Hi List,
I'd really appreciate some recommendations for colour laser printers for use with CentOS. It's for light home use with CentOS 5 and CentOS 6 systems.
Must have:
1. Colour. Quality not that important as mainly for kids school project type of stuff. 2. Ethernet connectivity - want something I can plug into the network 3. Cheap running costs - don't want to be spending a fortune on toner 4. Linux support
I have very little experience with printing on Linux. I'm assuming I want a laser with Postscript and/or PCL emulation, and Linux driver support (still not sure exactly what I should be looking for here).
Top of my very short list at present is:
Brother HL-4140CN at £167
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brother-HL4140CN-Network-Colour-Printer/dp/B0047753F...
I'd appreciate any other recommendations people might have.
Thanks!
Ned Slider wrote:
Hi List,
I'd really appreciate some recommendations for colour laser printers for use with CentOS. It's for light home use with CentOS 5 and CentOS 6 systems.
Must have:
- Colour. Quality not that important as mainly for kids school project
type of stuff. 2. Ethernet connectivity - want something I can plug into the network 3. Cheap running costs - don't want to be spending a fortune on toner 4. Linux support
I have very little experience with printing on Linux. I'm assuming I want a laser with Postscript and/or PCL emulation, and Linux driver support (still not sure exactly what I should be looking for here).
Top of my very short list at present is:
Brother HL-4140CN at £167
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brother-HL4140CN-Network-Colour-Printer/dp/B0047753F...
I'd appreciate any other recommendations people might have.
Note I only have color lasers at work, and you don't want to pay that much. At home, I have an inexpensive LJ 1018, few problems at all. CUPS (once you plug in the printer, use browser, go to localhost:631, and printers, add printer).
mark
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Ned Slider ned@unixmail.co.uk wrote:
Hi List,
I'd really appreciate some recommendations for colour laser printers for use with CentOS. It's for light home use with CentOS 5 and CentOS 6 systems.
Must have:
- Colour. Quality not that important as mainly for kids school project
type of stuff. 2. Ethernet connectivity - want something I can plug into the network 3. Cheap running costs - don't want to be spending a fortune on toner 4. Linux support
I have very little experience with printing on Linux. I'm assuming I want a laser with Postscript and/or PCL emulation, and Linux driver support (still not sure exactly what I should be looking for here).
Top of my very short list at present is:
Brother HL-4140CN at £167
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brother-HL4140CN-Network-Colour-Printer/dp/B0047753F...
I'd appreciate any other recommendations people might have.
I have a Brother 4150cdn and can highly recommend it. Works perfect with Linux.
I used to buy exclusively HP printers but this is not true any more. The quality is not as good as it used to be.
Akemi
Akemi Yagi wrote:
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Ned Slider ned@unixmail.co.uk wrote:
I'd really appreciate some recommendations for colour laser printers for use with CentOS. It's for light home use with CentOS 5 and CentOS 6 systems.
Must have:
- Colour. Quality not that important as mainly for kids school project
type of stuff. 2. Ethernet connectivity - want something I can plug into the network 3. Cheap running costs - don't want to be spending a fortune on toner 4. Linux support
I have very little experience with printing on Linux. I'm assuming I want a laser with Postscript and/or PCL emulation, and Linux driver support (still not sure exactly what I should be looking for here).
Top of my very short list at present is:
Brother HL-4140CN at £167
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brother-HL4140CN-Network-Colour-Printer/dp/B0047753F...
<snip>
I used to buy exclusively HP printers but this is not true any more. The quality is not as good as it used to be.
What we have at work that I really like are http://www.amazon.com/HP-CP3525N-Color-LaserJet-Printer/dp/B001FWG8DU
They seem to have been superseded, but run $500 or so on Amazon. Note: I DON'T buy OEM toner. Here in the US, I'm buying - both for work, and I just bought for home - from tonerprice.com. They compatible toner works just fine, at a fraction the price. For example, my little 1018 b/w, it was $80 for OEM cartridge; the compatible, including shipping, was < $35 or so.
mark
On 03/12/13 21:51, Akemi Yagi wrote:
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Ned Slider ned@unixmail.co.uk wrote:
Hi List,
I'd really appreciate some recommendations for colour laser printers for use with CentOS. It's for light home use with CentOS 5 and CentOS 6 systems.
