Re: [Sheflug] Recommendations for a network printer?

[Adam Funk <a.funk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[01/07/08 22:06] Andrew Richards wrote:

> I'm still using an ancient Oki 12i/n printer that I bought about 8 
> years ago: It still works fine from Linux or W*****s - it's a 
> networked Postscript printer so avoids most of the issues of printer 
> drivers. It is however rather slow (i.e. weak CPU), esp if I fire 
> very graphical output at it. I've not felt any pressing need to 
> replace it with a new zippy model while it continues to work.

My Brother HL-1450 is still working, but (1) the "drum" light has
started flashing, (2) it doesn't have much memory (and it would cost
almost as much as the printer did to upgrade it) so I sometimes get
error pages instead of fancy graphics, and (3) my spouse is encouraging
me to buy a network printer so she can print from W*nd*ws without
difficulty (at least half of her print jobs completely disappear before
they show up on my machine running CUPS & Samba, and trying to debug it
is driving me up the wall).

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