suggestions for an ecomomy laser printer

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I recently bought a Brother HL-2070N for $200 Canadian, and it includes
network interface, is a 20 ppm black & white laser printer. It does,
however, require a new drum every ~12,000 pages, and toner cartridges are
estimated to last about 2,500 pages, so they aren't the biggest toner
cartridges around.

The 20 ppm speed is true, and when printing text, that is the speed it
runs at. The printer is great for printing text, but is not superior at
grayscale graphics (it is acceptable, though). It works over the network
great, and is a great little printer for my use. Works in Linux, FreeBSD
no problem, and supports PCL.

There are likely others like this one that will do the same sort of thing.
I guess it depends on how much printing you will be doing.

Regards, David

On Tue, March 7, 2006 11:15 am, 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.