[svlug] good cheap Linux-compatible printer?

[Catenare LLC]

On 12 May 2007, at 4:19 PM, Florin Andrei wrote:

> My old jet printer is finally breathing its last - I've been  
> waiting for
> this moment for a while. :-)
>
> I'm looking for a _cheap_ printer that works well with Linux. Can
> anybody recommend something?
>
> The printer will be connected to a Linux machine running CUPS-1.2.4.
>
> One of the issues with the old printer was that the ink level software
> was Windows-only, and libink didn't work very well with that type of
> printer, so it was hard to tell how much ink there was in the
> cartridges. I don't want this sort of trouble anymore.


Huge fan of the Samsung laser printers. Have setup a few of them with  
both Linux and Mac OS X machines. Very reliable and relatively  
inexpensive. Works really well with CUPS and even comes with drivers.




Johan N. Martin
Catenare LLC
534 Pacific Ave
San Francisco, CA. 94133

http://www.catenare.com