On Saturday 09 February 2008 12:57:38 Philip Stubbs wrote:
> * Andy Random (andy.random@???) wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Anybody have any experience or opinions on this beastie:
> >
> > http://www.ebuyer.com/product/120362
> >
> > It's a colour laser printer with a network interface for 120UKP which
> > seems like a great deal to me...
> >
> > Am I just out of touch with printer prices or is there a catch?
>
> I bought a Samsung ML-1210 a few years back. It is only B/W but
> works fine with Linux. When I first installed it I remember having
> to jump through some hoops to get it to work, but currently, it just
> works with Cups on Ubuntu.
>
> The original toner ran out quite fast, but I bought a refill from
> http://www.refilltoner.com/index.htm for a fraction of the cost of a
> new cartridge, and it is still going strong.
>
> The best bit about it is it can sit there for months without being
> used, and then turned on an the first print is fine without having
> the clean print heads etc. My last Ink-Jet printer was a PITA.
>
> I would like a cheap colour laser, but not enough to do any thing
> about it just yet.
>
> Regards,
>
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You obviously jumped through more hoops than me, I got my ML1210 working once
with suse and that was it,never got it working with Linux after that.
I currently have a HP 2600N Colour Laser Jet (for work) which works although
to be honest the colour under linux is carp.
Tim
