On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:05:16 +0000 Barry Drake <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 03/01/12 22:56, David King wrote: > > I was looking at the Brother DCP-J925DW which meets my needs, but am > > wondering if anyone knows of any other printer that does the same and > > would be the same price or cheaper, or better quality printing. > I bought my Brother DCP 135C because the ink cost is lower than most > others. It is supported under Ubuntu - but the drivers are a real pain > to install! Once done, it works just fine, but I agree with others on > the list - before getting the printer, try installing the drivers. > > A goodly number of printers now have a penguin on the box too! Brother > is not one of these (yet). > > Regards, Barry. > Anybody requiring a cheap mono laser printer, I can recommend the Samsung ML-1865, £39.99 from Staples.[1] I used the PPA from [2] to install the drivers and everything has run smoothly since. Staples are also selling some 7' USB leads for £1 each, I got some and they appear to be perfectly good leads. They are also selling toilet paper rather cheaply as well, if you need to stock up. :) I have no connection to Staples, in fact I've never been to keen on shopping there. [1] http://www.staples.co.uk/technology/printers-scanners-and-fax/printers-scanners-and-fax/ml-1865-mono-laser-printer?r=bf [2] http://www.bchemnet.com/suldr/ -- Yorvyk -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
