OT: solid, linux-friendly color laser printer

[Mark Phillips]

For the really cheap out there....

My wife picked up an Epson NX125 - print, copy, scan (flatbed) for $30 in
her back to school shopping for my kids.. It took about 10 minutes to get it
working with cups - had to download a .deb file with the driver. Shares over
LAN just fine. Scanning not quite working yet - the hardware is detected but
xsane doesn't see it. I need to update my xsane backend. It won't fax, but
that can be done from the PC.

Just another option!

Mark

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Jason Hayes <jason at jasonhayes.org> wrote:

> Thanks to all for the comments and helpful hints on color lasers.
>
> I went with the Brother MFC-9320CW. I like that Brother appears to be ready
> for linux and Mac systems and this printer is getting good reviews.
> (Networkable, wireless ready, affordable toner, easy setup)
>
> I'll be interested to see how the LED technology works (as opposed to
> laser).
> It is supposed to produce good quality text and not-quite photo quality
> graphics.
>
> Thanks again.
> Jason Hayes
>
>
> On Wednesday 11 August 2010 07:56:39 pm Kurt Granroth wrote:
> > On 8/11/10 5:22 PM, Jason Hayes wrote:
> > > Looking to pick up a sub $500 all-in-one color laser printer
> > > (print/scan/copy/fax). Anyone out there have any suggestions?
> > >
> > >   - Compatible with Linux always a plus (currently using Kubuntu 9.10 -
> > > planning to upgrade to 10.04 in a few months)
> > > - wireless would be nice, but isn't essential
> > > - network ready
> > > - low cost toner replacement is big too
> > >
> > > Have read good reviews so far on HP CM1312nfi and the Brother
> MFC-9320CW
> > > and Staples has both on sale right now.
> >
> > Brother has typically had good Linux compatibility.  I have  Brother
> > MFC-9420CN that has worked 100% in Linux "out of the box".  It's also
> > rock-solid.  I actually dropped the printer from a distance of 3 or 4
> > feet and all 40-50 or so pounds of it came crashing to the floor!  Some
> > of the plastic bits snapped, but the machine itself showed no ill
> > effects.  Everything still worked perfectly.  Amazing!
> >
> > Still... dunno that I'd get a color laser again.  It's just too
> > ponderous.  It takes a good minute or so to get going and makes quite
> > the racket while doing so.  Sure, it can print quite a few pages per
> > minute once you get going... but if you only want to print off 1 page,
> > it's pretty inconvenient to have to wait so long for that page.  Also,
> > it sucks down electricity like you wouldn't believe.  If you don't have
> > it on its own circuit, then it'll rob the power from everything else on
> > the circuit.  Lights dim; UPSes beep; computers falter; stuff like that.
> >
> > So my next printer is going to be an all-in-one wireless auto-duplex ink
> > jet.
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