Must have:
- Colour. Quality not that important as mainly for kids school project
type of stuff. 2. Ethernet connectivity - want something I can plug into the network 3. Cheap running costs - don't want to be spending a fortune on toner 4. Linux support
I have very little experience with printing on Linux. I'm assuming I want a laser with Postscript and/or PCL emulation, and Linux driver support (still not sure exactly what I should be looking for here).
Top of my very short list at present is:
Brother HL-4140CN at £167
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brother-HL4140CN-Network-Colour-Printer/dp/B0047753F...
I'd appreciate any other recommendations people might have.
I have a Brother 4150cdn and can highly recommend it. Works perfect with Linux.
I used to buy exclusively HP printers but this is not true any more. The quality is not as good as it used to be.
Akemi
Thanks Akemi. The shortlisted model above came from your original recommendation :-)
On Tue, 03 Dec 2013 21:40:49 +0000 Ned Slider wrote:
Hi List,
I'd really appreciate some recommendations for colour laser printers for use with CentOS. It's for light home use with CentOS 5 and CentOS 6 systems.
I am a big believer in Xerox printers as so far every one that I've tried has native Postscript and they just work by magic. No horsing around with installing foreign drivers or anything else required at all.
I just found this one with a quick google search:
http://www.office.xerox.com/printers/color-printers/phaser-6500/enus.html
If I was in need of a colour laser printer at the moment, I would consider purchasing this one. Note: I haven't actually used this one.
On 03/12/13 21:59, Frank Cox wrote:
On Tue, 03 Dec 2013 21:40:49 +0000 Ned Slider wrote:
Hi List,
I'd really appreciate some recommendations for colour laser printers for use with CentOS. It's for light home use with CentOS 5 and CentOS 6 systems.
I am a big believer in Xerox printers as so far every one that I've tried has native Postscript and they just work by magic. No horsing around with installing foreign drivers or anything else required at all.
I just found this one with a quick google search:
http://www.office.xerox.com/printers/color-printers/phaser-6500/enus.html
If I was in need of a colour laser printer at the moment, I would consider purchasing this one. Note: I haven't actually used this one.
Hi Frank,
I did read a decent review of one of the Xerox Phaser range when researching. That model looks well specified and reasonably priced so added to the shortlist.
Thanks!
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Ned Slider ned@unixmail.co.uk wrote:
Hi List,
I'd really appreciate some recommendations for colour laser printers for use with CentOS. It's for light home use with CentOS 5 and CentOS 6 systems.
Must have:
- Colour. Quality not that important as mainly for kids school project
type of stuff. 2. Ethernet connectivity - want something I can plug into the network 3. Cheap running costs - don't want to be spending a fortune on toner 4. Linux support
I have very little experience with printing on Linux. I'm assuming I want a laser with Postscript and/or PCL emulation, and Linux driver support (still not sure exactly what I should be looking for here).
Top of my very short list at present is:
Brother HL-4140CN at £167
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brother-HL4140CN-Network-Colour-Printer/dp/B0047753F...
I'd appreciate any other recommendations people might have.
Close to two years ago I picked up a HP Laserjet CP1525nw for around $150 US when it was on sale. Ethernet and wireless connectivity. I don't know of any toner cartridges that are cheap, but then again I don't print all that much (and when I do it's mostly black and white).
The last time I set up printing on a Linux machine I used the generic HP PCL6 driver (whereas before I chose a LJ15xx driver).
At work we have a hodge podge of HP [older] Laserjets, Ricoh, and Xerox.
Thanks!
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On 12/03/2013 08:31 PM, SilverTip257 wrote:
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Ned Slider ned@unixmail.co.uk wrote:
Hi List,
I'd really appreciate some recommendations for colour laser printers for use with CentOS. It's for light home use with CentOS 5 and CentOS 6 systems.
Must have:
- Colour. Quality not that important as mainly for kids school project
type of stuff. 2. Ethernet connectivity - want something I can plug into the network 3. Cheap running costs - don't want to be spending a fortune on toner 4. Linux support
I have very little experience with printing on Linux. I'm assuming I want a laser with Postscript and/or PCL emulation, and Linux driver support (still not sure exactly what I should be looking for here).
Top of my very short list at present is:
Brother HL-4140CN at £167
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brother-HL4140CN-Network-Colour-Printer/dp/B0047753F...
