my 2pc, lexmark laser printers cost about $300 and you can even get them from aldi
they are usb and parralel (in some cases, cant speak for the whole range). they do postscript and claim linux support.
ive printed to one from linux and macosx through a windows machine. so im recommending them based on that experience and also that they have a linux penguin on the box.
Dean
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On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 09:23:32PM +1000, Peter Hardy wrote:
On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 18:53 +1000, Richard Neal wrote:
Also while Im here whats a good three in one printer that people have had experience buying and using with Linux lately.
HP anything.
Not sure about the cost, but HP have open sourced their drivers. Originally on the provision that the code only be used with HP printers, but that's since been removed.
I've had excellent performance from the laserjet 1200 with a simple parallel port and Postscript. It's a really nice printer, pitty they don't make them anymore.
However, I've also had a terrible time trying to get a laserjet 1100 working on Linux which is almost the same printer... the print engine and physical shell are identical but the 1100 has a USB interface and no Postscript support and it uses some sucky bit image-language. Maybe the newly open sourced HP drivers are OK, I'd say that the standard parallel port and Postscript style interface are heaps easier.
I've used a couple of different models, although model numbers slip my mind. They both printed and scanned flawlessly, though.
But the numbers are important, HP make a range of totally different interfaces on otherwise identical printers. I think that the LJ-1300 series are still out there and reasonable value, might be worth looking at.
- Tel ( http://bespoke.homelinux.net/ )
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