[plug] Cheap Laser for Linux

[Trevor Phillips]

On Thursday 20 May 2004 10:39, Randal Adamson wrote:
>
> Has anyone recently bought a new laser printer (cheapie) and definitely
> knows it works on Linux (or CUPS)? I've decided to give up on trying
> getting this GDI Printer of ours to work - and fork out for a new one.
>
> One of my suppliers tells me that the "cheapest" PCL Laser is the HP
> 1300 - which is about $800ish.

Have you considered second-hand? I recently picked up a HP Laserjet 4M for 
*ahem* free. ^_^;; It's a bit dusty, but works fine, and it seems they're 
still widely used enough to make toner refills easy to come by. (And this one 
had a Jet Direct (network) card too!)

You could probably pick up something similar (and even a bit newer) for a 
coupla hundred. Works fine for small office stuff, although obviously there's 
no warranty. Didn't Computer Angels have a few?

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