Quote:> >If you can afford it the HL-1270N is a good choice as well. It has
> >Postscript emulation builtin, a 10/100 Base T network card and works
> >very well. It comes with 4 MB standard and you can add 1 72 pin
non-EDO
> >simm upto 32MB. If you will use graphics with postscript you will
need
> >more memory. If you have alot of old computers laying around you
> >probably already have the extra memory. Since it has postscript it is
> >alot easier to setup, you don't need ghostscript.
> >Bruce Forsberg
> This is interesting. A networkable, postscript printer
> for 400+ US$ (cnet). I was wondering if the postscript
> (BR script?) is a "real" postscript as opposed to something
> like the postscript option in NEC 870, which does not work
> for linux.
I had a ink jet (HP 660) for about two years and the quality of the
output got worse and worse over the two year period. Also the ink
supplies are very expensive. I don't need color so I looked for an
inexpensive BW laser. Consumer Reports rated the HL-1240 as the best
(for windows of course) of the group that they rated. They said it
also had the lowest cost per page. Most people did
not recommend the 1240 for Linux since it is limited in memory and if
memory serves me correct can't be upgraded. The HL-1270N uses the same
drum and toner as the 1240 with about the same specs so I assume it has
the same print engine. I have had it for about 3-4 months now with no
problems what so ever. I have only been not able to print one page so
far and it was a web page on ebay. There is a psutils software package
on the web for Linux that I use that allows me to output 2 or 4 pages
per page and that works great. If you use the built in Postscript
emulation you will need to upgrade the memory like I said before. 4MB
is not enough to process postscript documents. It also comes standard
with 10/100 Base T. Printing just plain listings are pretty speedy to.
I have not timed it but it must easy be close to the rated 12 PPM.
I don't know what the NEC 870 does. This acts just like a network
postscript printer. You send the postscript document to a queue called
BINARY_P1 on the machine. You could also send ASCII or PCL to it as
well. I have used it on win95 and it works fine aas well. Most of my
work with it has been with RedHat 5.2 & SUSE 6.2 on my desktop and
laptop systems. I have also used the parrellel and ethernet connections
both. It also has a USB connection.
Quote:> Also, any other networkable, postscript, affordable laser
> printer options out there. I know lexmark makes a couple,
> but their lower model does not do network (they are postscript,
> though).
> What are the differences between postscript 2 and postscript 3.
> The lexmark M410n does network and is proscript 3, but cost
> more than the brother, though. Are there any measurable
> advantage?
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