On Tuesday 03 January 2006 13:06, Randall R Schulz wrote:
You could have a look at the Samsung CLP-550N. I have been using one for the past 8 months without any problems. Samsung provide drivers for CUPS with the printer.
That looks like a great printer. I has pretty much everything I've been looking for. I could do without color, though. I'll have to check if they have a monochrome counterpart.
I am curious about how much noise it generates. Are you using it in a home setting, or in the office? Do you work in close proximity to the device? If so, is the noise it produces tolerable? Can you hear it at all when it's idling?
I'm using in a home/office environment, I purchased it because of the reports I generate for clients. There are a large number of colour pages which use to take ages do using inkjet. Also the duplex saves on paper and binding. Be aware that there is a cheaper model which I'm not sure works as well with Linux. I generally go for a network printer when I'm unsure how well it works with Linux. There is no noise when idle. When printing it is not that bad, I can still talk on the phone and with the printer basically next to me. If you are after monochrome laser printers I suggest you can't go past Kyocera. They have the lowest per page cost of all of the laser printers. They are postscript printers or emulate HP PCL so they work without any problems with Linux. -- Regards, Graham Smith