Hi,

On Sun, 05.04.2009 at 15:24:09 -0400, System Administrator <admin@bitwise.net> wrote:
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> device with most of the processing happening on the host. If you stick 
> to real "hardware" printers that provide built-in Postscript (or at 
> least PCL) language and fonts, you will have no problems with OpenBSD. 

these will imho easily bust a small budget, but are also the only
viable choice if you intend to keep the device for some time.

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> For the longest time I used to be a fan of HP, although I have also 
> always liked Lexmark.

I was also a fan of HP printers, especially after having bad experience
with a medium-sized Lexmark printer, due to massive mechanical problems
which looked like "designed-to-break", and very pricey replacement
parts.


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> learned from a reseller that HP's cartridges include a page counter and 
> stop operating at the prescribed number of pages regardless of actual 
> utilization, which is in stark contrast to Lexmark whose cartridges are 
> guaranteed for "at least" a certain number of pages and the company 
> will replace it free of charge if it runs out sooner but does not 
> prevent you using it past that many pages.

The page count mechanisms seem to be very common in many printers'
cartridges, esp. in the lower price range. Try to ask your dealer about
page counters in other printers' cartridges. I guess that you'll find
them in more than half the models across the board.


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> On 5 Apr 2009 at 19:44, ropers wrote:
> > I'm looking for a colour laser printer that's so cheap that I can

I don't know what exactly you want to do, but you might be interested
in reading some reports about the printing quality and operating cost,
too. Eg. a good ink jet printer should deliver better quality printouts
than a bad laser printer. If all you're doing is printing a few easy
charts from your spread sheet, then this may be irrelevant to you.


Kind regards,
--Toni++