On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:35:34AM -0500, Mike Miller wrote: >> UofM has reasonably competent system and network admins. > > Right, but they don't support Linux in my department, so all they gave me > were the IP addresses. Is it hard to properly set up the printer on the > network? Define 'properly'. If they enabled IPP on a postscript printer that is all you would need, apart from maybe telling you the address 8^) > I should have known those cheap printers couldn't handle postscript! But > the open printing and CUPS lists will help a lot (thanks, guys): > > http://www.openprinting.org/printers > http://www.cups.org/ppd.php > > The thing is, I don't want to spend a lot on a home printer. I could > drop both the color and duplex features. If I can print boarding passes > and sheet music, that's probably enough (I do most printing at work), and > those need neither color nor duplex. Having the printer on the home > network would help a lot, though. So maybe I can live without > postscript, too. I'm revising my plan: > > (1) works with Linux > (2) networkable > (3) less than $150 > > If it does color and duplex, that's good, but if not, that's OK. I can > always get around the duplexing issue by printing every other page and > refeeding them (I think it's usually even pages in reverse order, then > odd pages in normal order). Brother and Samsung have good reputations. Be careful with re-feeding: some paper gets visibly 'modified' when passing through a laser printer and when you feed it the second time it jams. Look for an HP LaserJet 5 or 6 that could be had for $50, and find a network server on eBay (another 25-30) and you should be all set. But it will print a page every other minute 8^) If you are in a hurry, get a Brother or a mid-level HP laser (skip the cheapest ones). Cheers, florin -- Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition. http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20110323/3ebc27ad/attachment.pgp>