laser printer - which one?

[Roland Smith]

On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 07:55:40PM +0200, Gabor Kovesdan wrote:
>  Hello,
> 
>  might be a bit off here, but I'm sure some of you have experiences with 
>  laser printers. I would like to buy a (relatively) cheap laser printer with 
>  the following requirements:
> 
>  - quality (I mean here, that I want to use it for a long time, thus it 
>  should be of good quality and be robust)

I've had good experiences with HP laserjets. 

>  - has such a toner, *that can be refilled cheaply*
>  - prints in good quality, speed and noise is not that important

Most laserprinters are >300 dpi these days. Good enough.

>  - should work under FreeBSD / Linux, not just under Windows

Get a printer that understands postscript. That works everwhere.
 
>  As for the price, I'm thinking of 100 000 HUF (about 400 EUR) as *very* 
>  maximum. The price is important, but the first point is more important at 
>  all...I color laser printer would be cool if this amount of money is 
>  sufficient for this, but a BW one is ok, too.

You can get a _new_ Color LaserJet 2605 for around € 300. 

I've seen used LaserJet 6L (B/W) printers for as little €25.

Roland
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