[geeks] Nice Printer?

[Rick Hamell]

I've become a fan of the lexmarks e250d/n.

It IS cheap, but we trash the hell out (repetitive damage from
shipping and extreme environmental conditions) them so much that I
frequently end up buying a new one before I've used more then two full
toner carts.

The big brother model, the 650 is a good workhorse too, but more
susceptible to shipping damage but i suspect that is frustration at
UPS due to their weight.

Best of all, both models are Mac plug and play.

Rick

On Friday, April 22, 2011, Nate <nate at portents.com> wrote:
> I have a Samsung ML-3051N at home that I bought two, maybe three years ago
> from Newegg.  I wanted something with Postscript 1, 2, 3 (as well as PCL)
and
> print via LPR/LPD/AppleTalk/Bonjour, and it fit the bill nicely.  Last year
I
> decided to see if I cold find a memory upgrade for it cheap, and I actually
> ended up buying a 256MB RAM upgrade for it for very little, new on ebay,
from
> a memory vendor there.
>
> My only regret was not waiting a year or so for Samsung to come out with
the
> duplex model... it could save me some paper, though in my professional
> experience duplex printers do have more of a tendency to jam/need repairs,
so
> maybe it isn't such a bad thing to have a single sided printer at home.
>
> - Nate
>
> On Apr 22, 2011, at 11:15 AM, Jonathan Patschke wrote:
>
>> My LaserJet 5M+ is in need of a new imaging unit, several rollers,
>> possibly a cam or gear (paper doesn't fully eject), and a toner cartridge,
>> leaving me to seriously consider whether it's worth getting perfect again.
>>
>> I don't print very often, but, when I do, it's text-heavy and usually for
>> outside consumption.  Hence, why I've always leaned towards laser
>> printers, since they do text beautifully and don't care if they're only
>> run once a month.  However, modern laser printers look decidedly...cheap.
>> $ork's LaserJet 2xxx-series printers don't seem to last more than two
>> years, and HP in general don't seem to take PostScript very seriously
>> these days.
>>
>> What do you lot use for putting crisp text on paper these days?
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Patschke |
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