On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Ned Slider <ned at 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: > > 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/B0047753F4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386105929&sr=8-1&keywords=brother+hl-4140cn > > 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 at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 //