Cheap printer advice

Ow Mun Heng ow.mun.heng at wdc.com
Wed Dec 17 02:21:20 UTC 2003


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex White [mailto:prata at ghostlike.homelinux.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 11:53 PM
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Cheap printer advice
> 
> 
> > >I need a cheap printer for ocassional
> > >use, which are the ones that work with Fedora?
> > 
> > I got a Samsung ML-1210 laser printer for around $200 
> (can't remember 
> > exactly, it was probably less.) I chose it because it because it 
> > specifically mentioned Linux compatibility on the box (OSX 
> too.) I've 
> > been very happy with it. I've used it with RH 8 through 
> Fedora and it's 
> > worked flawlessly.
> > 
> > Peter
> 
> I have a Lexmark z53. It works quite well, although when I print from
> the web in grey scale it prints very very light. This is probably my
> frickin' fault though. The Lexmark z53 runs very well otherwise. If
> you have Fedora installed already, you can just pretend to add a new
> printer and see what printers are supported by the CUPS installation.
> But you may not wish to do that. I hear HP has some pretty 
> good support.
> There is a website that tell you all about the ability to print with
> Fedora as you have it installed now.


My 2 cents.. Don't buy a lexmark. The printer's cheap, yes. but the
cartridges are 
_Not_ with a captital 'N'..





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