Re: Laser printer recommendations

J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Rowland McDonnell wrote:

J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Rowland McDonnell wrote:

It seems that the latest HP printer we've bought has died a death.

Troubleshooting continues, but there's no sign of it having any ability
to talk to a host computer.

(It was working fine, and suddenly it just stopped appearing on the LAN
as far as both our Macs are concerned - and yes we've tried different
cables, tried plugging it directly into each of our MacOS X Macs, tried
re-installing the software and repairing permissions, cleaning caches,
and probably a few other things)

So: what should we replace it with?

I'm after a 1200dpi mono PostScript laser printer, with the ability to
print on both sides of the paper and an Ethernet connection.

Brother has several printers which satisfy or exceed all but the PS
requirement. And they're cheap, too.

PS is necessary. A cheap to buy printer is not a thing I'm looking for:
not /expensive/ to buy, but I want reliable and with okay running costs
so a cheap printer is not something I'd try to hunt down.

Some Brother printers have BRScript, a PS clone.

PS clones is all one gets these days, unless willing to spend buckets of
cash. They do for text work, which is what I'm mostly interested in.

(Mind you, why don't these firms just use a modified gs? It surely does
a better job of rendering than the HP PS clone in my current HP LJ
1320?)

The HL-2070N which I have
isn't one of them, but it has been reliable over the last three years and
I've spent a total of US$45 on toner to print over 6,000 pages. That brings
the _total_ I've spent on the printer to US$180, plus tax.

How much tax?

In about three
more years I'd have to get a new drum (the drum is _not_ part of the toner
cartridge) which would add about $70 to the price, plus another $45 for a new
toner cartridge.

Righto.

At that point I'd probably just buy another new printer, as
I'm pretty sure that I can get another Brother for around $135.

Uhuh.

Rowland.

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