[mdlug] Inexpensive printer recommendation

[R. Kannan]

Thanks for all the recommendations. It looks like I am better off getting a laser printer but I am worried about the price and capacity of the cartridges. Also whether to go for b/w or color.

Brother HL-4040CN is on sale in Staples for $250. Does this printer work with the variety of OSs that I have on my network (Linux, Windows Vista & Windows XP). BTW, I have a networked print server and so I don't need networking built in. How much does the brother cartridge cost??

-----Original Message-----
>From: Peter Bart <peter at petertheplumber.net>
>Sent: Sep 24, 2008 5:31 PM
>To: MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug at mdlug.org>
>Cc: rkannan at peoplepc.com, mdlug at mdlug.org
>Subject: Re: [mdlug] Inexpensive printer recommendation
>
>On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:28:36 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
>"R. Kannan" <rkannan at peoplepc.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Does anyone have any recommendation/disrecommendation on inexpensive
>> usb printers to be shared between Windows Vista, XP and Linux boxes?
>> Inkjet printers are fine. I don't to spend more than $100-150 for
>> inkjet printers that don't last for a long time.
>> 
>	I'm going to throw another vote for an inexpensive laser
>printer. Mono laser printers can be had very inexpensively. I had a mono
>Brother DCP-7020 for several years before recently buying a
>color Brother HL4040cn for $200. The older one was still printing when
>I gave it away. Brother has Linux drivers prepackaged for your Linux
>distro. 
>
>Best Regards,
>
>-- 
>___Peter The Plumber sm on the road
>
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