Author: Jim Kissel Date: To: sam, Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Printers
Samuel Penn wrote: > On Friday 16 July 2010 10:19:11 James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a requirement for a Laser Duplex printer with Ethernet network
>> interface. The last time I brought a printer was about 10 years ago.
>> The previous one was a HP LaserJet 4L.
>>
>> Does anyone have any recommendations?
>
> I've got a Xerox Phaser 8560DN. It's both duplex and colour.
> Takes a while to warm up, but quality is good (and it was the
> cheapest colour duplex laser I could find when I got it a few
> years ago, but if you just want B&W there will be cheaper
> alternatives).
>
> And yes, it does network (and works from CUPS). I confirm all the the above re the 8560DN. I does have one drawback
that I haven't been able to find a solution to, that being, the colour
is very muddy. Shifted towards the inside of the colour cube. I can't
get bright reds or yellows. They are just dull, dull, dull and I can't
find any discussion regarding this problem on the net. I guess I
haven't stumbled across the correct magic phrase.
