On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 04:48:18PM -0800, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 11:40:26PM +0000, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
I'd say Brother probably make the best small lasers, Samsung also make some nice ones..both of which tend to work out cheaper per page than HP and AFAIK they are all Linux friendly
You have to be careful, as some of the Brothers that have Linux drivers only have binary drivers. They work, but it's a fragile situation. I have an HL-3040CN and while the hardware is nice the drivers are a PITA.
http://www.openprinting.org/printers/
is worth checking to see how well a printer is supported.
Thanks for all the ideas folks.
I agree about the bloated HP software on Windows, I have an HP7310 All-in-one for Home/Office use and the Windows software is a total disaster.
The Linux software for HP printers is usually OK though, the problem is that we probably need Windows as well (running XP in a VirtualBox guest) and I'd really like to avoid the time I've wasted with the 7310 drivers in Windows.
It looks as if Samsung may be the way to go, the ML-1665/ML-1865 series are certainly compact (claims to be the smallest laser printer).