Ethernet laser printers for Freebsd

[Julian H. Stacey]

Mark Kirkwood wrote:
> I'm looking at getting a laser printer to use with my FreeBSD 6.0-R 
> workstation. I'm hoping to be able to get a cheap one with ethernet 
> capability, so my other (FreeBSD and Linux) servers an print to it 
> easily - too using cups (or similar). Are there any known gotchas for 
> the cheaper printers of this type?
> 
> The readily available examples I'm looking at are:
> 
> - Brother HL2070N
> - HP Laserjet 1022N
> - Panasonic KX-P711

As lasers often die (eg in case of HP3P, a design fault: 'cos the
motor control chip overheats in the laser scanner), & in case of
my Brother HL-P2500, paper feed problem; It's worth knowing/rememberin
you can also delink the issue of printer selection & periodic
replacement, from requirement of ethernet input:

I'm very happy using my parallel lasers via an
	Axis Communications NPS 530
	http://www.axis.com/techsup/prtsrv/nps_530/
It's a discontinued product, same size as a cigarette packet, 10M
UTP socket & parallel socket. No idea what they cost though,
less chance of it dieng than a laser dieing though.

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Julian Stacey.  Consultant Unix Net & Sys. Eng., Munich.  http://berklix.com
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