Author: Lisi Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Laser printers ?
On Sunday 17 August 2008 17:51:25 Philip Stubbs wrote: > 2008/8/17 Russell Gadd <russ.mail.lists@???>:
> > I just bought a new colour cartridge for my HP Deskjet and then saw
> > someone in a discussion group say he'd had his laser printer a long time
> > and buys new toner once every few years. This set me thinking whether I
> > should switch to using a black and white laser as 99.9% of my printing is
> > black - my expensive colour cartridges usually dry up rather than run
> > out.
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience / recommendation for a laser printer for
> > home use?
> >
> > I usually go through a box of 2500 A4 sheets around every 2-3 years.
>
> I bought a cheap Samsung ML1210 printer for £50 about 4/5 years ago. I
> have refilled the toner cartridge once. It probably needs a new drum
> now as it is getting a little faint. It has printed tones of stuff
> over the years, and 'just works' with Ubuntu.
Just back from holiday, so probably too late to be useful, but I have had a
similar experience. I paid around £49.00 for a Samsung ML1510 several years
ago. I have bought one replacement toner/drum unit. It is still going
strong on that second one, in spite of having had to print reams and reams
for a legal case I was involved in.
I have over the years conected it to various of the family's boxen using
several distros:
They have all at least worked almost out of the box (I had to go into CUPS and
say "yes, please" to its offer to install it on 5 of them). On 2 of them
(Lenny and Minime?) the printer installed immediately, and it was already
there when I went into CUPS to install it.
I have installed other Samsung printers on other distros for clients and have
never had any problems.
Am now crossing fingers in case I am tempting fate!