I'd appreciate any other recommendations people might have.
Close to two years ago I picked up a HP Laserjet CP1525nw for around $150 US when it was on sale. Ethernet and wireless connectivity. I don't know of any toner cartridges that are cheap, but then again I don't print all that much (and when I do it's mostly black and white).
The last time I set up printing on a Linux machine I used the generic HP PCL6 driver (whereas before I chose a LJ15xx driver).
At work we have a hodge podge of HP [older] Laserjets, Ricoh, and Xerox.
Thanks!
HP offers Linux support through the HPlip driver. I have a CP2025 network printer that works great for me.
I also set it up to print through CUPS. Works there too. Two different routes to the same
From: Ned Slider ned@unixmail.co.uk
I'd really appreciate some recommendations for colour laser printers for use with CentOS. It's for light home use with CentOS 5 and CentOS 6 systems. Must have:
- Colour. Quality not that important as mainly for kids school project
type of stuff. 2. Ethernet connectivity - want something I can plug into the network 3. Cheap running costs - don't want to be spending a fortune on toner 4. Linux support
We bought an Epson c2800n for 200€ (after a 100€ discount) in 2008 and it is still working like a charm... But I have no idea how the new models fare. The only downside for an home user is the huge size of the thing.
JD
On Tue, Dec 03, 2013, Ned Slider wrote:
Hi List,
I'd really appreciate some recommendations for colour laser printers for use with CentOS. It's for light home use with CentOS 5 and CentOS 6 systems.
Must have:
- Colour. Quality not that important as mainly for kids school project
type of stuff. 2. Ethernet connectivity - want something I can plug into the network 3. Cheap running costs - don't want to be spending a fortune on toner 4. Linux support
I have very little experience with printing on Linux. I'm assuming I want a laser with Postscript and/or PCL emulation, and Linux driver support (still not sure exactly what I should be looking for here).
Top of my very short list at present is:
Brother HL-4140CN at £167
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brother-HL4140CN-Network-Colour-Printer/dp/B0047753F...
I'd appreciate any other recommendations people might have.
First off I would stay away from HP printers. As others have said, they used to make quality products (I have an HP 4M+ that's been going since November 1995), but the current ones aren't very good. I bought a new CP2025DN which worked nicely until my wife managed to break something in the duplexer while loading paper, and HP wouldn't sell the parts to the shop to repair it. The 4 toner cartridges also cost over $100USD each.
I replaced the HP with a Ricoh Aficio SP C242sf. This wasn't cheap, but toner costs are about 1/3 that of the HP when buying the ones with 6,000 page capacity.
Bill
Bill Campbell wrote:
On Tue, Dec 03, 2013, Ned Slider wrote:
I'd really appreciate some recommendations for colour laser printers for use with CentOS. It's for light home use with CentOS 5 and CentOS 6 systems.
Must have:
- Colour. Quality not that important as mainly for kids school project
type of stuff. 2. Ethernet connectivity - want something I can plug into the network 3. Cheap running costs - don't want to be spending a fortune on toner 4. Linux support
I have very little experience with printing on Linux. I'm assuming I want a laser with Postscript and/or PCL emulation, and Linux driver support (still not sure exactly what I should be looking for here).
Top of my very short list at present is:
Brother HL-4140CN at £167
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brother-HL4140CN-Network-Colour-Printer/dp/B0047753F...
I'd appreciate any other recommendations people might have.
First off I would stay away from HP printers. As others have said, they used to make quality products (I have an HP 4M+ that's been going since November 1995), but the current ones aren't very good. I bought a new CP2025DN which worked nicely until my wife managed to break something in the duplexer while loading paper, and HP wouldn't sell the parts to the shop to repair it. The 4 toner cartridges also cost over $100USD each.
<snip> Our CP 3525dn's, the first of which showed up around '10, are reliable workhorses. BUT: I do *NOT* buy OEM toner cartridges. Get replacement compatibles online - they're half to a third the cost, and I've only had one or two be defective (out of dozens).*
My LJ1018, bought in '08, is small, cute, and reliable. No problems (I didn't say anything, this isn't hubris....)<g>
mark
* And the next person who announces that everyone who works for the US fed gov't as an employee or contractor is free with tax money, I have one of two defective ones sitting around that I'd like to shove down his throat.
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