suggestions for an ecomomy laser printer

[Derek Ragona]

I would look at low cost lasers that include postscript (along with PCL), 
one that has a CPU and renders the page in the printer (vs a Windows 
printer) and a network interface.  Under $500 is easy to do in the samsung 
line, if you are willing to spend a couple more hundred you can get a color 
laser in that line.  Then set your printer up with an IP on your LAN.  You 
may need to setup a filter in lpd to print correct end-of-line characters 
(Cr-Lf vs Lf) but that is pretty easy to do.

Cost per page is by far cheapest in straight monochrome.  Printing 
monochrome on a color model is more expensive as the toner containers are 
smaller capacity, which keeps the cost per page higher.  You will get the 
lowest cost per page using high capacity monochrome toners.

         -Derek


At 10:15 AM 3/7/2006, David Banning wrote:
>I have been looking at economy laser printers in the stores, only to
>discover that many will not print on FreeBSD. I have looked at some
>printers that -do- print on FreeBSD, but many are not made any more.
>Then there is the issue of dependability.
>
>I am looking for an economy laser printer; under $500 range and want
>dependability, and low cost per copy.  It would be great if I could
>even find a -color- printer that prints only black most of the time, so I
>could use the color option when I need it, but that might be expecting
>too much.
>
>Any suggestions would be helpful.
>
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