[ale] Low-Cost Color Laser for Linux

[Jeff Hubbs]

I'm thinking that you may be painting yourself into a corner with both 
the "low-cost" and the "color laser."  The only way for a manufacturer 
to get both, I'd imagine, would be to go the "winprinter" route. 

That being said, Postscript can be your buddy.  To quote linuxprinting.org:

"Note that most low-end color lasers have proprietary protocols, which 
are not (Epson AcuLaser 900/1000, works with proprietary Epson driver 
PIPS <http://www.avasys.jp/english/linux_e/index.html>) or not perfectly 
(Minolta/QMS magicolor 2200DL) working with free software. But there is 
also one model for which the manufacturer supplies an excellent free 
driver, the Minolta/QMS magicolor 2430DL. The driver works also as well 
on the 2300DL and can be downloaded from Minolta/QMS' FTP site 
<ftp://ftp.minolta-qms.com/pub/crc/out_going/other/magicolor2430DL-1.1.0.tar.gz>.

"Other manufacturers offer PostScript also in the cheap range, as for 
example HP with the Color LaserJet 2550L.

"Workgroup and high-end color laser printers usually understand 
PostScript and so they can easily be set up with the 
manufacturer-supplied PPD file."

FWIW, I just picked up a floor-model Brother *duplexing* mono laser at 
Office Max for $170.

Jeffrey B. Layton wrote:

>Afternoon,
>
>   I've been seeing adds for a while for reasonably low-cost
>laser printers from various manufacturers. I've googled
>for them and consulted linuxprinting.org. So far, none of
>them look very good. Does anyone have any experience
>or recommendations for a low-cost color laser that works
>under Linux? (define low-cost however you will).
>
>TIA!
>
>Jeff
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