[H-GEN] Laser Printer

[David Jericho]

Jason Parker-Burlingham wrote:
> Tim Browne <dugb at netspace.net.au> writes:
>>I am looking to purchase a new cheap (up to $500) laser printer to run
>>a Linux cups box.
 >
> I always recommend the HP LaserJet 1200.  

When an employer asks me what printer to buy for the office I'll usually 
walk in chanting "HP", and walk out chanting "HP". I've had the 
misfortune of working with Xerox, Oki, Minolta, Lexmark, IBM, Canon, and 
a whole range of others. The only printer brand that has never caused me 
grief is HP.

Depending on volume of printing, anything from a LaserJet 1200 to a 8100 
should be fine.

> It has built-in PostScript support (yes I know not everyone thinks that's 
 > great.  I do.).

People always underestimate the importance of a good Postscript engine 
in a printer. I never buy a printer without Postscript in an office. No 
matter how crudy the OS or how obscure and insane the printer 
configurations are, nearly everything can feed Postscript to a printer.

As nice as Ghostscript is, nothing beats a properly implemented 
Postscript engine in a printer.

-- 
David Jericho
Senior Systems Administrator, Tucana Technologies