<p>Would there be some reason HP brands wouldn't be? Cost is typically the only reason I shy away from their laser printers.</p>
<p>--<br>
Sent from my HTC Vision (G2), running Gingerbread.<br>
That is, a phone-like mobile device. :)</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 19, 2011 9:40 AM, "arxaaron" <<a href="mailto:arxaaron@gmail.com">arxaaron@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> If HP brands would be under consideration, I just got an ad<br>
> email from Delta Computers with a page of (mostly) HP printers<br>> on OFF LEASE, many of them color, in the $100 to $200 price<br>> range.<br>> <br>> Their email is all jpegs or I would have just forwarded it.<br>
> email me private [subject Delta Printers] if you want me to<br>> foward you a copy of the advert.<br>> <br>> peace<br>> aaron<br>> <br>> <br>> On 2011/01/18, at 10:40 , Jim Kinney wrote:<br>> <br>
>> They have a few clunkers. If it's on the brother linux page, it <br>>> works great or at least well enough for daily use. I got a cheap <br>>> multi-function brother system for my daughter and with a few driver <br>
>> installs from that site she had a working multi-page sheet-feed <br>>> scanner into XSane for convert into PDF or jpg, tiff, png. <br>>> OpenOffice can do a scan into easily. The only thing it didn't do <br>
>> that we wanted was determine page count on the fly. Apparently the <br>>> process make a multi-page pdf in one operation instead of multiple <br>>> images, count, then make pdf.<br>>><br>>> The printing looks great. It's a cheap inkjet but they have <br>
>> individual tanks for about $12/color ($18 for black - much larger).<br>>><br>>> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Michael Trausch <<a href="mailto:mike@trausch.us">mike@trausch.us</a>> <br>>> wrote:<br>
>> Maybe they've changed. Last I has any experience with them it was <br>>> difficult as hell to get one to work right on i386, and not possible <br>>> at all for PowerPC.<br>>><br>>> --<br>
>> Sent from my HTC Vision (G2), running Gingerbread.<br>>> That is, a phone-like mobile device. :)<br>>><br>>> On Jan 18, 2011 9:57 AM, "Jim Kinney" <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Michael Trausch <<a href="mailto:mike@trausch.us">mike@trausch.us</a>> <br>>> wrote:<br>>> ><br>>> >> The only thing I have against Brother devices is they they rarely <br>
>> use a<br>>> >> standard PDL and thus only have drivers for the architectures <br>>> Brother<br>>> >> supports.<br>>> >><br>>> ><br>>> > Yeah but they use "BRScript" which is a rename postscript. They <br>
>> got tired of<br>>> > having to pay a license fee for an open technology that's 30+ <br>>> years old just<br>>> > to use the name "postscript".<br>>> ><br>>> >> --<br>
>> >> Sent from my HTC Vision (G2), running Gingerbread.<br>>> >> That is, a phone-like mobile device. :)<br>>> >> On Jan 18, 2011 9:39 AM, "Jim Kinney" <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >> > Brother makes a nice color laser that is very linux friendly. I <br>>> have a<br>>> >> > HL-4070CDW model. It's in cups _and_ Brother has an extensive <br>>> Linux<br>
>> >> drivers<br>>> >> > page here:<br>>> >> > <a href="http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html">http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html</a><br>
>> >> ><br>>> >> > Toners are reasonably priced and drums are replaced separately. <br>>> C=color,<br>>> >> > D=duplex, W=wireless (I only use the wired network connection). <br>
>> It's been<br>>> >> > very reliable.<br>>> >> ><br>>> >> > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Geoffrey Myers <<br>>> >> <a href="mailto:lists@serioustechnology.com">lists@serioustechnology.com</a><br>
>> >> >> wrote:<br>>> >> ><br>>> >> >> I have a minolta color laser that has just bitten the dust. <br>>> I'd like to<br>>> >> >> replace it with another color laser that is linux friendly. <br>
>> Suggestions<br>>> >> >> would be appreciated.<br>>> >> >><br>>> >> >> --<br>>> >> >> Until later, Geoffrey<br>>> >> >><br>
>> >> >> "I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent<br>>> >> >> the government from wasting the labors of the people under<br>>> >> >> the pretense of taking care of them."<br>
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