[Cialug] Printers

[Dave Weis]

Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> I almost mentioned the lexamrk I am using.  Similar to Aaron's.
> I've been a solid HP loyalist for a long time but Lexmark is starting (IMHO)
> to give them a real run for the money.
> Unfortunately on these smaller printers a new toner cart costs almost as
> much as a new printer.  They need to start giving away the razors and
> selling the blades.  The MCPA is going to make it possible to do.

I just got a Dell 1710n for home for around $200 or so. It's not a bad 
printer, basically a Lexmark dressed in black. Prints a bit faster than 
my old HP5.

dave





>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Aaron Porter [mailto:atporter at gmail.com] 
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 1:45 PM
>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Printers
>>
>>
>> On 1/9/07, Stuart Thiessen <sthiessen at passitonservices.org> wrote:
>>> Just curious if you have found any particular printer or brand of
>>> printers to be more or less friendly under Linux? I have a 
>> Lexmark at
>>> home and I found out that there are no drivers for my 
>> particular model
>>> of Lexmark printer. So I became curious about this from the average
>>> user point of view.
>> I recently picked up a Lexmark E120n for home and was so pleased with
>> it I got one for my parents at Christmas. Mono laser, ethernet/USB,
>> full CUPS support, rpm and deb driver packages on the CD in the box,
>> for $125 shipped.
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