm, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: We had two 4MVs that lasted for 10+ years with moderately heavy use. Additionally IIRC for postscript you needed more than the base memory (8Mb?). For those who aren't familiar with it, the 4MV is the printer in HP's family of Laserjet

Re: Printer recommendation?

2010-03-04 Thread t...@io.com
On Mar 2, 12:30 pm, Bill Spencer wspence...@gmail.com wrote: So my question is, what do you folks recommend as a good-quality, basic b/w, no need for bells whistles, laser printer that won't break the bank and will work well with either machine below? In the used market, the HP Laserjet 4M

Re: Printer recommendation?

2010-03-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 4, 2010, at 9:53 AM, t...@io.com wrote: In the used market, the HP Laserjet 4M and 4M Plus are highly regarded. Only so long as you have the Postscript update in them; the original Postscript ROM for these has signiifcant issues with modern drivers. I've got a 1994 4M with the old

Re: Printer recommendation?

2010-03-04 Thread John Musbach
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Mar 4, 2010, at 9:53 AM, t...@io.com wrote: In the used market, the HP Laserjet 4M and 4M Plus are highly regarded. Only so long as you have the Postscript update in them; the original Postscript ROM for

Re: Printer recommendation?

2010-03-04 Thread Tom
I'm using old HP Laserjet 5 and 6MPs with my Macs (with Tiger and Leopard), and I even have several spare one on the shelf (there was a government auction and I picked up a pile of these old Laserjets for cheap, mostly to get the toner cartridges out of them). None of my old Laserjets has a USB

Re: Printer recommendation?

2010-03-04 Thread Clark Martin
On 3/4/10 8:53 AM, t...@io.com wrote: On Mar 2, 12:30 pm, Bill Spencerwspence...@gmail.com wrote: In the used market, the HP Laserjet 4M and 4M Plus are highly regarded. Similarly (but slightly less so) for the LaserJet 5M. I'm a fan of the LaserJet 2100TN. In every case, the

Printer recommendation?

2010-03-03 Thread Bill Spencer
Hi there: It's looking like my beloved old Apple LaserWriter 12/640 PS may be on its last legs...it's pulling several sheets at a time, and therefore jamming, more and more often, and it seems to be getting somewhat slower too, though I just ordered some more memory for it to go from the stock 4MB

Re: Printer recommendation?

2010-03-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 2, 2010, at 11:30 AM, Bill Spencer wrote: So my question is, what do you folks recommend as a good-quality, basic b/w, no need for bells whistles, laser printer that won't break the bank and will work well with either machine below? Yes, I know you get what you pay for, but I just

Re: Printer recommendation?

2010-03-03 Thread John Musbach
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Mar 2, 2010, at 11:30 AM, Bill Spencer wrote: So my question is, what do you folks recommend as a good-quality, basic b/w, no need for bells whistles, laser printer that won't break the bank and will work

Re: Printer recommendation?

2010-03-03 Thread Dale Hoffman
On Mar 2, 2010, at 1:30 PM, Bill Spencer wrote: So my question is, what do you folks recommend as a good-quality, basic b/w, no need for bells whistles, laser printer that won't break the bank and will work well with either machine below? Yes, I know you get what you pay for, but I just can't

Re: Printer recommendation?

2010-03-03 Thread Dan
At 10:30 AM -0800 3/2/2010, Bill Spencer wrote: So my question is, what do you folks recommend as a good-quality, basic b/w, no need for bells whistles, laser printer that won't break the bank and will work well with either machine below? Like der Bruce et al, I like Brother current. But...